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First edition of Milhaud’s polytonal musical setting of two poems by Mallarmé, published as a New Year supplement for La revue musicale.

The work (Milhaud’s Op. 51) had been composed in 1918 in Rio de Janeiro, where Milhaud was serving as secretary to the French ambassador to Brazil, the poet Paul Claudel. La revue musicale, founded in 1920 by Milhaud’s friend Henri Prunières, was pre-eminent in its day – contributors of articles and illustrations including Cocteau, Claudel, Gide, Valéry, Derain, Dufy and Picasso.

Very rare. OCLC shows a single copy, at the Bibliothèque nationale.

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