CACOPHONY: GREAT CLASSICAL MUSIC

Gardens of Discovery 1 - Debussy: Pagodas


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Five pieces (six actually) inspired and influenced by nature and the East.

When the organisers of the Paris Universal Exposition in 1889 invited gamelan players from Indonesia they introduced French composers to a whole world of new and exciting possibilities and a new direction in music. 

Debussy led the way and his piano pieces Pagodas and Gardens in the rain are fabulous pieces of aural picture painting.

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CACOPHONY: GREAT CLASSICAL MUSICBy Cacophony - Steve Thomas

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