Debussy La Plus que Lente Valse (Henle)

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 quelente? (?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 supplementto 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 arather faster tempo ? recorded it on a piano roll for the Welte-Mignon company. This work, headed ?molto rubato con morbidezza? (with suppleness), is now available as a separate Henle Urtext. A preface, extended from those in theanthology volumes HN 1194 and HN 404, will stimulate curiosity about this charming miniature waltz.