L'Après-midi d'un Faune*: Meaning and Definition of

L'A•près-mi•di d'un Faune

Pronunciation: (Fr. la-pre-mē-dē dœn fōn'), [key]
  1. a poem (1876) by Mallarmé: source of Debussy's musical composition Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un Faune (1892–94). English,The Afternoon of a Faun.
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