Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Debussy, Claude)

Composition Year 1891-94
Genre Categories Symphonic poems; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano, harmonium (arr); For 11 players; Scores featuring the flute; Scores featuring the oboe; Scores featuring the clarinet; Scores featuring percussion soloists; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; Scores featuring the double bass; Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the harmonium; For mixed chorus, orchestra (arr); Scores featuring mixed chorus; For chorus with orchestra; For brass band (arr); Scores featuring brass band; For orchestra without strings; For 2 pianos (arr); For 2 players; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For piano (arr); For 1 player

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Performances

Recordings

For Orchestra (Debussy)

 Complete recording (EU)
#430688 - 22.44MB - 9:48 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/N/!N - 2149×⇩ - MP3 - Rgagnaux

MP3 file (audio)
Rgagnaux (2016/7/18)

Performer Pages Orchestre national de France (orchestra)
Constantin Silvestri (conductor)
Performers Fernand Dufrêne, solo flute
Publisher Info. Paris: Radiodiffusion-télévision française, 1959.
Reissue Schattdorf: Gagnaux Collection
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Recorded live March 12 (or February 19), 1959. Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris.
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For Piano solo (Borwick)

 Complete Performance
#72368 - 8.58MB - 9:20 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 17390×⇩ - MP3 - rach1974

MP3 file (audio)
rach1974 (2010/7/24)

Performer Pages Christoph Zbinden (Piano)
Publisher Info. Christoph Zbinden
Copyright
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Synthesized/MIDI

 Synthesized performance
#278567 - 9.39MB - 10:15 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2239×⇩ - MP3 - QuinnMason

MP3 file (audio)
QuinnMason (2013/4/24)

Performers Garritan Personal Orchestra
Publisher Info. Quinn Mason
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 [tag/del]
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#411013 - 5.40MB, 29 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2145×⇩ - 2138

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2138 (2016/2/11)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1894, dated September.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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 Complete Score (color)
#83533 - 7.78MB, 36 (31) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 55264×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/11/1)

 Complete Score (color)
#75288 - 7.64MB, 32 (31) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 28868×⇩ - Schissel

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Schissel (2010/8/16)

Editor First edition (corrected proof)
First edition (corrected copy)
Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Fromont, n.d.[1895]. Plate E. 1091 F.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
1. 2e épreuve (2nd proof), with pencil corrections in the composer's hand.
2. First edition, with composer's penciled corrections dated 3 July 1895.
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 Complete Score
#14736 - 1.93MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 53652×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2007/9/29)

Editor First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Fromont, 1895. Plate E. 1091 F.
Reprinted Three Great Orchestral Works in Full Score
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1983.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Monochrome scans.
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Parts

 Flute 1/2, 3
#37660 - 0.37MB, 4, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 21479×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/8/22)

⇒ 10 more: Oboe 1/2, English Horn • Clarinet 1/2 (A) • Bassoon 1/2 • Horn 1/2, 3/4 (F) • Crotales • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Oboe 1/2, English Horn
#37661 - 0.42MB, 4, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6884×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/8/22)

 Clarinet 1/2 (A)
#37662 - 0.27MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7125×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/8/22)

 Bassoon 1/2
#37663 - 0.15MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3633×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/8/22)

 Horn 1/2, 3/4 (F)
#37664 - 0.34MB, 3, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5944×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/8/22)

 Crotales
#37665 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4881×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/8/22)

 Violins I
#37666 - 0.19MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6940×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/8/22)

 Violins II
#37667 - 0.19MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4340×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/8/22)

 Violas
#37668 - 0.16MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3983×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/8/22)

 Cellos
#26372 - 0.21MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4709×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2009/1/6)

 Basses
#37669 - 0.11MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3417×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/8/22)

Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Fromont, 1895. Plate E. 1119 F.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1951).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes These files are part of the Orchestra Parts Project.
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 Harp 1
#120972 - 0.50MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3414×⇩ - Libraryviolin

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Libraryviolin (2011/9/8)

 Harp 2
#120829 - 0.35MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2416×⇩ - Libraryviolin

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Libraryviolin (2011/9/8)

Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Fromont, 1895. Plate E. 1119 F.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1951).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes For errata, misprints see discussion.
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 English Horn
#501751 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 235×⇩ - Eze

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Eze (2017/11/23)

Editor Ezequiel Diz (b. 1977)
Publisher. Info. Ezequiel Diz, 2017.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Parte mejorada
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (Saman)

 Complete Score
#394453 - 1.96MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 789×⇩ - Samansays

PDF typeset by arranger
Samansays (2015/9/26)

Arranger Rob Saman
Publisher. Info. Rob Saman, 2011
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Wordless chorus (as in the final movement of the Nocturnes)
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For Brass Band (Colmer)

 Complete Score and Parts
#264734 - 0.90MB, 83 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3141×⇩ - Geoff colmer

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Geoff colmer (2013/1/5)

Arranger Geoff Colmer
Publisher. Info. Geoff Colmer
Copyright
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For 11 Instruments (Sachs)

 Compete Parts (CA)
#407218 - 6.90MB, 37 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/49/22 - Moromarino

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Moromarino (2016/1/14)

Arranger Benno Sachs (1894-1920)
Editor Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Publisher. Info. Los Angeles: Belmont Music, 1980.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del]
Misc. Notes flute, oboe, clarinet, antique cymbals, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano, harmonium
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For 2 Pianos (Debussy)

 Complete Score
#03073 - 1.03MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8152×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2007/1/04)

Editor First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Fromont, 1895. Plate E. 1094 F.
Reprinted Mineola: Dover Publications, 1992.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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For Piano 4 hands (Ravel)

 Complete Score
#22184 - 1.14MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7109×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2008/9/22)

Arranger Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Fromont, 1910. Plate E. 3075 F.
Copyright
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For Piano solo (Borwick)

 Complete Score
#07757 - 0.91MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 17089×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2007/6/13)

Arranger Leonard Borwick (1868–1925)
Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Fromont, 1912. Plate E. 1426 F.
Copyright
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For Piano solo (Kun)

 Complete Score (EU)
#10169 - 1.16MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/26/C - 9872×⇩ - Mcroskell

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Mcroskell (2007/7/18)

Arranger Ladislas Kun (died ca.1937)
Publisher. Info. New York: Edward B. Marks, 1930. Plate 9669
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is from the MIT archive project.
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Sketches and Drafts

 Complete Particelle
#362340 - 17.46MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 831×⇩ - Alan850627

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Alan850627 (2015/1/24)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.(ca.1891-94) (Original Particelle)
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Particelle of the complete work held in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, on six pages of 28-stave pre-lined music paper. The music is written in black ink with additional entries in red ink. It is assumed that this is the manuscript Debussy referred to when writing out the autograph score. This manuscript was given to Gabrielle Dupont in 1899 by the composer, then passing from Dupont to the pianist Alfred Cortot.
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General Information

Work Title Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Prélude à l'après-midi d'un Faune; Faunovo popoludnie; Preludio a la siesta de un fauno; Faunin iltapäivä; 牧神の午後への前奏曲; Faunens ettermiddag; l'apres midi d'un faune; Прелюдия к Послеполуденному отдыху фавна ⋅; 牧神的午後前奏曲; Прелудиум кон „Попладнето на еден фаун“; پرلود برای بعدازظهر یک فان; Popołudnie fauna (preludium)
Name Aliases Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune; Preludium till en fauns eftermiddag; Förspel till en fauns eftermiddag; 牧神的午後　前奏曲; Прелудиум кон Попладнето на еден фаун; Preludium do "Popołudnia fauna"
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 307491596; LCCN: n84046737; GND: 300042302; SUDOC: 061331953; BNF: 13911386z; NLA: 35034488; BNE: XX1944680
Composer Debussy, Claude
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. CD 87 ; L.86
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ICD 70
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1891-94
First Performance. 1894-12-22 in Paris, Salle d'Harcourt.
Société nationale de musique orchestra, Gustave Doret (conductor)
First Publication. 1895 - Paris: E. Fromont. Plate E. 1091 F., 31 pages
Dedication Raymond Bonheur
Average DurationAvg. Duration 10 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style early 20th century
Instrumentation Orchestra: 3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (A), 2 bassoons
4 horns (F), 2 harps, 2 crotales, strings
External Links Centre de documentation Claude Debussy
Wikipedia article
NSO Program Notes by Peter Laki
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - scores at Sheet Music Plus
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