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Violin
Works for Violin and Piano by Debussy
Debussy, Claude
(1862–1918)
Works for Violin and Piano
Urtext / Ed. D. Woodfull-Harris
BA 9444 Score with part
NEW 2018
To be published spring 2018
Sonata, Minstrels
In the Appendix:
Arrangements by
Arthur Hartmann:
Minstrels,
La fille aux cheveux de lin,
Il pleure dans mon Cœur
Claude Debussy had conceived
the Sonata for Violin and Piano
as the third of a cycle of six
sonatas. The cycle remained
unfinished, and the many
drafts which have been
handed down document that
finishing his last major work
did not come easy to the
composer. The melancholy
work originated under the
impact of the First World War.
The first edition, published
during the final year of
Debussy’s life, contains
many rhythmic errors. The
non-autograph metronome
marks and the discrepancies
between the separate violin
part and the violin part in the
piano score are two problems
that have affected the work’s
later reception. Both are
examined in this edition in
a fresh light.
In addition to the Sonata, this
edition contains arrangements
of La fille aux cheveux de lin,
Il pleure dans mon cœur and
Minstrels by the American
violinist Arthur Hartmann.
It was Hartmann who inspired
Debussy to make his own
arrangement of the wellknown
piano piece Minstrels,
also included here.
Debussy’s complete works
for violin and piano
With arrangements by
Debussy’s acquaintance
Hartmann
Informative Foreword
(Eng/Fr/Ger)
Critical Commentary (Eng)
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