The composition begins with enchanting low flute notes, transforming the audience into an idyllic setting.  
The composition begins with enchanting low flute notes, transforming the audience into an idyllic setting.  Woodwind solos and harp glissandos maintain the theme, about the title figure who makes a pass at one of two nymphs; she escapes, leaving him to play with her scarf.  Choreographed and danced by Nijinsky eighteen years after it was first composed, FTP, what St?hane Mallarm?work was transformed into an Impressionist tone poem in 1894 by Claude Debussy [deh-byoo-SEE]?
The composition begins with enchanting low flute notes, transforming the audience into an idyllic setting.  
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun or "Pr?ude ?l'apres-midi d'un faune