LA CATHEDRALE ENGLOUITI from PRELUDES, HOOK 1 LA CATHEDRALE ENGLOUTIE from Preludes, Book F (+910) Claude Dehussy (1862-1918) Apart from the medium, how does the style of The Sunken Cathedral differ from that of Prlude to “The Aftemoon of « Faw!? How do you explain the tones in bar 1? bar 177 bar 867 Are concepts such as voice leading and overall harmonic structure relevant to an understanding of this music? Debussy chose to notate the meter of The Sunken Cathedral in a highly idiosyncratic manner that has confused many readers of the score. His time signature § = } docs not mean that a bar of 144 add is to equal in duration a bar of | 4J, but rather that the quarter note in the sections notated chiefly in quarter notes is equal in duration to the half note in the sections notated chiefly in half notes. The following are the metrical proportions that Debussy intended: At the start of bar 7, the preceding J equals the coming ¢; similarly, at bar 13, J = J, at bar 22, « = 4; at bar 84, / = J, and finally, = at bar 86.2 Jaton of hs seteion ce Cats Burbar,"Debsy Phys Leb gt and Sols Mel My in Then Quart all 1968), pp 14-16,422 PART FIVE — Modern Compositions 14 Cje~ C2 8% -—— ie e = cs age Wri @—wrswonten prosronatvement (Sey proner)LA CATHEDRALE ENGLOUTIE from PRELUDES, BOOK! Dtwsy 423 Sonore sans dureté | Pe cere EES bEbAA NT y PP PIN be | ® | Um peu moins lent (pans uve expression allant grand 3 Dp expressf i et concentré 5 5 2 3 Be Be u424 PART FIVE — Modem Compositions