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'''''Six épigraphes antiques''''', L. 131, is a suite of six pieces by [[Claude Debussy]], originally written for [[piano duo]]. Completed in July 1914, the suite was Debussy's only completed composition that year. In 1915 Debussy transcribed them for piano solo. Much of the music (over 100 measures) is taken from the musical accompaniments he had written in 1901 for his friend [[Pierre Louÿs]]'s erotic lesbian poems ''[[Les Chansons de Bilitis]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wheeldon|first1=Marianne|title=Debussy's Late Style|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0253352398|page=4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1FkkT9_z5jIC&pg=PA4|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Snyder|first1=Harvey Lee|title=Afternoon of a Faun: How Debussy Created a New Music for the Modern World|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781574674828|page=188|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CD45CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT188|language=en}}</ref>
'''''Six épigraphes antiques''''', L. 131, CD. 139, is a suite of six pieces by [[Claude Debussy]], originally written for [[piano duet|piano duo]]. Completed in July 1914, the suite was Debussy's only completed composition that year. In 1915 Debussy transcribed them for piano solo.<ref name="durand-1915" /> Much of the music (over 100 [[bar (music)|measures]]) is taken from the musical accompaniments he had written in 1901 for his friend [[Pierre Louÿs]]'s erotic lesbian poems ''[[Les Chansons de Bilitis]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wheeldon|first1=Marianne|title=Debussy's Late Style|year=2009|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0253352392|page=4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1FkkT9_z5jIC&pg=PA4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Snyder|first1=Harvey Lee|title=Afternoon of a Faun: How Debussy Created a New Music for the Modern World|date=September 2015|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781574674828|page=188|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CD45CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT188}}</ref> In 1939 the Swiss conductor [[Ernest Ansermet]] created an orchestration of the suite.


[[Movement (music)|Movements]]:


# Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été ("To invoke Pan, god of the summer wind")
# Pour un tombeau sans nom ("For a nameless tomb")
# Pour que la nuit soit propice ("In order that the night be propitious")
# Pour la danseuse aux crotales ("For the dancer with [[crotales]]")
# Pour l'égyptienne ("For the Egyptian woman")
# Pour remercier la pluie au matin ("To thank the morning rain")


==See also==
== See also ==
*{{cite book|last1=Astilla|first1=Christopher|title="Between the Staves"---Adaptations of Debussy's "Six Epigraphes Antiques" and Creative Tasks of the Performer|publisher=ProQuest|isbn=9780549458920|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RKmIGa348YEC|language=en}}
*{{cite book|last1=Astilla|first1=Christopher|title="Between the Staves" – Adaptations of Debussy's "Six Epigraphes Antiques" and Creative Tasks of the Performer|isbn=9780549458920|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RKmIGa348YEC}}
*[[List of compositions by Claude Debussy by genre]]
* [[List of compositions by Claude Debussy]]


==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 05:05, 22 January 2024

Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131, CD. 139, is a suite of six pieces by Claude Debussy, originally written for piano duo. Completed in July 1914, the suite was Debussy's only completed composition that year. In 1915 Debussy transcribed them for piano solo.[1] Much of the music (over 100 measures) is taken from the musical accompaniments he had written in 1901 for his friend Pierre Louÿs's erotic lesbian poems Les Chansons de Bilitis.[2][3] In 1939 the Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet created an orchestration of the suite.

Movements:

  1. Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été ("To invoke Pan, god of the summer wind")
  2. Pour un tombeau sans nom ("For a nameless tomb")
  3. Pour que la nuit soit propice ("In order that the night be propitious")
  4. Pour la danseuse aux crotales ("For the dancer with crotales")
  5. Pour l'égyptienne ("For the Egyptian woman")
  6. Pour remercier la pluie au matin ("To thank the morning rain")

See also

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  • Astilla, Christopher. "Between the Staves" – Adaptations of Debussy's "Six Epigraphes Antiques" and Creative Tasks of the Performer. ISBN 9780549458920.
  • List of compositions by Claude Debussy

References

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  1. ^ Debussy, Claude (1915). "Six épigraphes antiques" (sheet music). A. Durand & Fils. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  2. ^ Wheeldon, Marianne (2009). Debussy's Late Style. Indiana University Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0253352392.
  3. ^ Snyder, Harvey Lee (September 2015). Afternoon of a Faun: How Debussy Created a New Music for the Modern World. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 188. ISBN 9781574674828.
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