To mark the 150th anniversary
of Debussy's birth in 2012,
Henle is proud to present a
tribute to his piano solo
works in three volumes,
available as a paperbound or a
clothbound edition. As a
publishing house whose main
focus is on piano music, it
was important for Henle to
give a special place to the
works of Claude Debussy, the
innovator of piano style. Thus
since the early 1980s they
have steadily been publishing
single editions of all of
Debussy's important works for
the piano. Their editor Ernst-
Günter Heinemann has worked
closely with the French
Debussy scholar François
Lesure to present Debussy's
elaborate music in high
quality Urtext editions.
Beginning with the ?Danse
bohémienne? from 1880, all of
the single works from their
catalog have been drawn
together in these three
volumes, arranged according to
their date of composition. And
as a little ?encore? we have
included the Prélude to the
cantata ?La Damoiselle élue?
in volume I. Each of the three
volumes contains true
highlights for the piano. But
the short and lesser known
works also offer a glimpse at
the modern classical composer
Debussy from a different
angle. In addition each volume
contains a helpful glossary
with all of Debussy's often
very vivid performance
instructions translated into
English and German. Bon
anniversaire, Claude Debussy!
