Pelléas et Mélisande
Pelléas et Mélisande.
1. Opera (drame lyrique) in 5 acts, 12 tableaux, by Debussy, comp. 1893–5 and 1901–2, being a nearly complete setting of the text of Maeterlinck's play of this name (1892). Prod. Paris 1902, NY 1908, London 1909.
2. Sym.-poem (Pelleas und Melisande) after Maeterlinck, Op.5, by Schoenberg, comp. 1902–3 and f.p. 1905 (Vienna). F.p. in England 1930.
3. Incidental mus. to Maeterlinck's play by Sibelius, Op.46, comp. 1905 for prod. in Helsinki. Suite of 9 items for small orch. pubd. 1905.
4. Incidental mus. to Maeterlinck's play by Fauré, Op.80, comp. 1898 for London prod. (cond. Fauré). Suite of 4 items for orch. pubd. 1900 and f.p. 1901 (also arr. for pf. solo, and pf., 4 hands).
1. Opera (drame lyrique) in 5 acts, 12 tableaux, by Debussy, comp. 1893–5 and 1901–2, being a nearly complete setting of the text of Maeterlinck's play of this name (1892). Prod. Paris 1902, NY 1908, London 1909.
2. Sym.-poem (Pelleas und Melisande) after Maeterlinck, Op.5, by Schoenberg, comp. 1902–3 and f.p. 1905 (Vienna). F.p. in England 1930.
3. Incidental mus. to Maeterlinck's play by Sibelius, Op.46, comp. 1905 for prod. in Helsinki. Suite of 9 items for small orch. pubd. 1905.
4. Incidental mus. to Maeterlinck's play by Fauré, Op.80, comp. 1898 for London prod. (cond. Fauré). Suite of 4 items for orch. pubd. 1900 and f.p. 1901 (also arr. for pf. solo, and pf., 4 hands).
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