Golliwogg's Cakewalk 'easy' [3'00", C 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 ‘easy’ or ‘amateur’ orchestras, lowered a 1/2 step to the key of C major. Scored for 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Cl, [A. Sax & T. Sax opt’l], 2 Hn, 2 Tpt, 2 Tbn, Tuba, Timp, 1 Perc, Pno, and Strings.