Claude Debussy - Syrinx

Henle Urtext Editions HN 496
Claude Debussy - Syrinx, 1913
For Flute Solo

The piece, which was given its first performance under the title La flute de Pan, was composed in 1913 as incidental music to a dramatic poem by GabrielMourey.
In the central scene Pan is playing a reed flute, which is actually the nymph Syrinx. Pan is, however, invisible to the other nymphs and to the audience. In order to reflect the staged situation, the dedicatee Louis Fleury used to play thepiece behind a screen when he played it in concert.