Reflets dans l'eau

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Claude Debussy's piece Reflets dans l'eau ("Reflections on the Water") is the first of three movements from his first volume of Images. It was written in 1905. As much of Debussy's work, it is referred to as Impressionistic, meaning that expresses emotions and scenes by using rich harmonies and other techniques.

Reflets dans l'eau opens in a slow tempo (andantino molto) with a melody of A flat, F, E flat (which is repeated through much of the piece) while the right hand is playing a set of chords to accommodate the melody. It shares the main characteristics of French music of this period. For instance, the ambiguous and fast changing harmonies.

[edit] External links

• Public Domain Sheet Music of Images at IMSLP