Debussy plays Debussy Golliwogg's Cakewalk (1913)

Welte-Mignon Piano Roll #2733
Children's Corner No. 6
"Golliwogg's Cakewalk"
Claude Debussy, piano

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[Zach Rice]

bro you just went full retard

[Bunnypunker]

I believe that Debussy knew better how it should be played a piece about a clumsy doll!

[LGSurge]

"Shut up", he explained.

[ShadowMudkip123]

Don't question skills that are beyond your limits.

[proggdogg]

though it is interesting to listen to, to get the main point or ambiance of a piece, from the heart, technically though, some improvement is possible. use all sources for practicing.

[LGSurge]

I think you are the one with the snotty classical opinion (what can be more "snottily classical" than treating composer's interpretation as being beyond criticism?). We have every right to debate how Debussy plays "his own piece". Besides, once it leaves his pen, it is our piece just as much as it is his. Think about it. Attitudes like yours kill debate about music, and are part of the reason classical music is on the brink of cultural irrelevancy.

[LGSurge]

Thank you Anastassia for having the courage to say that you don't like the composer's performance of his own piece. Such an idea, unfortunately, is still too much for some to wrap their head around. Statements such as "Debussy knows better" are not conclusions, they are premises. It is an exercise in blind faith in the composers' infallibility, not artistic judgement. If the composer "knows best" by default, then nobody should ever play this piece again. What would be the point?

[jsilence418]

This is actually richer and more harmonically complex than the" Entertainer "

[Cameron Khan]

They recorded him using a player piano... he played it then it prints code out on a piece of paper, then you can put in any other player piano and listen to it just how Debussy played it

[minnieboots1]

I appreciate his use of the Tristan Chord

[CrashTestUmpire]

Where did you get this magnificent recording from?