The Blend Within “Music”

Pagodes by: Claude Debussy | performed by: Anna Zassimova.

When Claude Debussy heard Javanese gamelan for the first time at the Exposition Universelle” in Paris (1889) he was inspired and traveled to the Dutch East Indies (present day Indonesia) He incorporated gamelan scales, patterns, melodies and textures into various compositions, most notably “Pagodes” from his collection “Estampes”

Piano | Anna Zassimova | http://annazassimova.com

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