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Invocation (Debussy)

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Invocation
Choral composition by Claude Debussy
Catalogue
  • CD 51
  • L. 40
Textby Alphonse de Lamartine
Composed1883 (1883)
Published
  • 1928
  • 1957
Scoring
  • tenor
  • men's choir
  • orchestra

Invocation (CD 51, L. 40) is a composition for men's choir and orchestra, with a solo tenor, by Claude Debussy. It is a seeting of a text by Alphonse de Lamartine.

History

Debussy composed Invocation in 1883, setting a text by Alphonse de Lamartine[1] in a three-partite form for men's choir and orchestra, with a solo tenor in the middle section. A vocal score was published in 1928, and a full score in 1957.

References

  1. ^ "Choruses for Male Voices and Orchestra - SIBELIUS, DEBUSSY, R STRAUSS, BRUCKNER, SCHUBERT, GRIEG, WAGNER" (PDF). Naxos Records. Retrieved 22 August 2024.