Russia need have nothing to do with it. Many composers customarily write out in piano score before orchestrating, especially if as performers they're primarily pianists, which Debussy was. Berlioz didn't, of course, but then Berlioz was unusual in not really playing the piano at all.
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Date: 2008-03-29 06:05 pm (UTC)