Daphnis et Chloé
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- For the operetta by Jacques Offenbach, see Daphnis et Chloé (Offenbach)
Daphnis et Chloé is a ballet with music by Maurice Ravel. Ravel described it as a "symphonie choréographique" (choreographic symphony). The scenario was adapted by Michel Fokine from an eponymous romance by the Greek writer Longus thought to date from around the 3rd century AD.
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