G. Henle Verlag La Plus Que Lente Valse

G. Henle Verlag

La Plus Que Lente Valse

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. A Preface, Extended From Those In The Anthology Volumes Hn 1194 And Hn 404, Will Stimulate Curiosity About This Charming Miniature Waltz.