Chansons de Bilitis

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Chansons de Bilitis. 3 settings by Debussy, 1897–8, for v. and pf. of prose-poems by Pierre Louÿs. They are La Flûte de Pan, La Chevelure, and Le tombeau des Naïades. Orch. version 1926 by Delage. Incidental mus. for 2 fl., 2 hp., and celesta to acc. recitation of poems, 1900; arr. Boulez for reciter, 2 hp., 2 fl., and celesta 1954.

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Bilitis, Chansons de

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Bilitis, Chansons de ( Debussy). See Chansons de Bilitis.

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