Â The third movement of one of his orchestral works begins with the cellos playing alternating sixteenth notes on F-sharp and C-sharp while a (*) wordless female chorus joins the orchestra; that movement is "Sirens" Â from his suite Nocturnes.
A progression of triplet arpeggios in A major, G-sharp minor, F-sharp minor, and E major appears twice in the second of his Two Arabesques, and he included "The Hills of Anacapri" and "Minstrels" in his first book of Preludes. Â The third movement of one of his orchestral works begins with the cellos playing alternating sixteenth notes on F-sharp and C-sharp while a (*) wordless female chorus joins the orchestra; that movement is "Sirens" Â from his suite Nocturnes. Â He is perhaps best known for a solo piano work in 9/8 time which precedes a Passepied, and is based on a Paul Verlaine poem; that work is the third of four movements in his Suite bergamesque. Â For 10 points, name this French composer of La Mer and Clair de Lune.
A progression of triplet arpeggios in A major, G-sharp minor, F-sharp minor, and E major appears twice in the second of his Two Arabesques, and he included "The Hills of Anacapri" and "Minstrels" in his first book of Preludes.
Claude Debussy