Debussy confidently wrote to his publisher Jacques Durand in August 1905:
?I believe ? without unwarranted vanity ? that these three pieces will prove to be good and that they will take a prominent place in the literature of piano music ? to the left of Schumann or to the right of Chopin ? as you like it?. Debussy?s ?Images?, already popular during Debussy?s lifetime, delight with their irid…
