Imaginative daydreams: Claude Debussy wrote Children’s Corner for his little daughter Emma: a tender serenade for the doll, the snowflakes whirling in a snowdome, a dancing jumping jack. Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos dedicated a delightful piano cycle to the dolls in the nursery, while in hi
Imaginative daydreams: Claude Debussy wrote Children’s Corner for his little daughter Emma: a tender serenade for the doll, the snowflakes whirling in a snowdome, a dancing jumping jack. Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos dedicated a delightful piano cycle to the dolls in the nursery, while in his famous Kinderszenen Robert Schumann recalls his childhood in poetic miniatures: absorbed reveries, the longing for distant lands, delight in strange tales and a thrill at spooky ones – a musical excursion into the world of childhood!