Jeux

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Jeux ("Games") is the last work for orchestra written by Claude Debussy. Described as a "poème dansé" (literally a "danced poem"), it was originally intended to accompany a ballet, and was written for the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev to choreography by Nijinsky. Diaghilev intended the music to describe a homosexual encounter between three young men, and Nijinsky wanted to include an airplane crash:: however, the final version of the story involved a man, two girls, and a game of tennis. The scenario was described to the audience at the premiere as follows:

Jeux was premiered under conductor Pierre Monteux on May 15, 1913 in Paris. However, the work was not well received, and was overshadowed by Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, which was premiered two weeks later by the same forces. The first commercial recording was made by Victor de Sabata with the Orchestra Stabile Accademica di Santa Cecilia in 1947.

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