Composition: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Debussy, Claude)
| Title | Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune |
| Creators | Claude Debussy (composer) |
| Opus | CD 87 |
| Instrumentation | orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1891 |
| First published | 1895 |
| Dedication | Raymond Bonheur |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 600 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Symphonic poems |
| Period | Early 20th century |
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Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | mixed chorus and orchestra | Rob Saman |
| view | Complete | brass band | Geoff Colmer |
| view | Complete | flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano and harmonium | Benno Sachs |
| view | Complete | flute, oboe, violin and piano | Peter WJ Van Oosten |
| view | Complete | 2 pianos | — |
| view | Complete | piano 4 hands | Maurice Ravel |
| view | Complete | piano | Leonard Borwick |
| view | Complete | piano | — |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File (click to view) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | 1894 | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | — | Fromont | 1895 | Complete Score (color) Complete Score (color) |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | parts | — | — | Flute 1/2, 3 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 |
| view | Complete | parts | — | — | Harp 1 Harp 2 |
| view | Complete | parts | Ezequiel Diz | 2017 | English Horn |
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | 1800 | Complete Particelle |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for mixed chorus and orchestra |
Rob Saman | 2011 | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for brass band |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano and harmonium |
Los Angeles: Belmont Music | 1980 | Compete Parts |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for flute, oboe, violin and piano |
Peter WJ Van Oosten | 2021 | Complete Score Flute Oboe Violin |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 pianos | — | — | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
— | — | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano | Edward B. Marks | 1930 | Complete Score |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Ensemble | Performers | Arranged for | Files (click to listen) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | New York Philharmonic (orchestra) | Leonard Bernstein (conductor) | — | Complete Performance | |
| view | Detroit Symphony Orchestra (orchestra) | Paul Paray (conductor) | — | Complete Performance | |
| view | Orchestre national de France (orchestra) | Constantin Silvestri (conductor) and Fernand Dufrêne (performer) | — | Complete Performance | |
| view | — | Christoph Zbinden (piano) | For Piano (Borwick) | Complete Performance | |
| view | Synthesized | — | — | Synthesized Performance |
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