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Cortège, from Petite Suite (1886-89) by Claude Debussy (1862-1918).

Pianists Enrico Elisi and Mengyang Pan, live from Texas State University, on October 25, 2023. Follow the Elisi-Pan Piano Duo Channel at @Elisi.Pan.PianoDuo

The Petite Suite, L 65, is a piano four-hands suite composed by Claude Debussy. It was first performed on 2 February 1889 at a salon in Paris by Debussy and pianist-publisher Jacques Durand. The suite, written between 1886 and 1889, may have been a response to a request, possibly from Durand, for a piece accessible to skilled amateurs. Its simplicity contrasts sharply with the more modernist works Debussy was composing at the time.

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Ballet, from Petite Suite (1886-89) by Claude Debussy (1862-1918).