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 todaya standard piece in modern crossover orientated Piano teaching. Debussy did actually compose the piece for a Piano method namely that of Théodore Lack published in 1909. In 1934 the publishing house Leduc produced a singleversion in which measures 22 to 54 are repeated unlike in the first edition. The piece is not particularly difficult and is very effective.