Chute de la Maison Usher, La

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Chute de la Maison Usher, La (The Fall of the House of Usher). Opera in 3 scenes planned by Debussy to his own lib. based on Edgar Allan Poe but left incomplete. Work on it extended from 1908 to 1917. What survives is complete text and vocal score of scene 1 (prologue) and part of scene 2. F.p. New Haven, 1977.

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