DEBUSSY VALSE ROMANTIQUE

Key: F minor Tempo: Waltz Style: Late Romantic

Will improve: ✔ Tonal palette ✔ Use of articulations ✔ Sense of ebb and flow

This charming Valse is a wonderful example of Debussy’s early writing. It was composed in 1890, the same year in which another very popular piece of his, Rêverie, was written. (In fact, the two pieces work well together if you are looking for a companion piece to the Valse.) The style is very much Late Romantic as Debussy had not yet veered into the Impressionist style of composition.

Debussy was an excellent pianist himself. It’s no surprise, then, that this short work lies beautifully under the fingers. It comprises several short sections with the major key finally