The bass line of the left hand part for the final one consists entirely of dotted half notes playing notes from the standard A minor chord at the tempo Lent e Grave.
The bass line of the left hand part for the final one consists entirely of dotted half notes playing notes from the standard A minor chord at the tempo Lent e Grave. The first one, unlike the others, has two sharps in its key signature, and falls under the tempo direction Lent e Douleoureux. These two were orchestrated from their solo piano scores by Debussy, though the middle piece, Lent et Triste, was not. Often compared with the composer's series of six Gnossiennes, this is, FTP, what trio of Eric Satie piano pieces, whose title refers to an ancient Greek form of nude dancing?
The bass line of the left hand part for the final one consists entirely of dotted half notes playing notes from the standard A minor chord at the tempo Lent e Grave.
Three {Gymnopedies} or Trois {Gymnopedies}