Golliwogg’s Cakewalk 'advanced' [3'00", Db major]

Golliwog’s Cakewalk is the sixth and final piece in his piano solo suite Children’s Corner (1908). Debussy dedicated this suite, about toys coming to life, to his much-beloved daughter Emma, nicknamed Chouchou. The cover with a small elephant holding a gigantic Golliwog balloon is rather surrealistic and was drawn by Debussy himself. The Golliwog’s Cakewalk is clearly influenced by Afro-American ragtime and jazz, and includes a mocking reference to Wagner’s famous motif from ‘Tristan and Isolde.’ Nathan’s orchestration is for ‘advanced’ or ‘professional’ orchestras, kept in the original key of Db major. Scored for 2 Fl (2° = Picc), 2 Ob (2° = E Hn), 2 Cl, 2 Bsn, 4 Hn, 2 Tpt, 2 Tbn, Tuba, Timp, Dr. Set, 1 Perc, Hp, and Strings.