Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
In a survey of the society's work, Alain Cochart lists some of the well-known works premiered by or written for it in its first thirty years. Chabrier's "Pièces pittoresques" (1881) and "Bourrée fantasque" (1893); Franck's Piano Quintet (1880), Prélude, Choral and Fugue (1885), "Variations symphoniques" (1886) and String Quartet (1890); Fauré's Violin Sonata No. 1 (1877) and Piano Quartets Nos 1 and 2 (1880 and 1887); "Cinq mélodies "de Venise"" (1892) and "La Bonne chanson" (1895); Chausson's Symphony (1891); Dukas's "L'Apprenti sorcier" (1897); and Debussy's String Quartet (1893), "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune" (1894) and "Pour le piano" (1902).