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Debussy occasionally reacted to musical trends in his compositions, as was the case with American ragtime. Aside from Golliwogg��s Cakewalk, in Children��s Corner (HN 382), The little Negro is even today a standard piece in modern crossover orientated piano teaching. Debussy did actually compose the piece for a piano method, namely that of Th��odore Lack, published in 1909. In 1934 the publishing house Leduc produced a single version, in which measures 22 to 54 are repeated, unlike in the first edition. The piece is not particularly difficult and is very effective.