The 1952 work Shiosai (The Sound of Waves), written by the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima following a visit to Greece, is considered to have been inspired by the Daphnis and Chloe myth. Assez lent. P. Falla Daphnis and Chloe grow up together, herding the flocks for their foster parents. Final dance (Bacchanal). E. Fragments symphoniques 2 (Suite No.2 from Daphnis et Chloé), 11.Modérément animé. Whether Daphnis et Chloé is Ravel's greatest achievement may be an irrelevant question: from the very first call of the backstage choir, distant and brought forth from an ancient world of shepherds and nymphs, to the rhythmic revelry of the final dance, it is proof on paper of Ravel's astounding capacity to fuse diverse elements into an astonishing new whole. Très animé. But Daphnis et Chloé is certainly one of the most colorfully, intricately, and in a very immediate, almost physical sense, beautifully scored works ever written; if one were to assign pre-eminent status to any of Ravel's works solely on the basis of orchestration, this ballet would, without a doubt, be the one selected for the honor. Instruments: Orchestra & Chorus/Choir. Modéré. 4.Vif. Animé. 2, which is probably still Ravel's most often-played work). Jacques Amyot's French translation is perhaps better known than the original. Daphnis et Chloé (ballet) Year: 1909-12. A.C. Dukas Dance of Daphnis et Chloé. , Très agité, Très rude. "Myrtale" redirects here. Daphnis et Chloé was composed between 1909 and 1912, after a commission by Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, and is a setting of a scenario adapted by Mikhail Fokine from the Greek work of the same name by Longus. The performance was not well prepared, and few people took note of Ravel's piece. In the end, Daphnis and Chloe are recognized by their birth parents, get married, and live out their lives in the country.[2][3]. Until the beginning of the nineteenth century, about a page of text was missing; when Paul Louis Courier went to Italy, he found the missing part in one of the plutei (an ancient Roman reading desk or place for storing manuscripts) of the Biblioteca Laurenziana in Florence. [2] They do this. Pr. , The story has been presented in numerous illustrated editions, including a 1937 limited edition with woodcuts by Aristide Maillol, and a 1977 edition illustrated by Marc Chagall. Daphnis and Chloe was the model of La Sireine of Honoré d'Urfé, the Aminta of Torquato Tasso, and The Gentle Shepherd of Allan Ramsay. [5], The 1987 film The Princess Bride contains similarities to Daphnis and Chloe (for example, in both stories the male romantic lead is captured by pirates). Unfortunately, as soon as he had copied the text, he upset the ink-stand and spilled ink all over the manuscript. For the genus of moth, see, It has been suggested that the name "Longus" is merely a misreading of the last word of the title, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daphnis_and_Chloe&oldid=966882197, Articles containing Italian-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, The music by Ravel was also used in the ballet of the same name by, The story was the basis for the 1963 film Μικρές Αφροδίτες (Mikres Afrodites), or, This page was last edited on 9 July 2020, at 19:27. Lent, 24.General Dance. Dance of Daphnis & Chloé. She is also carried off by raiders from a nearby city and saved by the intervention of the god Pan.