Little is known about the origins of Debussy’s Pour le piano, only that the second movement Sarabande was written in 1894 and that the autograph carries the clear inscription &raquo;1901&laquo;.<br>
<br>
As with the Suite bergamasque , Pour le piano  was published first by Fromont in 1901, although Debussy did not grant him the full rights to the composition until 1905. This delay had most certainly to do with Debussy’s efforts to have  Fromont  transfer the rights to  Pelléas  et  Mélisande  to his new exclusive publisher Durand; in other words  Fromont  was to own Pour le piano only if  Durand owned  Pelléas .<br>
<br>
Bärenreiter’s new critical scholarly edition edited by Regina Back relies on all known sources, documenting the genesis of the composition, provides a detailed Critical Commentary and enlightens with its text passages on performance practice and Debussy’s piano  music.<br>