Images (piano suite)

Not to be confused with Images pour orchestre.

Images (usually pronounced in French as [i.maʒ]) is a suite of six compositions for solo piano by Claude Debussy.[1] They were published in two books/series, each consisting of three pieces. These works are distinct from Debussy's Images pour orchestre. The first book was composed between 1901 and 1905, and the second book was composed in 1907.[2] The total duration is approximately 30 minutes. With respect to the first series of Images, Debussy wrote to his publisher, Jacques Durand: "Without false pride, I feel that these three pieces hold together well, and that they will find their place in the literature of the piano ... to the left of Schumann, or to the right of Chopin... "[3]

Debussy wrote another collection, Images oubliées (L. 87), in the Winter of 1894 and dedicated it to Yvonne Lerolle, daughter of the painter Henry Lerolle.

  1. ^ Lesure, François; Howat, Roy (2001). "Debussy, (Achille-)Claude". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.07353. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  2. ^ "Images. Piano. Séries 1 et 2". National Library of France. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. ^ Andres, Robert. "An introduction to the solo piano music of Debussy and Ravel". BBC. Retrieved 27 December 2016.