06/16/2026
Debussy's Étude "pour les cinq doigts" begins with one of the most familiar exercises in piano playing, but what starts as a simple technical pattern quickly becomes something imaginative, playful, and unmistakably Debussy. It's also widely believed to be a tongue in cheek nod to Carl Czerny, whose exercise books have been a rite of passage for piano students for generations.
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