Claude Debussy - Jimbo's Lullaby

Jimbo&Lullaby is No.2 in Claude Debussy&"Children&Corner" Suite. 1908 This work describes an elephant, Jumbo, who came from the French Sudan and lived briefly in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris around the time of Debussy&birth. The misspelling "Jimbo" betrays the Parisian accent which often confuses the pronunciation of "um" and "un" with "im" and "in". It is a beautiful lullaby with some dark moments and whole-tone passages in the middle. Debussy quotes the French lullaby "Do, do, l&do," several times in the course of the piece and uses the interval of the major second, sometimes as a taunting song so prevalent in European music. Retailers: iTunes Amazon Claude Debussy on YouTube: