Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun

An original concept: in one volume, a study-size score of a major musical work, and a comprehensive body of tools for the study of that work.
- A score embodying the best available musical text
- Historical background - what is know of the circumstances surrounding the origin of the work, including (where relevant) original source material
- A detailed analysis of the music, by the editor of the volume or another well-know scholar
- Other significant analytic essays and citical comments, exposing the student to a variety of opinions about the music

Music examples and charts illustrate the analyses, and each essay is fully annotated by the editor. In some cases, the results of original research by the editor or by others working in the field are published here for the first time. Much of the material has never before appeared in English.

CONTENIDO:

The History of the Poem and the Music
The Text of Mallarme's Poem
The Score of Debussy's Prelude
- Textual note

Analysis
- William W. Austin - Toward an Analytical Appreciation Backgrounds and Sources
- Théodore de Banville - (Wagner, Poetry, and Music)
- Francis Grierson - (An American at Mallarmé's Salons, 1889-92)
- Stéphane Mallarmé - From the Evolution of Lietrature
- Mallarmé - From Music and Literature
- Mallarmé - From Crisis in Poetry
- Paul Gauguin - (Impresionism and after)
- Odilon Redon - (Suggestive Art)
- Maurice Emmanuel - (Notes on Debussy's Conversations with Ernest Guiraud)
- Claude Debussy - (Letters to Ernest Chausson)
- Raymond Bonheur - (The "First Stage" of the Faun)
- Gustave Doret - (The first performance of the Faun)
- Pierre Louÿs - (Letter to Debussy)
- Grierson - (The circle is now complete)

Criticism and analysis
- Alfred Bruneau - (Seeking the exceptional)
- Gustave Robert - (A style of his own)
- Camille Saint-Saëns - (Letter to Maurice Emmanuell)
- Paul Dukas - (Reviews of Debussy's Music)
- Ernst Decsey - (A Jewel among Masterpieces)
- Pierre Boulez- (Modern music begins)
- Jean Barraqué - (An experiment crowned with success)
Bibliography