Chansons de Bilitis

Chansons de Bilitis (FR) Songs of Bilitis. Debussy's settings (1897 / 98) for voice and piano of prose-poems from the Bucoliques en Pamphylie section of Les Chansons de Bilitis (1895) by Pierre Louÿs. Loüys writes: »This little book of ancient love is respectfully dedicated to the young ladies of the future society.« The song titles are: »La Flûte de Pan,« »La Chevelure,« and »Le Tombeau des Naïades.« At the same time Debussy composed incidental music to accompany recitation of some of the…