Claude Debussy Works
French classical composer (1862–1918)
12
- piano
- opera, classical music, impressionist music
- Second French Empire, French Third Republic, France
- composer, pianist, music critic
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Complete works
Categories
Work for choir (10)
Song, lied (71)
Opera (3)
Work for soloist (41)
Work for chamber orchestra (10)
Work for orchestra (22)
Work for orchestra with soloist (4)
not qualified (2)
Ballet (5)
Theatrical music (1)
Creative activity
1879
age 17
40 years
1918
age 56
Number of works
Duration of the works (average or estimed)
Dated works
1918
La Boîte à joujoux
Composed from 1914
Estampes (orchestre)
Composed from 1903
1917
1916
1915
12 Studies
dedicated to Frédéric Chopin
Study, composed for piano
Published in 1916
Premiere on 1916-12-14
1. Study, “Pour les "cinq doigts"”
2. Study, “Pour les tierces”
3. Study, “Pour les quartes”
4. Study, “Pour les sixtes”
5. Study, “Pour les octaves”
6. Study, “Pour les huit doigts”
7. Study, “Pour les degrés chromatiques”
8. Study, “Pour les agréments”
9. Study, “Pour les notes répétées”
10. Study, “Pour les sonorités opposées”
11. Study, “Pour les arpèges composés”
12. Study, “Pour les accords”
En blanc et noir
Work composed for piano
Premiere on 1917-03-24
1. Avec emportement
2. Lent - Sombre
Six Épigraphes antiques
Work composed for piano
Premiere on 1917-03-17
1. Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été
2. Pour un tombeau sans nom
3. Pour que la nuit soit propice
4. Pour la danseuse aux crotales
5. Pour l'Égyptienne
6. Pour remercier la pluie au matin
Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Elegy
Work composed for piano
Album Leaf
Work composed for piano
Six Épigraphes antiques
Work composed for orchestra
Fêtes galantes
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Berceuse Héroïque (orchestre)
1914
Berceuse Héroïque
Work composed for piano
Le Palais du Silence - No-ja-li
1913
Preludes, “Livre II”
Work composed for piano
Published in 1912
1. Brouillards
2. Feuilles mortes
3. La Puerta del Vino
4. Les Fées sont d'exquises danseuses
5. Bruyères
6. "Général Lavine" eccentric
7. La Terrasse des audiences au clair de lune
8. Ondine
9. Hommage à S. Pickwick Esqu. P.P.M.P.C.
10. Canope
11. Les Tierces alternées
12. Feux d'artifice
3 Poems
texts by Stéphane Mallarmé
Melody, composed for piano and voice
1. Soupir
2. Placet futile
La Boîte à joujoux
1. Prelude
2. Le Magasin de jouets
3. Le Champ de bataille
4. La Bergerie à vendre
5. Après fortune faite
6. Epilogue
1912
Khamma
La plus que lente (orchestre)
Ariettes oubliées (pour orchestre)
1. C'est l'extase langoureuse
1911
Rhapsody for saxophone
Composed from 1901
Rhapsody for saxophone and piano
Le Martyre de Saint-Sébastien
texts by Gabriele D'Annunzio
Premiere on 1911-05-22
1. La Cour des lys
2. La Chambre magique
3. Le Concile des faux dieux
4. Le Laurier blessé
5. Le Paradis
1910
Preludes, “Livre I”
Work composed for piano
Published in 1912
1. Danseuse de Delphes
2. Voiles
3. Le vent dans la plaine
4. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir
5. Les collines d'Anacapri
6. Des pas sur la neige
7. Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
8. La fille aux cheveux de lin
9. La sérénade interrompue
10. La cathédrale engloutie
11. La danse de Puck
12. Minstrels
Le Promenoir des deux amants
Melody, composed for piano and voice
1. Auprès de cette grotte sombre
2. Crois mon conseil, chère Climène
Short Piece
Work composed for clarinet and piano
3 Ballads
texts by François Villon
Melody, composed for piano and voice
1. Ballade de Villon à s'amye
2. Ballade que Villon fait à la requeste de sa mère pour prier Nostre-Dame
First Rhapsody for clarinet in B-flat
1909
1908
Children's Corner
dedicated to Claude-Emma Debussy
Work composed for piano
Premiere on 1908-12-18
1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
2. Jimbo's Lullaby
3. Serenade of the Doll
4. The snow is dancing
5. The little Shepherd
6. Golliwog's Cake Walk
Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans
Work composed for chorus and orchestra
1. Dieu ! qu'il l'a fait bon regarder
2. Quand j'ay ouy le tabourin
1907
Images - Série 2
Work composed for piano
1. Cloches à travers les feuilles
2. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
Short Suite
1906
1905
Images pour piano - Série 1
Work composed for piano
1. Reflets dans l'eau
2. Hommage à Rameau
La Mer
Premiere on 1905-10-15
1. De l'aube à midi sur la mer
2. Jeux de vagues
3. Dialogue du vent et de la mer
1904
Trois Chansons de France
Melody, composed for piano and voice
1. Rondel - Le temps a laissée son manteau (Charles d'Orléans)
2. La Grotte - Auprès de cette grotte sombre (Tristan L'Hermite)
2 Dances
Work composed for harp and strings
1. Danse sacrée
2. Danse profane
Piece for piano
Le Roi Lear
1. Fanfare
2. Le Sommeil de Lear
1903
D'un cahier d'esquisses
Work composed for piano
1902
1901
Lindaraja
Work composed for piano 4 hands
Musique de scène pour les Chansons de Bilitis
Work composed for celesta, flute and harp
1. Chant pastoral
2. Les Comparaisons
3. Les Contes
4. Chanson
5. La Partie d'osselets
6. Bilitis
7. Le Tombeau sans nom
8. Les Courtisanes égyptiennes
9. L'Eau pure du bassin
10. La Danseuse aux crotales
11. Le Souvenir de Mnasidica
12. La Pluie du matin
Pour le piano (orchestre)
Work composed for orchestra and piano
Composed from 1894
1900
La Saulaie
Work composed for baritone and orchestra
1899
Berceuse
1898
1897
Nocturnes
Work composed for chorus and orchestra
Published in 1900
Premiere on 1901-10-27
1. Nuages
2. Fêtes
3. Sirènes
1896
1895
1894
Pour le piano
Work composed for piano
Published in 1901
Premiere on 1902-01-11
1. Prelude
2. Sarabande
Images oubliées
Work composed for piano
1. Lent
2. Sarabande
1893
String Quartet in G minor
Work composed for string quartet
Published in 1894
Premiere on 1893-12-29
Proses lyriques
Melody, composed for piano and voice
1. De rêve
2. De grêve
3. De fleurs
4. De soir
Trois scènes au crépuscule
Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire
1892
Nocturne
Work composed for piano
1891
Dans le jardin
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Les Angélus
Melody, composed for piano and voice
3 Melodies
Melody, composed for piano and voice
1. La mer est plus belle
2. Le son du cor
Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire
Work composed for piano 4 hands
1890
La Belle au bois dormant
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Ballade slave
Work composed for piano
Tarentelle styrienne
Work composed for piano
Reverie
Work composed for piano
mazurka
Work composed for piano
Reverie
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Suite bergamasque - Clair de lune
Tarentelle styrienne
1889
5 Poems
texts by Charles Baudelaire
Melody, composed for piano and voice
1. Le balcon
2. Harmonie du soir
3. Le jet d'eau
4. Recueillement
5. La mort des amants
La Demoiselle élue (1)
1888
Axel
La Demoiselle élue (2)
1887
Ariettes oubliées
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Published in 1888
Premiere on 1889-02-02
1. C'est l'extase langoureuse
2. Il pleure dans mon cœur
3. L'ombre des arbres
4. Chevaux de bois
5. Green
6. Spleen
Printemps
Work composed for choir, orchestra and piano
1886
Zuleima
Work composed for piano and voice
Diane au bois
1885
Barcarolle
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Les Cloches
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Romance
Melody, composed for piano and voice
1884
Le Printemps
Work composed for chorus and piano
Regret
Melody, composed for piano and voice
La Romance d'Ariel
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Apparition
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Romance
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Le Printemps
Work composed for female voice and orchestra
1883
Paysage sentimental
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Musique
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Romance
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Le Gladiateur
Cantata, composed for orchestra and soloist
Invocation
Work composed for male voice and orchestra
Coquetterie posthume
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Spanish Song
Melody, composed for piano and voice
First Orchestral Suite
Eglogue
Melody, composed for piano, soprano and tenor
L'Archet
Melody, composed for piano and voice
1882
Divertissement
Divertimento, composed for piano 4 hands
Pantomine
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Mandoline
Melody, composed for piano and voice
En sourdine
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Ode bachique
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Intermezzo
Work composed for piano 4 hands
Nocturne et scherzo
Work composed for cello and piano
Flots, palmes, sables
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Le Lilas
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Il dort encore
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Le Triomphe de Bacchus
Work composed for piano 4 hands
Chanson des brises
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Fête galante
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Sérénade
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Les Roses
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Fantoches
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Rondeau
Melody, composed for piano and voice
La fille aux cheveux de lin
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Le Triomphe de Bacchus
1881
Séguidille
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Daniel
Cantata, composed for orchestra and soloist
Pierrot
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Les Elfes
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Chanson triste
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Les Baisers d'amour
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Les Papillons
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Diane
Work composed for piano 4 hands
Triolet à Philis
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Souhait
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Hélène
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Jane
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Tragédie
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Rondel chinois
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Andante cantabile
Work composed for piano 4 hands
Les baisers
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Aimons-nous et dormons
Melody, composed for piano and voice
1880
Fleur des blés
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Symphony in B minor
Work composed for piano 4 hands
Capriccio
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Danse Bohémienne
Work composed for piano
Nuit d'étoiles
Melody, composed for piano and voice
1879
First Trio in G major
Work composed for cello, piano and violin
Madrid
Melody, composed for piano and voice