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This is the first comprehensive guide to Pelléas et Mélisande, Debussy's only completed opera, written by three of the leading authorities on French music of the period. Contains discussion of play's literacy roots, the genesis and composition of the opera, and Debussy's musical responses to the text.Richard Langham Smith is the author of 'Claude Debussy: Pellas et Mlisande (Cambridge Opera Handbooks)', published 1989 under ISBN 9780521307147 and ISBN 0521307147.
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