Ariettes oubliées (Forgotten Songs) is a song cycle for voice and piano by Claude Debussy, based on poems by Paul Verlaine. The six songs were composed mostly in Rome in 1886. The first two were completed in Paris in March 1887. They are dedicated to the singer Mary Garden who also sang Mélisande. The poetry of Paul Verlaine had a more profound influence on Claude Debussy's music than did Debussy's closest literary or musical acquaintances