Record ID
114396
Accession number
Cary 277
Creator
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.
Biographical Data
French composer.
Object title
La damoiselle élue : autograph manuscript, 1893 May.
Uniform title
Damoiselle élue
Date
1893 May.
Provenance
Edmond Bailly; Robert Owen Lehman.
Inscriptions/Markings
"La Damoiselle Elue. Poème lyrique d'apres Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Claude. A. Debussy." Note in Debussy's hand at the end: "Ce manuscrit est offert a Bailly en souvenir de beaucoup de 5h a 7h. qui me furent et me seront toujours de précieuse esthétique, et aussi pour ma sincere amitié Claude Debussy Mai [18]93."
Notes
For soprano, chorus of women's voices and piano; acc. subsequently orchestrated.
Dedication to Paul Dukas.
Dedication to Paul Dukas.
Associated names
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
Dukas, Paul, 1865-1935, dedicatee.
Bailly, Edmond, 1850-1916, former owner.
Lehman, Robin, former owner.
Dukas, Paul, 1865-1935, dedicatee.
Bailly, Edmond, 1850-1916, former owner.
Lehman, Robin, former owner.
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