Mandoline (1)

Mandoline (1) (FR) Mandolin. Debussy's setting (1882) for voice and piano of the fifteenth poem from Fêtes galantes (1869) by Verlaine. Debussy adds the la-las at the end of the song. Debussy's manuscript has incorrect words, among which Lycandre for Aminte in line 5, and grise et rose, for rose et grise in line 14. The mandolin is a stringed musical instrument, small, pear-shaped, usually having a rounded back and short neck. It evolved from the mandore. The strings are plucked with a small…