Debussy - Petite Suite For Piano Duet Book

This critical edition of the Petite Suite is an excerpt from the COMPLETE WORKS OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY, Series I, volume 9. The titles of the movements of the Petite Suite, Cort¨ge and Ballet, evoke the universe of both the Premi¨re Suite dorchestre and Fªtes galantes by Paul Verlaine (Cort¨ge and En bateau), several poems from which Debussy began to set as early as 1882. The contract that Debussy signed with the editors Durand, Schoenewerk and Cie for the Petite Suite is dated 8 December 1888. The work appeared at the beginning of the following year; the d©p´t legal, (legal deposit) of the work, was accomplished on 12 February 1889. It is difficult to believe that the Petite Suite, which became one of Durands bestselling items during the composers lifetime, was at first not appreciated by those who heard it.