Classical Composer: | Debussy, Claude |
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Work: | La plus que lente |
Year Composed: | 1910 |
Instrumentation: | pf |
Publisher: | Éditions Durand |
Duration: | 00:04:00 |
Period: | 20th Century |
Work Category: | Instrumental |
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There is a clear line of development from Chopin to Claude Debussy, whose piano music seemed to explore still further the poetic resonances of the instrument and, in its simpler forms, pleased the domestic performer in search of repertoire. The waltz, La plus que lente (A slower than slow waltz), carries the unusual indication Molto rubato con morbidezza. It highlights Debussy's parodic intentions in a piece to which he never attached any particular seriousness, and its 'brasserie' style has led to a multiplicity of transcriptions, all of which dilute Debussy's sharp yet veiled sense of humour, of his implication of brevity (and economy) being the soul of wit. Written in 1910, it found the same market as the Preludes of the same year.
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