La plus que lente – Valse
Piano Solo
by Claude Debussy
Piano Solo - Sheet Music

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Piano solo (Piano solo) - Henle Level 5-6

SKU: HL.51481318

Piano Solo. Composed by Claude Debussy. Edited by Ernst-Gü and nter Heinemann. Arranged by Hans-Martin Theopold. Sheet Music. Paperbound. Henle Music Folios. Classical. Softcover. 12 pages. G. Henle #HN1318. Published by G. Henle (HL.51481318).

ISBN 9790201813189. UPC: 888680668419. 9.25x12.5x0.039 inches.

Fingering by Hans-Martin Theopold Slow waltzes enjoyed a special vogue in Parisian salons of the early twentieth century, leading Debussy - with a twinkle in his eye - to produce his piano waltz “La plus que lente” (“The Slower-than-Slow”). Parisian publisher Durand brought Debussy's piano waltz, issued in July 1910, to a wider public by publishing it that same year as a supplement to Le Figaro, as well as in arrangements (by others) for violin and piano and for piano, 4-hands. Debussy himself produced a version for orchestra, and in 1913 he even - at a rather faster tempo - recorded it on a piano roll for the Welte-Mignon company. This work, headed “molto rubato con morbidezza” (with much rubato, morbidly), is now available as a separate Henle Urtext Edition. A preface, extended from those in the anthology volumes 51481194 and 51480404, will stimulate curiosity about this charming miniature waltz.

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