La plus que lente (Valse) - Piano Solo

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 volume includes a preface which will stimulate curiosity about this charming miniature waltz.