La Damoiselle élue

La Damoiselle élue
poème lyrique by Claude Debussy
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel (1878)
CatalogueL. 62
Text"The Blessed Damozel" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
LanguageFrench (translated)
Composed1887–88
DedicationPaul Dukas
Performed8 April 1893 (1893-04-08)
Published1892
Scoring
  • soprano
  • mezzo-soprano
  • choir
  • orchestra

La Damoiselle élue (The Blessed Damozel), L.69a, is a poème lyrique, or lyric poem, for soprano and alto soloists, two-part women’s chorus and orchestra composed by Claude Debussy in 1888 to a text by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It premiered in Paris five years later. Debussy arranged the work in 1906 for soprano, four-part women’s chorus and piano; L.69b is the catalog number.