A Study Of Chromatics In The Orchestration Luc Brewaeys's Orchestral Edition Of Debussy's 24 Preludes As Examples

Since the 20th century,composers have paid more and more attention to timbre.In addition to pitch,rhythm and harmony,it has become a flexible musical element in musical works,and has its own characteristics and laws.Timbre is not limited to simple sounds or combinations of sounds,but a three-dimensional existence in all time and space.Based on the orchestration and the theory of colorimetry,this paper discusses the concept of visible timbre from three aspects: the color selection of pure timbre,the color allocation of mixed timbre and the uniqueness of timbre.Through the correspondence analysis of 24 piano preludes by the French impressionist composer achil-claude Debussy(1862-1918)and the orchestral edition by the Belgian composer Luc Brewaeys(1959-2015)to further expound the contrast and blending techniques between hue,lightness and chromatics,such as the chromatics in the actual orchestration present tinted craft in the process of application.