Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune, 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 composed in
Claude Debussy in 1905
Illustration by Léon Bakst for the ballet Afternoon of a Faun by Nijinsky, after Debussy's music
Stéphane Mallarmé
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Étienne Mallarmé, known professionally as Stéphane Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French Symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic sc
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
…1894, conducted by Gustave Doret. The flute solo was played by Georges Barrère. The composition was inspired by the poem L'après-midi d'un faune by Stéphane Mallarmé. It is one of Debussy's most famous works and is considered a turning point in the history of Western art music, as well as a masterpiece of Impressionist…
Portrait by Nadar, 1890
Édouard Manet, Portrait of Stéphane Mallarmé, 1876
Stéphane Mallarmé as a faun, cover of the literary magazine Les hommes d'aujourd'hui, 1887.