3 Chansons de Bilitis (Debussy, Claude)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 songs
Composition Year 1897-98
Genre Categories Chansons; Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; French language; For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); Scores featuring the oboe (arr); Scores featuring the clarinet (arr); Scores featuring the bassoon (arr); Scores featuring the horn (arr); For 5 players (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

 Complete Performance
#73855 - 8.64MB - 9:25 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5966×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/8/4)

Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Performers Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano)
Pei-Yao Wang (piano)
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Scores

 Complete Score
#225679 - 1.16MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11605×⇩ - Afp0815

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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Fromont, n.d.[1899]. Plate E. 1417¹ F.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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 Complete Score (scan) (Preview)
#84226 - 1.58MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4421×⇩ - piupianissimo

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 Complete Score (filter) (Preview)
#84227 - 1.14MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4211×⇩ - piupianissimo

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piupianissimo (2010/11/8)

Editor First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Fromont, n.d.[1899]. Plate E. 1417¹ F.
Reprinted Paris: Jean Jobert, 1968.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes scan: score scanned at 600dpi
filter: score filtered with 2-point algorithm explained in High Quality Scanning. I provide the original scanned version and the filtered, because the filter does some changes (smoothening, sharpening borders) and some portions of the scan get lost sometimes (when they are too small e.g.) - so you can choose your favorite. You may ask me for a manually cleaned version.
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 Complete Score
#14817 - 0.50MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8313×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2007/9/30)

Editor First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Fromont, n.d.[1899]. Plate E. 1417¹ F.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1981.
Copyright
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn (Clarke)

 Complete Score
#970981 - 0.20MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 85×⇩ - JohnFClarke

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JohnFClarke (2025/5/14)

⇒ 5 more: Flute • Oboe • Clarinet (B♭) • Bassoon • Horn (F)

 Flute
#970982 - 0.08MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 29×⇩ - JohnFClarke

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 Oboe
#970983 - 0.07MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 14×⇩ - JohnFClarke

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 Clarinet (B♭)
#970984 - 0.09MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 15×⇩ - JohnFClarke

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 Bassoon
#970985 - 0.06MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 13×⇩ - JohnFClarke

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 Horn (F)
#970986 - 0.07MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 9×⇩ - JohnFClarke

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JohnFClarke (2025/5/14)

Arranger John Clarke (b. 1951)
Publisher. Info. John Clarke
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Braille Scores

 Complete Score
#897743 - 0.01MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 124×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2024/1/31)

Editor Hu Haipeng (b. 1984)
Publisher. Info. Hu Haipeng, 2022.
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Misc. Notes Braille score in bar-over-bar format, 40 cells per line.
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Lyrics (1)

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General Information

Work Title 3 Chansons de Bilitis
Alternative. Title Trois chansons de Bilitis
Name Translations ビリティスの3つの歌; Three Songs of Bilitis; Τα τραγούδια της Βιλιτώς
Name Aliases Troi Chansons de Bilitis; Τρία τραγούδια της Βιλιτώς
Authorities WorldCat; VIAF: 186783426; LCCN: no97082593; GND: 30004173X; SELIBR: 171710; SUDOC: 11898666X; BNF: 13911364n; NLA: 35120751
Composer Debussy, Claude
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. CD 97 ; L.90
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ICD 14
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 songs:
  1. La flûte de Pan
  2. La chevelure
  3. Le tombeau des naïades
Text Incipit see below
  1. Pour le jour des Hyacinthies
  2. Il m'a dit 'cette nuit, j'ai rêvé'
  3. Le long du bois couvert de givre
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1897-98
First Performance. 1900-03-17 in Paris, Salle Pleyel, Société nationale de musique.
Blanche Marot (soprano), Claude Debussy (piano)
First Publication. 1899 – Paris: E. Fromont, Plate E. 1417¹ F., 12 pages
Librettist Pierre Louÿs (1870–1925), from the poetry cycle of the same title
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voice, piano
Discography MusicBrainz
Authorities Wikidata
F-Pn
VIAF
External Links Centre de documentation Claude Debussy
All Music Guide
Scores at Sheet Music Plus
Extra Information Fromont assigned E. 1417¹ F. because 1417 was already assigned to the 3rd of the Nocturnes (published 1900). Debussy's 6 Antique epigraphs also relate to these poems and this work.
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