Orchestra
SKU:
BT.EMBZ40015
By Gabor
Darvas. By Claude
Debussy. EMB Study
Scores. Book Only.
Composed 1982. 40 pages.
Editio Musica Budapest
#EMBZ40015. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ40015).
Debussy decided
in 1892, at the age of
thirty, to compose a work
for orchestra after
Mallarmé's poem,
L'aprés-midi d'un
faune. Originally he had
thought of writing three
movements (Prélude -
Interlude - Paraphrase)
but when the first
movement was completed in
September 1894 he came to
the conclusion that the
continuation would be
superfluous.The
Prélude was first
performed in Paris with
Gustave Doret as
conductor on 22 December
of the same year yet, as
it achieved immediate
succes it had to be
repeated. Source for the
present edition was the
first printed score
(1895) which had been
revised by the composer.
Debussy's original,
French expressions and
markings have been
retained.