This piece's first minute contains an entire bar of silence, a break from the development of the main theme, which alternates between solo flute and oboe.
Leonard Bernstein asserted in the lecture "The Unanswered Question" that this piece facilitated the rise of atonal twentieth-century works. This piece's first minute contains an entire bar of silence, a break from the development of the main theme, which alternates between solo flute and oboe. Its name refers to its intended position at the start of a full suite of three movements; the final two were never written. Inspired by a poem of Stéphane Mallarmé, for 10 points, name this short orchestral work by Claude Debussy depicting a mythical satyr.
Leonard Bernstein asserted in the lecture "The Unanswered Question" that this piece facilitated the rise of atonal twentieth-century works.
{Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun} [or {Prélude à l'après}-{midi d'un faune}]