Martyre de Saint-Sébastien, Le
Martyre de Saint-Sébastien, Le (The Martyrdom of St Sebastian). Mus. by Debussy comp. in 1911 for 5-act mystery-play (mystère) by D'Annunzio perf. Paris in that year. For sop., 2 cont., ch., and orch. Symphonic fragments (4 movts.) f.p. in Eng. 1915, cond. Wood.
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