Debussy’s Piano Portraits
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Catherine Kautsky performs works by Claude Debussy and discusses what inspired him.
Catherine Kautsky, Professor of Music at Lawrence University, joins Wisconsin Public Radio host Norman Gilliland, to discuss the inspiration behind Claude Debussy’s piano works. Kautsky performs some of Debussy’s pieces and explains how they are structured.
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Debussy’s Piano Portraits
Special | 59m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Catherine Kautsky, Professor of Music at Lawrence University, joins Wisconsin Public Radio host Norman Gilliland, to discuss the inspiration behind Claude Debussy’s piano works. Kautsky performs some of Debussy’s pieces and explains how they are structured.
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