Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)

Golliwogg's Cakewalk

from "Children's Corner" Edition Schott

2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet); double bass ad lib.

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Details
For
2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet); double bass ad lib.
Product Type
Score, Parts
Author / Composer
Claude Debussy
Product number
732422
Difficulty Level
2-3
Extent
24 Pages
Description

The famous Golliwogg’s Cakewalk is the final piece from Debussy's cycle Children’s Corner which consists of 6 miniatures for piano, written for his daughter in the years 1906-1908.The style corresponds to that of ragtime, a dance which was in vogue around the turn of the century. In the middle section, he parodies several times the beginning of the opera Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner with whom Debussy had a rather ambiguous relationship.The present arrangement now allows musicians to play...