Documents
- Afternoon of a Faun (excerpt)Translated by Richard Howard
- Dancing in Paris (1912)Excerpt from Twilight of the Belle Epoque discusses the performance of Apres-midi d'un faune in Paris.
- Afternoon of a Faun from Poison and Vision. Tr. David PaulUse the >> to rotate the document.
- Afternoon of a Faun (English)Translation of Stephene Mallarme's Afternoon of a Faun. Translator unknown.
Mallarme Links
- Mallarme & Manet. Princeton University.Story of the publication of L’après-midi d’un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun) with illustrations by Edouard Manet with pictures of the book.
- All Poetry - MallarmeBiography and poems
Resources - Beyond Wikipedia
Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun, or Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune in French, is the main theme from Claude Debussy’s tone poem for orchestra written in 1894. Debussy revised the score for performance on two pianos in 1895. The work is considered an example of Impressionism as a musical style. The piece is an attempt to portray a poem by French Symbolist Stephane Mallarme, with the same name, musically as an impressionist tone poem.
- Short Musical Introductin to Debussy and The Afternoon of a FaunAn excerpt from Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Prélude à l’aprés-midi d’un faune) by Claude Debussy, introduced by Professor Mary Ellen Birkett, French Studies Department, Smith College.
- Claude DebussyA short but useful introduction.
- Program Notes: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun.by Max Derrickson for Hopkins Symphony Orchestra
- MUSIC Debussy, Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun.Listen to performance by the MIT Symphony Orchestra, David Epstein, conductor.
- Arnold Schoenberg's Verlarte Nacht and Claude Debussy's Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'un Faune: Tone Poems Shaped by Culture in Germany and France in the 1890'sThis student honors thesis discusses French Symbolist Culture and Debussy's The Afternoon of a Faun beginning on page 27. Student Sarah Stark compares Schoenberg's German culture with Debussy's French cultural roots.
- VIDEO: University of Maryland Performs Prelude to the Afternoon of a FaunView this orchestra's movements as they interpret Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun.
- MUSIC Artist: Alexei Lubimov: Debussy: PréludesSelection of Preludes played with two vintage pianos. Tracks are available from Amazon for 99 cents.
- BOOKS! Check your college or public library for books on Claude DebussyHere is a link to Wordcat and some popular titles.
Nijinsky & the Ballet
Program Leon Bakst, Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky in the ballet Afternoon of a Faun 1912
- Vaslav Nijinsky from Dance Teacher MagazineShort biography
- Premiere of L’après-midi d’un faune from History TodayModern dance was born with the premiere of L'apres-midi d'un faune on May 29th, 1912.
- Nijinsky dancesThese are faked films taken for original still pictures of the Nakinsky ballets.
- Dancing with the StarsArticle about Serge Diaghilev Ballet Russes director illustrated with a sculpture of Nininsky as Faun