Catalogue of works
Ode à la France 149/(141)
For solo, chorus and orchestra
Poet:
Louis Laloy
First line:
Les troupeaux vont par les champs désertés
Composition dates:
1916-1917
Publication:
Choudens, 1928: voice and piano
First hearing:
Paris, le 2 April 1928, Nouvelle Salle Pleyel, Société des Concerts du Conservatoire and Chœur mixte de Paris, under the direction of Marius-François Gaillard
Comments:
The work remained in a state of first draft, and was completed and "arranged" after the death of Debussy by Marius-François Gaillard.