Song by Ravel (written in 1896), to a text by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-1898). The song is dedicated to Geneviève Mallarmé, daughter of the poet; (in 1901 she married Edmond Bonniot who was doctor to the Ravel family. Marnat [1986] p.727.).
(The poem which Ravel chose appears in the volume of Mallarmé's Poésies (1888) immediately after the poem L'Après-midi d'un faune.)
The text of the song can be found on the Lied and Song Texts Page.
Ravel later (in 1913) returned to the words of Mallarmé for the Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé.
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