La Damoiselle Elue, L. 62

Composed in 1887-1888, Debussy’s cantata, or Poème Lyrique, was based upon the ballad The Blessed Damozel by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in a French translation by Gabriel Sarrazin. Though premiered and published in vocal score in 1893, the orchestral score didn’t appear until 1902 due to the composer’s revisions to the orchestration. The 1902 Durand score is reprinted here in an easy-to-read format at a very reasonable price. In contrast so many of the on-demand scores now available this one comes with all the pages with each image thoroughly checked to make sure it is readable, then beautifully printed on quality stock with an attractive glossy cover. The matching conductor’s score and orchestra parts are also available from Serenissima Music.