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Debussy: Prelude To "The Afternoon of A Faun" (Prélude À L' Après-Midi D'un Faune)

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(Prlude Laprs-midi dun faune)

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PART 6 | Impressionism and the Early Twentieth Century

data: 1894

gnero: Poema sinfnico; inspirado no poema simbolista de Stphane Mallarm


BA|DVD|CD 6 (5559)|CD 4 ( 15)

LISTENING
GUIDE
40 livre (A - B - A)
Forma:
ternria

Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun


Melodias
e sinuosas;
incio cromtico.
(Prlude
Llricas
aprsmidio dun
faune)

9:45

Ritmo flutuante, livre; a seco intermdia mais animada.


DATE: 1894
Utilizao de acordes blues , com terceiras menores.
GENRE: Symphonic poem
Colorido orquestral rico, com timbres particulares que soam a par da orquestra.

WHAT TO LISTEN FOR:

Melody

Rhythm/
Meter

Harmony

Texture

Estrutura ternria.
Lyrical, sinuous melody; chromatic at openForm
Loose A-B-A' structure
Humor evocativo que expressa a sensualidade do poema.
ing and closing
Expression Evocative mood; sensual
Clmax emocional na seco intermdia, que atinge o ponto mximo na dinmica e
Free-flowing rhythms; sense of floating;
Timbre
Rich colors; especially woodwinds
lacks pulse; middle
section more animated
densidade
de textura.
Performing Strings (with 2 harps), woodwinds, French
Use of blue chords, with lowered thirds
horns, and antique cymbals
Forces
Homophonic; light and airy

Opening of poem:
TEXT

0:00

2:48

3:16

TRANSLATION

Ces nymphes, je les veux perptuer.


Si clair
Leur incarnat lger, quil voltige dans lair
Assoupi de sommeils touffus.
Amais-je un rve?

EstasThese
ninfas,
eu Iquero
perpetuar.
nymphs
would perpetuate.
To leve
So light
their gossamer embodiment, floating on the air
O seu claro rubor, que um volteio
inert with heavy slumber.
descreve
Wassono.
it a dream I loved?
No ar dormente, denso de

A section
Opening chromatic melody in flute;
passes from one instrument to another, accompanied by muted strings and
vague sense of pulse:

Amei um sonho?

B section
Clarinet introduces more animated idea,
answered by rhythmic figure in cellos.
New theme, more animated rhythmically
in solo oboe, builds in crescendo:

#### 9 .
#n n . # . #n n . #
& 8
p doux et expressif
Trs modr


#### 3

& 4

etc.

doux et expressif

4:34

Contrasting theme in woodwinds, then


strings, with syncopated rhythms,
builds to climax:

etc.

bb 3
b
& b b4
p

etc.
. J b
J J J n
J
p
F

expressif et trs soutenu

Opening of poem:
Opening of poem:

Si clair
Leur
incarnat lger, quil voltige dans lair
TEXT
TEXT de sommeils touffus.
Assoupi
Ces nymphes, je les veux perptuer.
je un rve?
Ces nymphes, je les
veuxAmaisperptuer.
Si clair
clairvoltige dans lair
Leur incarnat lger,Siquil

1
1

0:00

Opening chromatic melody in flute;


er, accompanied by muted strings and
er, accompanied
by muted strings and
vague
sense
of pulse:
B
section
clarinte
introduz
uma ideia
vague
sense
of
pulse:
Clarinet introduces more animated idea,

passes from one instrument to anoth(surdina)


passes from one instrument to anoth-

2:48 mais animada, com resposta


answered by rhythmic figure in cellos.
B section
ritmada
nos violoncelos.

2
2
3
3

B section
New
theme,
more animated
rhythmically
Clarinet
introduces
more animated
idea,
2:48
Clarinet
introduces
animated
idea,
in answered
solo
oboe,
inmore
crescendo:
bybuilds
rhythmic
figure
in cellos.
Novo
tema
mais
animado
answered by rhythmic figure in cellos.
obo,
emrhythmically
3:16ritmicamente
New theme,no
more
animated
3:16
more animated
rhythmically
inNew
solotheme,
oboe, builds
in crescendo:
crescendo
in solo oboe, builds in crescendo:

3:162:48

4:34

4
4
4

Contrasting theme in woodwinds, then


strings,
with syncopated
tema
contrastante
nasrhythms,
4:34 builds
Contrasting
theme
in woodwinds, then
to climax:
madeiras,
depois, nas
cordas,
4:34

Contrasting
theme in woodwinds,
strings,
with syncopated
rhythms, then

com builds
ritmos
sincopados
strings,
syncopated rhythms,
towith
climax:

6:22

5
5
5

So light floating on the air


their gossamer embodiment,

A Assoupi
section
Leur incarnat
lger, quil
voltige dans lair
theirwith
gossamer
floating on the air
de
sommeils
touffus.
inert
heavyembodiment,
slumber.
Trs
modr
A
comchromatic
melodia
cromtica
na
etc.
0:00 Incio
Opening
melody
in
flute;
Assoupi
de sommeils
touffus.
inert
with
heavy
slumber.
Amais-je un rve?
Was it a dream Iloved?

flauta;
depois,
passa
de
um
je un rve? # # # 9
I loved?
passes from one instrumentAmaisto anoth# 8 . #n n . # Was
. it adream
#n n . #
instrumento
section parabyoutro,
er,Aaccompanied
muted strings and
& Trs modr
A section
etc.
0:00acompanhada
Opening
melody
in flute;
pelas
cordas
vague
sensechromatic
of pulse:
Trspmodr
doux et expressif

etc.

So light
their gossamer embodiment, floating on the air
TRANSLATION
TRANSLATION
inert
with heavy slumber.
These nymphs I would perpetuate.
Was it a dream I loved?
These nymphs I would
So lightperpetuate.

A' section
builds to climax:

Abridged return, in varied setting.


A' section

#### 9 .

n . ## . . #n n . ##
& # # # #898 . #n
#n .
#n n .
&
p doux et expressif n
p doux et expressif


#### 3

& 4

etc.

# # # # 3 doux
et expressif
n


etc.
& # # # #443 n

&
doux et expressif

b b 3 . J
b
J
& b b 4
J -
p

J
b b b b 3 expressifet. trs soutenu
doux et expressif

. J
& b b b b b443
F J
p
&
J
pexpressif et trs soutenu F
expressif et trs soutenu

etc.

b
J J n
p
b

etc.

n
J J b
J J JJ n
p
p

etc.

etc.

A' sectionreturn,
Abridged
in varied setting.
A 6:22Reexposio
abreviada

6:22
Abridged return, in varied setting.
BA Now try the Listening Quiz.
BA Now try the Listening Quiz.
BA Now try the Listening Quiz.

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