Claude Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

There are days that I am so happy to be a music major...

Today was one of them, as one of my assignments for Written Theory was to do a harmonic analysis of Debussy's Prélude Á "L'aprés-midi d'un faune" or Prelude to "Afternoon of a Faun."

It's a challenging piece of music as it has little real harmonic function, lots of what he does is linear, and there's lots of chromaticism... and oh! whole tone scales! Yay!

Regardless of it's difficulties analytically, it's a pleasure to get to listen to it over and over while I complete my homework. Debussy is responsible for some truly beautiful music, and this piece is among his masterpieces. God truly blessed him with musical genius.

I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I did. It was a much needed respite from the craziness that is known as my life. Thank the Lord for beautiful moments like this...