Claude
Debussy composed Syrinx as a melodious expression of the last breath of
the god Pan. The nymph Syrinx transforms herself into a reed to escape pursuit
by Pan, only to be fashioned by him into the first panpipe. Syrinx
represents Pan's last song, evocatively portraying the half-goat, half-man
deity. K. DeJongh
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Claude Debussy
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Recorded on 06/09/2004, uploaded on 04/29/2009
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Syrinx
Claude Debussy composed Syrinx as a melodious expression of the last breath of the god Pan. The nymph Syrinx transforms herself into a reed to escape pursuit by Pan, only to be fashioned by him into the first panpipe. Syrinx represents Pan's last song, evocatively portraying the half-goat, half-man deity. K. DeJongh
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