La cathédrale engloutie

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La cathédrale engloutie is a famous prelude for solo piano by Claude Debussy, inspired by the legend of a submerged cathedral rising from the sea and noted for its evocative impressionistic harmonies and sonorities.

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La cathédrale engloutie canonical 3
The Sunken Cathedral 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
piano prelude ⓘ
solo piano composition ⓘ
approximateDuration about 5 minutes ⓘ
associatedWith French Impressionism in music ⓘ
catalogueNumber L. 117 ⓘ
composer Claude Debussy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
depicts a submerged cathedral rising from the sea ⓘ
dynamicFeatures gradual crescendos and decrescendos ⓘ
wide dynamic range ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1910 ⓘ
frequentlyPerformedBy concert pianists ⓘ
genre Impressionist music ⓘ
harmonicLanguage extended tonality ⓘ
use of modal scales ⓘ
use of pentatonic scales ⓘ
hasForm prelude ⓘ
includedIn standard piano repertoire ⓘ
inspiredBy Breton legend of the city of Ys ⓘ
legend of a submerged cathedral ⓘ
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
isFamousFor atmospheric depiction of mist and water ⓘ
pictorial evocation of rising cathedral bells ⓘ
key C major ⓘ
notedFor evocative impressionistic harmonies ⓘ
modal writing ⓘ
planing of chords ⓘ
rich piano sonorities ⓘ
use of parallel chords ⓘ
opusNumber L. 117/10 ⓘ
partOf Préludes, Book I ⓘ
linked to: Préludes (Book I)
performancePractice requires control of tone color ⓘ
requires subtle pedaling ⓘ
requires voicing of inner parts ⓘ
period early 20th century ⓘ
positionInSeries 10 ⓘ
publisher Durand ⓘ
structure climactic central section ⓘ
quiet coda ⓘ
slow introduction ⓘ
tempoMarking Profondément calme ⓘ
textureFeatures bell-like sonorities ⓘ
organ-like chordal textures ⓘ
titleTranslation The Sunken Cathedral ⓘ
workTitleLanguage French ⓘ

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Claude Debussy → notableWork → La cathédrale engloutie ⓘ
Préludes (Book I) → containsWork → La cathédrale engloutie ⓘ
La cathédrale engloutie → titleTranslation → The Sunken Cathedral ⓘ
linked to: La cathédrale engloutie
Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest → inCollectionWith → La cathédrale engloutie ⓘ