Analysis Of Music And Performance Of Debussy's Four Hands Playing "Petite Suite"

French composer, Debussy as one of the most influential composer in European music field in late nineteenth century and early twentieth century is the founder of impressionism of music. Four hands playing “Petite Suite” created by Debussy in 1889 consists of four short songs which portray a beautiful picture each. They have different melody structure but all sounds beautiful and unique. In this paper, the author discusses such issues to be noticed during playing as tone processing, balance of vocal parts, usage of pedals and cooperation of two players by combing the research on this work with the author's playing experience. The author proposes the experience of playing this work, hoping that more people can experience the charm of this work and love it.