Claude Debussy: Piano Trio in G violin, cello & piano

Piano trio G major (first edition) by Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Edited by Ellwood Derr. For piano trio (violin, cello, piano). Piano Trios. Henle Music Folios. Urtext edition-paper bound. Impressionistic. Single piece and set of performance parts. Introductory text, performance notes, bowings and fingerings. 66 pages. G. Henle Verlag #HN379. Published by G. Henle Verlag (HL.51480379).

Debussy composed this work in summer 1880 in Fiesole, Italy, when he was 18 years old. At the time he was the musical travelling companion of Nadescha von Meck, Tschaikowsky’s famous patroness. Most of the autograph material was thought to have been lost and was only discovered over 100 years later, in 1982, in the estate of Debussy’s pupil Maurice Dumesnil. When Henle published the first edition in 1986, the music world welcomed the trio with open arms. Ensembles rushed to play it, and numerous recordings followed. Although formal conventions prevail, the work displays a melodic freshness as well as inflections and phrases that are typical of Debussy.

With introductory text, performance notes, bowings and fingerings. Impressionistic. 9x12 inches.