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Afternoon of a Faun, The
Claude Debussy (adapt. Walters)
This work is also known by its French title, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune.
Contents
General Info
Year: 1894 / 1950 / 1999?
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Rubank Inc. Music Pub.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
For additional availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbals
- Orchestra Bells
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Long considered the definitive version for band, Harold Walters' adaptation of this Debussy masterwork has been a prime favorite with players and audiences everywhere. The lush, impressionistic sonorities take band performance to a new level, creating moods of fantasy and wonderment.
- Program Note by publisher
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (L. 86), known in English as Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, is a symphonic poem for orchestra by Claude Debussy, approximately 10 minutes in duration. It was first performed in Paris on December 22, 1894, conducted by Gustave Doret.
It is one of Debussy's most famous works and is considered a turning point in the history of music; Pierre Boulez considered the score to be the beginning of modern music, observing that "the flute of the faun brought new breath to the art of music."
Debussy's work later provided the basis for the ballet Afternoon of a Faun choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
- South Carolina: III
- Virginia: IV
Performances
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Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- Danse (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kurokawa)
- Golliwog's Cakewalk (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kano) (1908)
All Wind Works
- Afternoon of a Faun, The (arr. Walters) (1894/1950/1999?)
- Beau Soir (arr. Warner)(1880/1971)
- Children’s Corner Suite (arr. Winterbottom) (1908)
- Clair de lune (arr. de Meij) (1890/1905/2017)
- Clair de Lune (arr. Wallace) (1890/1905/1995)
- Danse (arr. Boyd) (1890/1983)
- Danse (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kurokawa)
- Danses Sacrée et Profane (arr. Odom) (1904/2019)
- Danses Sacrée et Profane (tr. J. Lloyd) (1904)
- Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair (arr. Akey) (1910/1995)
- The Engulfed Cathedral (tr. Longfield) (1910/1987)
- The Engulfed Cathedral (arr. Miller) (1910/1986)
- The Engulfed Cathedral (tr. Patterson) (1910/1993)
- The Engulfed Cathedral. See also: La Cathédrale Engloutie
- Fêtes (arr. Schaefer) (1959)
- Fêtes from "Three Nocturnes" (tr. Tatebe)
- Four Debussy Songs (trans. Anderson) (2018)
- Golliwog's Cakewalk (arr. Curnow) (1908/1985)
- Golliwog's Cakewalk (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kano) (1908)
- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (tr. Brand) (1910)
- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (tr. Bernotas) (1910)
- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (arr. Moss) (1910/2007)
- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (arr. Sparke) (1910/2007)
- Hommage à Rameau (arr. Hunsberger) (1905/2009)
- La Cathédrale Engloutie (arr. Mortimer) (1910/2016)
- La Cathédrale Engloutie. See also: The Engulfed Cathedral
- La Mer (trans. Odom) (1905/)
- L’isle joyeuse (arr. Mashima) (1904/2005)
- L'isle joyeuse (arr. Volans) (1904/1995)
- Marche Écossaise (tr. Schaeffer) (1891/1908/1964)
- Marche Écossaise (tr. Scatterday) (1891/1908)
- 'Menuet' from Suite Bergamasque (arr. Southard) (1890/2012)
- Minstrels (tr. Scarbrough) (1910/2016)
- Pagodes from "Estampes" (arr. Grainger) (1996)
- Petite Suite (arr. Brakkee) (1889/1999?)
- Petite Suite (tr. Winterbottom) (1889)
- Petite Suite (arr. Kimura) (1889/1998)
- Premiere Arabesque (1891)
- Première Rhapsody (tr. Baars) (1910/12016)
- Première Rhapsody (arr. Walker; ed. Pappas) (1910/1963/2004)
- Rêverie (tr. Thompson) (1890/2011)
- Sarabande (tr. Bennefield) (1894/1901/2020)
- Sarabande (tr. Erickson) (1894/1967)
- Suite Bergamasque Mvt 2 Menuet (arr. Thompson)
- Three Debussy Pieces (arr. Singletary)
Resources
- Debussy, C.; Walters, H. (1950) [1999?] The Afternoon of a Faun = L'après-midi d'un faune [score]. Rubank: Milwaukee, Wisc.
- Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Wikipedia Accessed 6 April 2017
