Encyclopedia > List of compositions by Claude Debussy
This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy, organized by the catalogue created by musicologist François Lesure in 1977, since Debussy did not use opus numbers. Claude Debussy (Achille-) Claude Debussy (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918) was a composer of impressionistic European classical music. ... Opus is a Latin word which means work (in the sense of a work of art). Some composers musical pieces are identified by opus numbers which generally run either in order of composition or in order of publication. ...
L 1, Ballade à la lune: C'était dans la nuit brune for voice and piano (1879)
L 2, Madrid: Madrid, princesse des Espagnes for voice and piano (1879)
L 3, Piano Trio in G major (1879)
L 4, Nuits d'étoiles: Nuit d'étoiles, sous tes voiles for voice and piano (1880)
L 5, Caprice: Quand je baise, pâle de fièvre for voice and piano (1880)
L 6, Beau soir: Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivières sont roses for voice and piano (1880)
L 7, Fleur des blés: Le long des blés que la brise fait onduler for voice and piano (1880)
L 8, Rêverie: Le zéphir à la douce haleine for voice and piano (1880)
L 9, Danse bohémienne for piano (1880)
L 10, Symphony for piano, four hands (1880)
L 11, Souhait: Oh! quand la mort que rien ne saurait apaiser for voice and piano (1881)
L 12, Triolet à Phillis [Zéphyr]: Si j'étais le zéphyr ailé for voice and piano (1881)
L 13, Les roses: Lorsque le ciel de saphir for voice and piano (1881)
L 14, Séguidille: Un jupon serré sur les hanches for voice and piano (1881)
L 15, Pierrot: Le bon Pierrot que la foule contemple for voice and piano (1881)
L 16, Aimons-nous et dormons: Aimons-nous et dormons, sans songer au reste du monde for voice and piano (1881)
L 17, Rondel chinois: Sur le lac bordé d'azalée for voice and piano (1881)
L 18, Tragédie: Les petites fleurs n'ont pu vivre for voice and piano (1881)
L 19, Jane: Je pâlis et tombe en langueur for voice and piano (1881)
L 20, Daniel: Versez, que de l'ivresse. Aux accents d'allégresse for three soloists and orchestra (1881)
L 21, Fantoches: Scaramouche et Pulcinella for voice and piano (1882)
L 22, Le lilas: O floraison divine des lilas for voice and piano (1882)
L 23, Fête galante: Voilà Sylvandre et Lycas et Myrtil for voice and piano (1882)
L 24, Printemps: Salut printemps, jeune saison for female choir and orchestra (1882)
L 25, Flôts, palmes et sables: Loin des yeux du monde for voice and piano (1882)
L 26, Nocturne et Scherzo for piano and cello (1882)
L 27, Intermezzo for cello and orchestra (1882)
L 28, En sourdine: Calmes dans le demi-jour for voice and piano (1882)
L 29, Mandoline: Les donneurs de sérénades for voice and piano (1882)
L 30, Rondeau: Fut-il jamais douceur de cœur pareille for voice and piano (1882)
L 31, Pantomime: Pierrot qui n'a rien d'un Clitandre for voice and piano (1882)
L 32, Clair de lune: Votre âme est un paysage choisi for voice and piano (1882)
L 33, La fille aux cheveux de lin: Sur la luzerne en fleur for voice and piano (1882)
L 34, Sérénade: Las, Colombine a fermé le volet for voice and piano (1882)
L 35, Choeur des brises: Réveillez-vous, arbres des bois for female a cappella choir (1882)
L 36, Divertissement for piano, four hands (1882)
L 37, Hymnis for soloist, choir, and orchestra (1882)
L 38, Le triomphe de Bacchus for piano, four hands (1882)
L 39, Coquetterie posthume: Quand je mourrai, que l'on me mette for voice and piano (1883)
L 40, Invocation: Élevez-vous, voix de mon âme for male choir and orchestra (1883)
L 41, Le gladiateur: Mort aux Romains, tuez jusqu'au dernier for three soloists and orchestra (1883)
L 42, Chanson espagnole: Tra la la… nous venions de voir le taureau for vocal duet (1883)
L 43, Romance [musique pour éventail]: Silence ineffable de l'heure for voice and piano (1883)
L 44, Musique: La lune se levait, pure, mais plus glacée for voice and piano (1883)
L 45, Paysage sentimental: Le ciel d'hiver si doux, si triste, si dormant for voice and piano (1883)
L 46, L'archet: Elle avait de beaux cheveux blonds for voice and piano (1883)
L 47, Chanson triste: On entend un chant sur l'eau dans la brume for voice and piano (1883)
L 48, Fleur des eaux for voice and piano (1883)
L 49, Églogue: Chanteurs mélodieux, habitants des buissons for soprano and tenor duet and piano (1883)
L 50, Suite for orchestra (piano reduction) (1883)
Fête
Ballet
Rêve
Bacchanale
L 51, Diane au bois for soprano and tenor duet and piano (1883-1886)
L 52, Romance: Voici que le printemps, ce fil léger d'avril for voice and piano (1884)
L 53, Apparition: La lune s'attristait Des séraphins for voice and piano (1884)
L 54, La romance d'Ariel: Au long de ces montagnes douces for voice and piano (1884)
L 55, Regret: Devant le ciel d'été, tiède et calme for voice and piano (1884)
L 56, Le printemps: L'aimable printemps ramène dans la plaine for choir of four voices and orchestra (1884)
L 57, L'enfant prodigue for soprano, baritone, and tenor and orchestra (1884)
L 58, Barcarolle: Viens! l'heure est propice for voice and piano (1885)
L 59, Zuleima for choir and orchestra (1885-1886)
L 60, Ariettes oubliées for voice and piano (1885-1887)
C'est l'extase: C'est l'extase langoureuse'
Il pleure dans mon cœur: Il pleure dans mon cœur comme il pleut sur la ville
L'ombre des arbres: L'ombre de arbres dans la rivière embrumée
Chevaux de bois: Tournez, tournez, bons chevaux de bois
Green: Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des feuilles
Spleen: Les roses étaient toutes rouges
L 61, Printemps in E major for choir, piano, and orchestra (1887)
L 62, La demoiselle élue: La demoiselle élue s'appuyait sur la barrière d'or du ciel for two soloists, female choir, and orchestra (1887-1888)
L 63, Axel for voice and piano (1888)
L 64, Poèmes de Baudelaire for voice and piano (1887-1889)
Le balcon: Mère des souvenirs, maîtresse des maîtresses
Harmonie du soir: Voici venir les temps où vibrant sur sa tige
Le jet d'eau: Tes beaux yeux sont las, pauvre amante
Recueillement: Sois sage, ô ma douleur
La mort des amants: Nous aurons des lits pleins d'odeurs légères
L 65, Petite suite for piano, four hands (1886-9)
En bateau
Cortège
Menuet
Ballet
L 66, Two Arabesques for piano (1888, 1891)
L 67, Mazurka for piano (1890)
L 68, Rêverie for piano (1890)
L 69, Tarantelle styrienne for piano (1890)
L 70, Ballade slave for piano (1890)
L 71, Valse romantique for piano (1890)
L 72, Rodrigue et Chimène opera (1890-1892)
L 73, Fantaisie for piano and orchestra (1889-1890)
L 74, La belle au bois dormant: Des trous à son pourpoint vermeil for voice and piano (1890)
ClaudeDebussy displayed his impressionism through, shifty sounds, wavering tones, and what the poet Verlaine described as, "harmoniously dissonant chords." Nonetheless his music was accepted by the people of the time, and have managed to still intrigue the ears of present-day listeners with perhaps the most radical of structures and harmonies.
Debussy was born into a family of small-time farm workers and artisans in a suburb of Paris known as St. Germain-en-Laye.
Debussy was never satisfied with the works of earlier composers.
Debussy was not only one of the most important French composers but was also one of the most important figures in music at the turn of the last century; his music represents the transition from late-romantic music to 20th century modernist music.
ClaudeDebussy died in Paris on March 25, 1918 from rectal cancer, during the bombardment of Paris by airships and long-distance guns during the last German offensive of World War I.
ClaudeDebussy is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the 20th century.
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