Debussy, Nocturne And Scherzo For Cello (Faber)
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Debussy’s Nocturne et Scherzo is a fascinating early work for cello and piano, composed in 1882 when Debussy was nineteen. Contrasting animated Scherzo writing with a lyrical, nocturne-like central character, the piece already hints at the composer’s sensitivity to colour and atmosphere. This Faber Music edition was prepared from the surviving manuscript by Neil Heyde and first published in 1995.
Key Features:
• For cello and piano
• Composed by Claude Debussy
• Written in 1882
• Edited by Neil Heyde
• Published by Faber Music
• Catalogue No. 0571515118
• ISBN 978-0-571-51511-0
• 16 pages
• Contrasts lively Scherzo writing with lyrical, cantabile expression
Debussy, Nocturne and Scherzo for Cello (Faber)
An intriguing glimpse into Claude Debussy’s earliest musical language, Nocturne et Scherzo was written in 1882, when the composer was only nineteen. A now-lost version for violin and piano appears to have preceded the surviving version for cello and piano, preserved in Debussy’s autograph manuscript. Despite its title suggesting two separate movements, the surviving music can be understood as a single hybrid work: lively Scherzo-like material surrounds a contrasting cantabile passage of nocturnal character. This Faber Music edition, first published in 1995, was prepared by cellist and musicologist Neil Heyde and brought this fascinating early work into print for the first time.
Key Features:
- Composed by Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
- Nocturne et Scherzo
- For cello and piano
- Composed in 1882
- Edited by Neil Heyde
- Based on Debussy’s surviving autograph manuscript
- First published in this edition in 1995
- Published by Faber Music
- Catalogue No. 0571515118
- ISBN 978-0-571-51511-0
- 16 pages
- Score with cello part
Musical Benefits:
- Develops contrast between lively articulation and lyrical cantabile playing
- Refines tonal colour, phrasing and dynamic control
- Strengthens rhythmic clarity and cello-piano coordination
- Introduces players to the formative musical style of the young Debussy
