ph ] ▁F alg ui ère ' s ▁studio , ▁light ed ▁a ▁ ▁giorno , ▁our ▁doing . ▁There ▁the ▁dance ▁became ▁so ▁capt iv ating ▁and ▁into xic ating ▁that ▁we ▁finished ▁vis - à - vis ▁to ▁the ▁' T ran st ever ines ' ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁salt urre le . ▁They ▁all ▁sm oked , ▁a te , ▁and ▁d rank ▁– ▁the ▁women ▁especially ▁liked ▁our ▁p unch ". ▁Bour g ault ▁left ▁the ▁Villa ▁Med ici ▁on ▁Christmas ▁E ve , ▁ 1 8 6 4 . ▁ ▁Bour g ault ▁had ▁an ▁immense ▁interest ▁in ▁foreign ▁music , ▁but ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁more ▁obs ess ive ▁interests ▁lay ▁in ▁pent at onic ▁Eastern ▁scales . ▁ ▁An ach ron istic ▁for ▁the ▁time , ▁he ▁composed ▁a ▁two - part ▁work ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 2 ▁called ▁R aps od ie ▁camb od g ienne ▁with ▁genu ine ▁gam el an ▁instruments ▁and ▁Camb od ian ▁musical ▁them es . ▁The ▁event ual ▁performance ▁of ▁this ▁piece ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 9 ▁was ▁sp ur red ▁on ▁by ▁Bour g ault ▁and ▁Deb uss y ' s ▁att ending ▁of ▁the ▁World ' s ▁Fair ▁in ▁Paris ▁during ▁the ▁latter ▁half ▁of ▁ 1 8 8 9 . ▁Between ▁ 1 8 8 3 ▁and ▁ 1 8 9 2 ▁Bour g ault ▁met ▁with ▁Py otr ▁I ly ich ▁T cha ik ov sky ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁times ▁to ▁discuss ▁the ▁bur