Prelude to the afternoon of a faun. An authoritative score; Mallarmé's poem; backgrounds and sources; criticism and analysis. Edited by William W. Austin.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.

Contributor:

Austin, William W.

Series:

Norton critical scores

Norton critical scores.

Standardized Title:

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune.

Debussy, Claude.

Symphonic poems--Scores.

Symphonic poems.

Genre:

Scores.

Physical Description:

vi pages, study score (167 pages) ; 22 cm.

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : W. W. Norton, [1970]

Summary:

Music examples and charts illustrate the analysis, and each essay is fully annotated by the editor. In some cases, the results of original research by the editor or by others working the field are punished here for the first time. Much of the material has never before appeared in English.

Contents:

The history of the poem and the music.

The text of Mallarmé's poem.

The score of Debussy's Prelude.

Analysis.

Backgrounds and sources.

Criticism and analysis.

Notes:

Errata slip inserted.

"Sources": p. 64; edition incorporates the composer's revisions.

Bibliography: pages 166-167.

Contains:

Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898. Après-midi d'un faune. English 1970.

Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898. Après-midi d'un faune. 1970.

ISBN:

0393021459

0393099393

OCLC:

697573