Arabesque No. 1

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Arabesque No. 1 is a lyrical and impressionistic piano piece by Claude Debussy, celebrated for its flowing arpeggios and delicate, dreamlike character.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Arabesque 1
Arabesque No. 1 canonical 1
Arabesque No. 2 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf character piece ⓘ
piano composition ⓘ
solo piano piece ⓘ
approximateCompositionPeriod late 1880s ⓘ
catalogue L. 66 ⓘ
characteristic delicate texture ⓘ
dreamlike atmosphere ⓘ
flowing arpeggios ⓘ
composer Claude Debussy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dedicatedTo Pauline Viardot ⓘ
difficultyLevel intermediate to advanced piano ⓘ
firstPublicationLocation Paris ⓘ
frequentlyIncludedIn piano recital repertoire ⓘ
piano teaching repertoire ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
hasCompanionPiece Arabesque No. 2 ⓘ
linked to: Arabesque No. 1
hasForm loose ternary form ⓘ
influencedBy French salon music ⓘ
early impressionist aesthetics ⓘ
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
key E major ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
movementCount 1 ⓘ
notableFor evocative, atmospheric writing ⓘ
expressive rubato possibilities ⓘ
numberInSet 1 ⓘ
opusNumber L. 66 ⓘ
partOf Deux Arabesques ⓘ
period Impressionism ⓘ
publisher Durand ⓘ
recordedBy Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli ⓘ
Claudio Arrau ⓘ
Pascal Rogé ⓘ
Walter Gieseking ⓘ
style impressionistic ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ
tempoMarking Andantino con moto ⓘ
timeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
titleMeaning Arabesque ⓘ
linked to: Arabesque No. 1
typicalPerformanceDuration about 4 minutes ⓘ
usesHarmony extended tonal harmony ⓘ
modal inflections ⓘ
usesRhythm flowing sixteenth-note figures ⓘ
gentle syncopations ⓘ
usesTexture broken-chord accompaniment ⓘ
melody in the right hand ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Piano Book → includesWork → Arabesque No. 1 ⓘ
subject linked to: album “Piano Book”
Arabesque No. 1 → titleMeaning → Arabesque ⓘ
linked to: Arabesque No. 1
Arabesque No. 1 → hasCompanionPiece → Arabesque No. 2 ⓘ
linked to: Arabesque No. 1