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| Debussy's symphonic poem for orchestra, based on a poem by Stéphane Mallarmé, was first performed in 1894. In the midday heat, it portrays the dreams of a faun, a mythological half-human, half-goat creature.[([[https://www.classical-music.com/features/articles/guide-debussys-pr-lude-l-apr-s-midi-d-un-faune-1894/|Classical-Music]])] | Debussy's symphonic poem for orchestra, based on a poem by Stéphane Mallarmé, was first performed in 1894. In the midday heat, it portrays the dreams of a faun, a mythological half-human, half-goat creature.[([[https://www.classical-music.com/features/articles/guide-debussys-pr-lude-l-apr-s-midi-d-un-faune-1894/|Classical-Music]])] |
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| | ===== Debussy's Parisian Critics ===== |
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| | Some of Debussy's work, such as Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, was so harmonically odd at the time that it failed to enchant reviewers. "The faun must have had a miserable afternoon!" sneered one critic after the debut.[([[https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780190847241.001.0001/oso-9780190847241|Oxford]])] |
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| | ===== Nocturnes ===== |
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| | The three movements of Debussy's Nocturnes, Nuages (Clouds), Fêtes (Festivals), and Sirènes (Sirens), were inspired by James Abbott McNeill Whistler's impressionist paintings. In December 1899, he completed the project.[([[https://pam.uni.lodz.pl/application/session/xth16/nuages-debussy-analysis|Uni Lodz]])] |
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| | ===== Pelléas et Mélisande ===== |
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| | Debussy's lone opera, Pelléas et Mélisande, is regarded as a landmark in twentieth-century music. In April 1902, the five-act love drama opened at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.[([[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pelleas-et-Melisande-opera-by-Debussy|Britannica]])] |
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| | ===== Wives ===== |
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| | Debussy's music may be soothing, but his personal life was far from tranquil. He had many high-profile relationships, called off an engagement, and divorced Rosalie Texier in favor of Emma Bardac (pictured). After stirring controversy in France, the couple was compelled to leave to England in 1905.[([[https://interlude.hk/debussys-wives/|Interlude]])] |
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| | ===== La Mer ===== |
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| | After Debussy provoked scandal by leaving his wife, La mer was not warmly received, but it has now become one of his most popular compositions. In 1905, he completed this orchestral work in Eastbourne.[([[https://ur-pk.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1672050969495589&set=ecnf.100064087837904|Facebook]])] |
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| | ===== Impressionist ===== |
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| | Although Debussy's music has been labeled as "impressionist," he was not a lover of the term. "I'm attempting to do'something new,' as the imbeciles call it...what the imbeciles call 'impressionism,' a phrase that is as misunderstood as possible, particularly by reviewers," he remarked.[([[https://blog.oup.com/2018/03/claude-debussy-impressionist-music/|OUPblog]])] |
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| | ===== Children's Corner ===== |
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| | Despite its title, Children's Corner is not a children's piece. It was composed for the composer's three-year-old daughter, Claude-Emma, in 1911, and was meant to recall childhood toys and recollections.[([[https://books.google.pl/books?id=TgZADwAAQBAJ&pg=PT28&lpg=PT28&dq=Despite+the+title,+Children%E2%80%99s+Corner+isn%E2%80%99t+actually+a+piece+for+children.+It+was+written+in+1911+for+the+composer%E2%80%99s+three-year-old+daughter,+Claude-Emma,+and+was+intended+to+evoke+childhood+toys+and+memories.&source=bl&ots=cKOUSTOqPk&sig=ACfU3U381bz_dpqr5FgWUrGj5U779caFUA&hl=pl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwichfbuvtH1AhXsk4sKHaBZDHQQ6AF6BAgfEAM#v=onepage&q=Despite%20the%20title%2C%20Children%E2%80%99s%20Corner%20isn%E2%80%99t%20actually%20a%20piece%20for%20children.%20It%20was%20written%20in%201911%20for%20the%20composer%E2%80%99s%20three-year-old%20daughter%2C%20Claude-Emma%2C%20and%20was%20intended%20to%20evoke%20childhood%20toys%20and%20memories.&f=false|Google Books]])] |
