Invocation (Debussy)

Invocation (CD 51, L. 40) is a composition for men's choir and orchestra, with a solo tenor, by Claude Debussy. It is a seeting of a text by Alphonse de Lamartine.

Invocation
Choral composition by Claude Debussy
Catalogue	CD 51 L. 40
Text	by Alphonse de Lamartine
Composed	1883 (1883)
Published	1928 1957
Scoring	tenor men's choir orchestra

History

Debussy composed Invocation in 1883, setting a text by Alphonse de Lamartine^[1] in a three-partite form for men's choir and orchestra, with a solo tenor in the middle section. A vocal score was published in 1928, and a full score in 1957.