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Émile Pessard: Timidité (Pièce mélodique), Op.119

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Channel: PSearPianist · 2015 · Music

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Phillip Sear plays a piece from 1909 by the French composer Émile Pessard (1843-1917), which is a fascinating precursor of Debussy's famous 'La plus que lente' of 1910.
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I'm sure that the Parisian composer Émile Louis Fortuné Pessard (1843–1917)—winner of the Prix de Rome in 1866—would wish to be remembered for his operas and church music. However, he seems to live on through one piece—'Andalouse', which remains popular in an arrangement (I think) for flute and piano.  Pessard wrote some highly refined, and always inventive, salon music, and this piece is one of his best.  Although it is not mentioned on the Wiki page for 'La plus que lente', I can't believe that Debussy did not have this at the back of his mind when he wrote his famous take on French 'valses lentes' in 1910—even though it is not a waltz, but a brilliant evocation of timidity.  It is dedicated to Georges Sporck (1870-1943), a pupil of Pessard's at the Paris Conservatoire, and composer of orchestral, chamber, vocal and piano music.

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