`` apollo `` -lrb- 1928 -rrb- is a fascinating packet of neoclassical enigmas , a dance score for the greek god with three of his -lrb- female -rrb- muses. ; puccini 's rarely heard `` crisantemi `` for string quartet is built on a single repeated theme , one the composer would recycle as an instrumental segment for his opera `` manon lescaut . ''