mysterieux

French composer

Definition

Mysterious — hushed and enigmatic.

Interpretive Guidance

Debussy's mysterious passages require a specific kind of quiet: not absence of sound but sound that conceals. Play as if you are not fully sure what you are revealing.

Context

Scope Used by Claude Debussy
Language French

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