Ex. 9-7: C'est l'Extase Langoureuse
Claude Debussy
Key: E/C#mTime: 3/8Ariettes oubliées (L. 60)
No. 1 from Debussy's Ariettes oubliées (Forgotten Songs, L. 60), a cycle of six songs composed mainly in Rome and Paris in 1886–87, setting poems by Paul Verlaine from Romances sans paroles (1874). The cycle was dedicated to the soprano Mary Garden, known for creating the role of Mélisande in Debussy's opera.
This cycle is often considered a turning point in Debussy's vocal writing.