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The present edition is a facsimile of the particelle

of the

"Prelude

Claude Debussy.

l'apres-midi

d'un

faune"

of

It is the definitive draft from

which the orchestration was made, and the comparison of it with

render

much

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insight

printed

orchestral score will

into Debussy's

technique of

orchestration.
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composer

presented

the

manuscript

his "chere et tres bonne petite Gaby. . "

to
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is the same "Mme. G. Lhery" (her real name was

Gabrielle Dupont) who later gave it to Alfred Cortot.
She was Debussy's companion from
Since the

1890 to 1898.

affectionate dedicatory words were writ-

ten the same month in which Debussy married Lily

Texier and at least five years after the composition
of the score, Marcel Dietschy's supposition that this
gift

constitutes

peace

offering

and

gesture

of

atonement seems quite credible.

ROLAND-MANUEL

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THIS FACSIMILE WAS PRINTED

IN FOUR-COLOR COLLOTYPE BY
A . LAHURE,

PARIS,

JULY, 1963.