 The music of the "Symphonies" draws on Russian folk elements, and is constructed of "contrasting episodes at three different yet related tempos" .The chorale which concludes the piece was originally published in the magazine "La Revue musicale" in an edition entitled "Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy", which included short pieces from several composers, including Maurice Ravel and Manuel de Falla, dedicated to Debussy's memory .It appeared as a piano score in the "Tombeau".