Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun

Claude Debussy composed the orchestral tone poem Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun in 1894 and was originally written by French poet Stéphane Mallarmé. Born in 1862 Claude Debussy was a French composer. Debussy wasn't from a musical family, but he began piano lessons at seven years old and his parents supported him. Debussy was an extremely talented piano player and by 10 years old his talents entered him in the Paris Conservatoire where he would continue to study music for 11 years. Claude Debussy was well known for using nontraditional tones and structures and he is one of the exceedingly respected composers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The genre of Afternoon of a Faun is a Symphonic poem and it highlights a vivid