We know Debussy as one of greatest impressionist composers of all time, if not The greatest (‘the’, however, is not quite the right thing to use when talking about art). Anyway, what we know is that the French master of piano set a very high music standard. We also know that it took Debussy quite a while to come to impressionism, even though he preferred not to be called impressionist himself. At the early stage of his career he was experimenting and seeking.
Claude Monet. Clifftop Walk at Pourville
One of the first delightful works of composer’s early impressionist style are represented by the Two Arabesques that he composed around 1890s. Those are the remarkable examples and early standards of the romantic impressionist form of art. The lines of music match those of nature, the light touch of innocence and a daydreaming character – it’s all in these wonderful baroque arabesques. But there’s more than that. Both music works have something of a danceable kind of music form, and that was clearly noticed by the American R’n’B singer Alicia Keys. She sampled Debussy’s 1st Arabesque in her song “Like The Sea”.
