Perfromed here by the virtuoso Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Achille-Claude Debussy's 'Etude retrouvee' was written by the great composer in 1915 but somehow was lost amongst the genius' papers after his passing in 1918. The piece, whose title means "found etude" seems to have been a possible 13th Etude (Debussy composed and published 2 Books of Etudes each containing 6 pieces) which Debussy never saw realized in the form of publication. The sheet music, discovered in 1977, was included amongst, and titled, 'Pour les arpeges composes' (which led to theinitial confusion as this was the title of the 5th etude from Book 2 of Etudes). The piece was assumed to be sketches for the completed etude until someone sat down and read the work, realized that it was something different altogether and, obviously, something very special; a lost Debussy piece! Being headed "Pour les Arpeges composes", the piece had always been assumed to contain sketches for the familiar Etude of the same name, perhaps as work-ups or experiments. Upon closer examination the manuscript turned out to be quite different a piece. It became clear that Debussy had worked in 1915 on two distinct versions of "Pour les Arpeges composes", finally choosing one and keeping the other among his papers, perhaps with a view to later use. The collapse of his health in 1916 and his tragic, young death in 1918 putting a stop to further plans. This rediscovered draft needed only the completion of some partly sketched figurations, a <b>...</b>
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Achille-Claude
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Retrouvee
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Jean-Yves
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