Trois Chansons (Debussy)
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Trois Chansons (French for "Three Songs"), or Chansons de Charles d’Orléans, L 99 (92), is an a cappella choir composition by Claude Debussy set to the medieval poetry of Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394–1465). Debussy wrote the first and third songs in 1898 and finished the second in 1908. He premiered the piece in 1909 and Trois Chansons is his only composition for unaccompanied choir.
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Trois Chansons | |
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Choral music by Claude Debussy | |
English | Three songs |
Catalogue | L 99 (92) |
Text | Poems by Charles, Duke of Orléans |
Composed | 1898 (1898), 1908 |
Performed | 11 March 1909 (1909-03-11) |
Published | 1909 (1909) |
Scoring | A cappella choir |
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