Towards the end of his life, Debussy turned to the idea of composing a set of six sonatas for various combinations of instruments. He never was able to compose the fourth sonata, which he intended for this unusual instrumentation. The present work creates such a sonata out of material from various works of Debussy.
The 1st movement is drawn from the Prologue, 1st Tableau and Epilogue of the pantomine-ballet, La boîte joujoux; the 2nd movement is an arrangement of the 9th of his Douze Etudes for piano; the 3rd movement is arranged from the finale of his Image (1st series) for piano.
Pref. by Kenneth Cooper in English.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 6-7).
Prélude : La boîte joujoux -- Scherzando : Étude pour les notes répétées -- Mouvement : Images I