Rapsodie

1 Full Score - 2 Piccolo + Flute - 2 Flute II - 2 Flute III - 2 Flute IV - 1 Oboe I - 1 Oboe II - 1 English Horn - 1 Bassoon I - 1 Bassoon II - 1 Clarinet Eb - 1 Clarinet Solo I - 1 Clarinet Solo II - 4 Clarinet I - 4 Clarinet II - 4 Clarinet III - 1 Bass Clarinet - 1 Alto Saxophone Solo - 2 Alto Saxophone I - 2 Alto Saxophone II - 2 Tenor Saxophone - 2 Trumpet I - 2 Trumpet II - 1 Horn I Eb - 1 Horn I F - 1 Horn II Eb - 1 Horn II F - 1 Horn III Eb - 1 Horn III F - 1 Horn IV Eb - 1 Horn IV F - 2 Trombone I C - 1 Trombone I Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone I Bb (BC) - 2 Trombone II C - 1 Trombone II Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone II Bb (BC) - 2 Trombone III C - 1 Trombone III Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone III Bb (BC) - 2 Euphonium I C - 2 Euphonium I Bb (BC) - 2 Euphonium I Bb (TC) - 2 Euphonium II C - 2 Euphonium II Bb (BC) - 2 Euphonium II Bb (TC) - 2 Bas Bb (TC) - 2 Bas Bb (BC) - 2 Bas Eb (TC) - 2 Bas Eb (BC) - 4 Tuba C - 1 Harp - 2 Percussion I - 2 Percussion II - 1 Mallets - 1 Timpani - 1 Double Bass - 1 Violoncello

Ordered by Elisa Hall in 1903 to Claude Debussy when he was working in the composition of Le Mer, the Rapsodie for Orchester et Saxophone was only partially completed in 1911. After the orchestration by Roger Ducasse in 1919, the work was debuted about 15 years later in Paris on 14 May of that year by Pierre Mayeur and the Societé Nationale de Musique Orchestra, under the direction of André Caplet.