Debussy, Clouds, from Three Nocturnes
7 min., 3 sec.
0:00 | A | a | Cloud theme: clarinets and bassoons | |
0:15 | English- |
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0:20 | Quiet timpani roll — music almost stops. | |||
0:34 | Cloud theme: high strings | |||
0:47 | Downward parallel chord passage | |||
1:02 | Further development: strings | |||
1:21 | English- |
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1:49 | Downward chord passage | |||
2:10 | b | Rising section, more restless: woodwinds added | ||
2:41 | Brief climax | |||
2:48 | English- |
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3:38 | a′ | Cloud theme, with new solo viola counterpoint | ||
3:54 | Downward chord passage | |||
4:12 | B | A new tune enters tentatively, but then repeats itself; flute and harp. | ||
4:40 | Tune in strings and solo violin | |||
4:56 | Tune in flute and harp | |||
(A′) | Not a real “return” of A, only of selected elements standing in for A | |||
5:19 | English- |
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5:51 | Quiet timpani and low strings — prominent until the end | |||
Recollection of thematic fragments: | ||||
6:14 | Cloud theme: bassoons, then cellos | |||
6:32 | B tune fragment | |||
6:40 | French- |