Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé (1)

Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé (1) (FR) Three Poems by Stéphane Mallarmé. Debussy's settings (1913) for voice and piano of three poems by Mallarmé: »Soupir,« »Placet futile,« and »Eventail.« Notice that the first two poems Debussy set are identical with the first two of Ravel's set. See Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé (2). Debussy was nearly prevented from making the settings, as permission had already been granted to Ravel, who intervened on Debussy's behalf. Debussy called the…