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Serenade for the Doll (from Children's Corner, L. 113) (arr. Choisnel)
Claude Debussy · 1862–1918
Level 4 · Early advanced — about ABRSM 7 · RCM 8
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- Type
- Short piece
- Setting
- Piano
- Length
- About 3 min
- Era
- 20th century
- Nationality
- French
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About this work
- Composed
- 1906–1908
- Dedicated to
- Chou-chou (Debussy's daughter); Claude-Emma Debussy (1905–1919)
- First performed
- 1908/12/18 in Paris, Cercle musical; Paris: Harold Bauer (piano) 25 March 1911 in Boston (Caplet's orchestration); Boston Symphony Orchestra, André Caplet (conductor)
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