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Duet from the cantata Diane au bois : autograph manuscript, between 1883 and 1886.

Record ID
114397
Accession number
Cary 507
Creator
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.
Biographical Data
French composer.
Object title

Duet from the cantata Diane au bois : autograph manuscript, between 1883 and 1886.

Uniform title
Diane au bois. Eros et Diane (Sketches)
Date
between 1883 and 1886.
Provenance
Alfred Cortot; Robert Owen Lehman.
Inscriptions/Markings
"Diane au bois. Comédie héroïque de Th. de Banville. Fragments lyriques.1o Duo.--Eros et Diane". On the verso of the last (otherwise blank) leaf Debussy has written out the text of Alfred de Musset's poem "Chanson."
Notes
Dramatic cantata (uncompleted).
Short score.
Associated names
Banville, Théodore Faullain de, 1823-1891.
Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962, former owner.
Lehman, Robin, former owner.
Musset, Alfred de, 1810-1857. Chanson.
Composer