The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Claude Debussy

[MJGlajcar]

There are a lot of music to listen, but there is too a few to feel and I think this piece is one of that

[maneatingtoilets]

What kind of piano is this? It has a nice softness to the high notes.

[shafiq123098]

i want the music sheets for this!

[Lavendel59]

This is a beautiful and romantic and classical masterpiece by Claude Debussy. It is full of harmony and love. I wish you a nice weekend harmonious. Gabriele!

[harleytube1]

1:11 - My favourite bit and also the octave lower a few seconds later.. I wish he had based a song around that beautiful melody! In love <3

[cuddledorky]

man only if there were originals by him recorded .... then id be 110% wowed :D ...man his music is too beautiful i could only imagine him playing it ..how flawless it must have sounded since it was his music... oh man only if i lived in those times id love it :)

[gedq]

@cuddledorky there are recordings - there's one of him doing claire de lune.  But he rushes it imho, maybe to get the whole thing on the cylinder

[Joanneswim]

I think also good to learn the timing. I can't figure out what people do with measure six. It seems they are arpeggio(ing), but it looks like you are suppose to hit all the notes at once, and my fingers make it hard stretch.

[lizchallenger]

this track is great to play the piano along with

[MadameClassique]

I'd love to do my own violin arrangement for this piece. It just breathes. :)

[twinsforawesome]

Beautiful. This song sounds like love.

[puresweetness19]

I really adore "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair" by Claude Debussy, and although I don't like still photos with music, there us something special about the one you have on here.

Thank you for posting it.. added to favourites. xx

[La7uky]

is that a man playing?...



[polyopulis]

woah woah woah

that just blew my mind

woah

1:41

never thought to emphasize that ascending line in the middle.

No one else does this but I like it so much...

woah...

[MadameClassique]

I have to say that I love this piece. It has to be my favourite of Debussy's. I've searched, but I can't find anything quite like it.

[bluesborn]

@MadameClassique -I really love this piece as well.I'm no expert on this kind of music but I do enjoy Debussy and some of his contemporaries.Have you heard Gabriel Faure's Sicilienne Op 78? It's very nice.Another one I really love is "Gymnopedie" by Erik Satie.These works both share that calm sense of reflection and grace."The Girl With the Flaxen Hair" is exquisite however.

[MadameClassique]

@bluesborn Yes! I love both those pieces! Though neither of them match "La fille aux cheveux de lin" in its beauty of contemplation and tranquility for me. I actually wrote my own Gymnopedie last year! Have you heard Debussy's "Reverie"? That's another favourite of mine from him. I've found it interesting to listen to movie music, seeing how much influence Debussy and impressionist musicians have had on that genre. It's quite amazing, really!

[bluesborn]

@MadameClassique I understand your devotion to this particular song.Sometimes we hear something that strikes a chord deep inside that resonates with lost memories and forgotten emotions.Words become useless and inadequate.I feel the same way about certain compositions by Debussy and others,although as I've stated Debussy for me is at the pinnacle of my appreciation of European Music.(I will continue below)

[bluesborn]

You mentioned the word "Impressionist" which is the movement I always naturally assumed Debussy belonged to.I have read however that he deeply resented the term and thought of himself as part of the Symbolist art movement,a subject I will admit to knowing very little about other than a passing interest in the works of Gustave Moreau.

Anyway I thought you might find this interesting.

[MadameClassique]

@bluesborn I'm not an avid fan of Debussy, but there are certain pieces of his that resonate with me. I'm afraid I tend to prefer (and know a lot more about) composers like Handel, Vivaldi and Mozart. I do love Mendelssohn though. Nothing like personal preference to give the world spice and variety, eh? ;)

[theprophet20]

@MadameClassique

This piece of music conjures up in my mind the images of another Claude, those of the painter Claude Lorrain...

[BarbaraGayle222]

Very well played. I love this piece.

[ZXwarp]

It's over too soon.

[MrAfterword]

A touch too fast, but otherwise fantastic.

[BENTLEYQUAMP]

I both love and hate this piece of music......I love it because it reminds me of my x, and I hate for the same reason.

[samthebassman412]

@BENTLEYQUAMP Snap bro.

[BENTLEYQUAMP]

@budadek ??....I`m assuming it was an insult?

[budadek]

@BENTLEYQUAMP

my comment was deleted and i dont really remember what i had written.

but definitely not, i wouldnt write anything insultive. firstly, im not that kind of person and secondly, why would i do it when such great music is playing in the background? :)

[BENTLEYQUAMP]

@budadek ...Ok, then I apologise for assuming the the wrong thing.....

[ileniadusaiga]

che bello questo dettaglio della Venere di Botticelli :-)