The second piece in this suite quotes from the son
The second piece in this suite quotes from the song Do, do, l'enfant do to represent an elephant being sung to sleep. The first piece in this suite parodies finger exercises, and is named after a collection of studies by Muzio Clementi. Inspired by Mussorgsky's song cycle The Nursery, this suite includes The Little Shepherd and The Snow is Dancing, and ends with a piece based on ragtime melodies which parodies a chord from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. Including Jimbo's Lullaby, Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, and ? Golliwog's Cakewalk, FTP, name this suite of six piano pieces by Debussy dedicated to "Chou-Chou," his daughter.
The second piece in this suite quotes from the song Do, do, l'enfant do to represent an elephant being sung to sleep.
{Children's Corner}