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The short answer
Hommage à Haydn is a character piece by Claude Debussy from the Late Romantic and Impressionist era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 6, an estimate.
- character piece
- Late Romantic and Impressionist
- dreamy
- gentle
- voicing
History
The source first presents a five-note name motif, then restarts its numbering for the music. The later slow-waltz direction turns that idea into a broader, shaped phrase.
Sources
How to practise it
- Distinguish the prefatory motif from the numbered piece, then balance the upper chords against the lower line in the first actual music bar.
How hard is it
Level 6, estimated
The actual piece layers chords and a moving lower line, with meter and tempo changes. Its prefatory5/4 name example must not be mistaken for the opening waltz bar.
About this piece
- Licence
- CC0
- Source
- musescore.com
More by Claude Debussy
- The Little Shepherd, Children's Corner No. 5Level 5, estimatedWith Maestro
- Clair de lune, Suite bergamasque, L. 75Level 8, estimatedWith Maestro
- La cathédrale engloutie, Préludes I No. 10Level 8, estimatedWith Maestro
