Debussy Preludes Book 2 (Henle)

In 1913, three years after publication of the Pr?ludes I, another collection of twelve Pr?ludes appeared. The pieces are longer and make use of a very wide register, which is why Debussy mainly notated them on three staves. As with thefirst volume of Pr?ludes the programmatic additions only appeared at the end of each piece. The cycle closes with thevirtuosic and brilliant Feux d?artifice, fireworks of pianistic bravura in the true sense of the word. The piano writing and title of no. 11, Les ti?rces altern?es, already hints at the twelve ?tudes of 1915 (HN 390) with which Debussy was to end his piano ?uvre.