Editor: Karsten Nottelmann Fingering: Rolf Koenen Pages: 127

Series: Editions Durand Composer: Claude Debussy Arranger: Roy Howat

By Félix Le Couppey Series: Kalmus Edition Category: Piano Method Format: Book Instrument: Piano

Given Saint-Saëns’ talents both as pianist and composer, it stood to reason that he would engage with the piano concerto genre early on. But he gave a clear renunciation of the “concerto brilliant” that was dominant in France at that time, declaring instead that “the solo part of a concerto must be set out, and treated, like a dramatic role”