L’isle joyeuse

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L’isle joyeuse is a virtuosic solo piano piece by Claude Debussy, celebrated for its shimmering impressionistic harmonies and exuberant, dance-like character.

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L’isle joyeuse canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition ⓘ
solo piano piece ⓘ
approximateDuration 6 minutes ⓘ
associatedWith Debussy’s relationship with Emma Bardac ⓘ
island of Jersey ⓘ
catalogNumber L. 106 ⓘ
closingKeyArea A major ⓘ
composer Claude Debussy ⓘ
countryOfFirstPublication France ⓘ
dateOfComposition 1904 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Emma Bardac ⓘ
difficultyLevel advanced ⓘ
firstPublisher Durand ⓘ
form through-composed ⓘ
genre Impressionist music ⓘ
inspiredBy Jean-Antoine Watteau’s painting "L’Embarquement pour Cythère" ⓘ
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
key A major ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
musicalEra Impressionist ⓘ
Late Romantic ⓘ
notableCharacteristic brilliant passagework ⓘ
complex rhythms ⓘ
exuberant dance-like character ⓘ
frequent use of whole-tone sonorities ⓘ
rapid figurations ⓘ
rich use of pedal ⓘ
shimmering impressionistic harmonies ⓘ
virtuosic piano writing ⓘ
wide dynamic range ⓘ
openingKeyArea A Lydian-like mode ⓘ
partOfRepertoire standard concert piano repertoire ⓘ
performancePractice requires precise control of tone color ⓘ
requires refined pedal technique ⓘ
requires wide hand stretches ⓘ
period 20th-century classical music ⓘ
recordedBy Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli ⓘ
Claudio Arrau ⓘ
Krystian Zimerman ⓘ
Mitsuko Uchida ⓘ
Walter Gieseking ⓘ
tempoIndication Allegro ⓘ
titleTranslation The Joyous Island ⓘ
tonalCenter A major ⓘ
uses arpeggiated textures ⓘ
chromaticism ⓘ
cross-rhythms ⓘ
extended harmonies ⓘ
modal inflections ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Claude Debussy → notableWork → L’isle joyeuse ⓘ
The Joyous Island → originalTitle → L’isle joyeuse ⓘ
The Joyous Island → EnglishTitleOf → L’isle joyeuse ⓘ