Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
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The Color of the Music
W.C. repeats that intoxicating theme four times over. In the third iteration, a set of small symbols called croatales are used for the first time. The instruments were used extremely rarely before W.C. used them. They offer a sort of exotic flavor to the music.
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