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Synopsis
The final nine bars of the first ballet, titled "Le son de la clochette auquel Circé sortit de son jardin" (the sound of the bell at which Circe leaves her garden), contain a melody that serves as the foundation for a nineteenth-century arrangement by Henry Ghys, who mistakenly credited it to the tune "Amaryllis" composed by Louis XIII. In Japan, this arrangement was given Japanese lyrics and introduced as "Amaryllis" on NHK's Minna no Uta series in 1968. Since then, the melody has become widely recognized there as a French folk song, and its tune can still be heard today as a chime marking the hour over the PA systems of certain schools and rural municipalities.