L'isle Joyeuse
by Claude Debussy
Concert Band - Sheet Music

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SKU: BF.BM568-SET

Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged by Douglas McLain. Baton Music orchestral series. Full Score and set of parts. Duration 7:30. Baton Music #BM568-SET. Published by Baton Music (BF.BM568-SET).

Claude Debussy's L'isle joyeuse (The Happy Island) is an extended solo piano piece that was inspired by Watteau's painting L'Embarquement de Cythère, in which a happy group of revelers depart for/from the mythical island of Cythera in the Mediterranean, birthplace of Venus, the goddess of love. Douglas McLain made a fine arrangement of this piano piece for the work instrumentation of a for Symphonic Band.