Rêverie

Rêverie (FR) Dreaming. Debussy's setting (1880) for voice and piano of the 5th poem (a sonnet) by Banville from Les Cariatides, Livre Deuxième, Amours d'Elise, feuillets détachés (Cariatids – Book II – Elise's Loves – Detached Pages, [1839 / 42]). The poem was written sometime between May and July 1839. On the title page of the song manuscript are Debussy's enigmatic words: »Musique de . . . On n'a jamais su« (Music by . . . No one knows who). The original poem has no title. In line 1, Debussy…