Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, L 113 No. 1 (Debussy)
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Claude Debussy is perhaps one of the most celebrated French composers in history and was one of the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum is taken from Children’s Corner, a set of six solo piano pieces that Debussy wrote between 1906 and 1908 and dedicated to his daughter Claude-Emma.
I came across Jenni Watson’s wonderful arrangement of Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum when I heard her performing it at the World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb in 2018. I was blown away by both the arrangement and Jenni’s performance and knew that it was an arrangement I wanted to learn and add to my concert repertoire.
