His first mature orchestral work, 1894's "Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun", was based on a poem by Stephane Mallarme
Archive - Show #5469, aired 2008-05-22 [PAR] His first mature orchestral work, 1894's "Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun", 
was based on a poem by Stephane Mallarme... [DOC] [TLE] Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun | work by Debussy | Britannica.com [PAR] The original orchestral version was completed in 1894, and Debussy ... Prelude 
to the Afternoon of a Faun is a musical evocation of Stphane Mallarm's poem... [DOC] [TLE] Debussy, Claude - AutoCWW2 [PAR] Debussy won the coveted Grand Prix de Rome in 1884 for his cantata ... La 
demoiselle lue, based on the poem "The Blessed Damozel" by British writer 
Dante Gabriel Rossetti.