Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Mallarmé's poetry has been the inspiration for several musical pieces, notably Claude Debussy's "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune" (1894), a free interpretation of Mallarmé's poem "L'après-midi d'un faune" (1876), which creates powerful impressions by the use of striking but isolated phrases. Maurice Ravel set Mallarmé's poetry to music in "Trois poèmes de Mallarmé" (1913). Other composers to use his poetry in song include Darius Milhaud ("Chansons bas de Stéphane Mallarmé", 1917) and Pierre Boulez ("Pli selon pli", 1957–62).