Claude Debussy - Feux d’artifice, from “Preludes, Book II“ (audio + sheet music)

“Feux d’artifice“ (“Fireworks“), Book II No. 12, from Preludes by French composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Claude Debussy’s Préludes are two sets of pieces for solo piano. They are divided into two separate livres, or books, of twelve preludes each. Unlike previous collections of preludes, such as those of J.S. Bach and Chopin, Debussy’s do not follow a strict pattern of key signatures. Each book was written in a matter of months, at an unusually fast pace for Debussy. Book one was written between Dec