Estampes, L. 100 (Debussy)
Movements
i Pagodes (Pagodas), ii La soirée dans Grenade (Evening in Granada), iii Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)
Notes
Estampes (Prints), L. 100, is a composition for solo piano by Claude Debussy. It was finished in 1903.
This suite with 3 movements is one of a number of piano works by Debussy which are often described as impressionistic, a term borrowed from painting. This style of composition had been pioneered by Ravel in Jeux d’eau written in 1901, and was soon adopted by Debussy (for example in the earlier numbers of Images), but Debussy did not himself identify as an impressionist.
