Debussy plays Debussy, La Cathédrale Engloutie ( The Sunken Cathedral), Prélude Book I, (1913)

Claude Debussy plays Debussy (Piano Rolls, before 1913): Prélude for piano, Book I, L. 125 (117), La Cathédrale Engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral). Profondément calme Composed in 1909 Claude Debussy, Piano, 1913. La Cathédral Engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral): Debussy effects a striking musical depiction of the mythical submerged cathedral of Ys with archaicisms like modality and parallel harmonies. The work s rhythmic stasis, combined with its massive sonorities, creates an overwhelming sense of awe and grandeur. Each of Debussy s Préludes, Book I (19071910) is a short but substantial work that conveys a particular mood or impression suggested by its title. Still, as musicologist Rollo Myers notes, the pictorial element is not unduly stressed if stressed at all; these Préludes are pure In accordance with the composer s practice of assigning a title only after the completion of a work, the titles of the Pr, 23