Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien by Gabriele D'Annunzio

"Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien" by Gabriele D'Annunzio is a five-act musical mystery play written in 1911, with incidental music by Claude Debussy. The work follows Saint Sebastian through five symbolic scenes, from dancing on hot embers as lilies emerge, to confronting false gods and an infatuated emperor, to his ultimate martyrdom by arrows in Apollo's laurel grove. Designed as a vehicle for dancer Ida Rubinstein, the premiere sparked scandal when the Archbishop of Paris urged Catholics to boycott the production. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938
Composer Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918
LoC No. 11017841
Title Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien
Note Without the music.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Martyre_de_saint_S%C3%A9bastien Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Martyre_de_Saint_S%C3%A9bastien
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 84.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language French
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Sebastian, Saint -- Drama
Category Text
eBook-No. 62281
Release Date
Last Update Oct 18, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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