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Claude Debussy
Country France Birth Aug 22, 1862 in St.-Germain-en-Laye, France Death Mar 25, 1918 in Paris, France Period Modern Composition All Works (300) TypesKeyboard Music (117) Vocal Music (112) Chamber Music (24) Orchestral Music (18) Choral Music (13) Opera (5) Ballet Music (3) Concerto (2) Symphony (1)
Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) was among the most important Frenc composers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Although he himself disliked the association, his music was, and has re mained, strongly associated with the techniques and ideals of impre sionist painting as well as those of the French symbolist writers. His use of non-traditional scales and tonal structures would serve as paradigms for many composers to follow. Debussy began piano studies at the Paris Conservatory at the age of 11. There, he encountered the wealthy Nadezhda Filaretovna von M (Tchaikovsky's benefactress), who took him under her wing and, through travel, concerts and acquaintances, provided him with a wealth of musical experience. Most importantly, she exposed the young Debussy to the wor Russian composers, such as Borodin and Mussorgsky, who would remain important influen on his music. Debussy began composition studies in 1880, and in 1884 he won the prestigious Prix de Ro with his cantata L'Enfant prodigue. This prize financed two years of further study in Rome years that proved to be creatively frustrating. The period immediately following, however, prove seminal for the young composer; trips to Bayreuth and the Paris World Exhibition (18 established, respectively, his dislike of Wagner, whose music he felt was unduly influential, his fascination with the music of eastern cultures, both of which would significantly contrib the development of his mature style. Debussy wrote successfully in most every genre, adapting his distinctive compositional lan guage to the demands of each. His orchestral works, of which Pr\u00e9lude \u00e0 l'apr\u0 (Prelude to the afternoon of a faun, 1894) and La Mer (The sea, 1905) are most familiar, est lished him as a master of instrumental color and texture. It is undoubtedly this attention to color -- his layering of sound upon sound so that they blend to form a greater, evocative who that established him forever as the exponent of musical impressionism. His works for solo piano, particularly his collections of Pr\u00e9ludes and \u00c9tudes, wh mained staples of the performing repertoire since their composition, bring into relief his as ation of elements from both Eastern cultures and antiquity -- especially pentatonicism (the five-note scales), modality (the use of scales from ancient Greece and the medieval church) allelism (the parallel movement of chords and lines), and the whole-tone scale (the octave d
vided into six equal intervals -- arguably the most characteristic element of Debussy's language). His most famous opera, Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande (1902), and his collections of song establish the strength of his connection to French literature and poetry. The writings of Ma Maeterlinck, Baudelaire, and his childhood friend Paul Verlaine figure prominently in his c of texts, and form a symbiosis of expression and mood with the composer's style. -- Allen Schrott
Keyboard Music 1881 1888 1891 1888 1890 1888 1914 1910 1910 1910 1909 1907 1906 1890 1907 1909 1903 1880 1909 1909 1909 1882 1906 1915
Andante cantabile, for piano duet Arabesque I, for piano, L. 66/1
Andante for Keyboard Music for Keyboard Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous Arabesque II, for piano, L. 66/2 Work for Keyboard -1891 Arabesques (2) for piano, L. 66 Music for Keyboard Ballade (slave), for piano (or piano, 4 hands), L. Ballade for Keyboard 70 Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclas-1889 Ballet, for piano, 4 hands, L. 65/4 sified Title Berceuse h\u00e9ro\u00efque for p iano (or orchestra), L. Berceuse for Keyboard 132 Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous -1912 Brouillards, prelude for piano, L. 123/1 Work for Keyboard Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous -1912 Bruy\u00e8res, prelude for piano, L. 123/5 Work for Keyboard Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous -1912 Canope, prelude for piano, L. 123/10 Work for Keyboard La cath\u00e9drale engloutie, prelude forCharacter/S piano, L. ingle-Movement/Miscellaneous 117/10 Work for Keyboard Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest, prelude for piano, L.Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous -1910 117/7 Work for Keyboard Children's Corner, suite for piano (or orchestra), -1908 Suite/Partita for Keyboard L. 113 Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclas-1905 Clair de lune, for piano, L. 75/3 sified Title Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Cloches \u00e0 travers les feui lles, for piano, L. 111/1 sified Title Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous Les collines d'Anacapri, for piano, L. 117/5 Work for Keyboard Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous D'un cahier d'esquisses, for piano, L. 99 Work for Keyboard Danse boh\u00e9mienne, for piano, L. 9 Individual Dance for Keyboard Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous La danse de Puck, prelude for piano, L. 117/11 Work for Keyboard Danseuses de Delphes, prelude for piano,Character/S L. ingle-Movement/Miscellaneous 117/1 Work for Keyboard Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneou Des pas sur la neige, prelude for piano, L. 117/6 Work for Keyboard Divertissement for piano, 4 hands, L. 36 Keyboard Music for More Than One Player Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, for piano, L. -1908 Suite/Partita for Keyboard 113/1 Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous El\u00e9gie, for piano, L. 138 Work for Keyboard
Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclassified Title En blanc et noir (3), for 2 pianos, L. 134 Music for Two Keyboards Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclas-1889 En cort\u00e8ge, for piano, 4 hands, L. 65/2 sified Title \u00c9pigraphes antiques (6), for piano, 2 or 4 hands Music for Four Hands at One Keyboard (or orchestra), L. 131 Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous Estampes, for piano, L. 100 Work for Keyboard Et la lune descend sur le temple qui f\u00fbt, Keyboard for Work with Descriptive or Unclaspi ano, L. 111/2 sified Title \u00c9tude retrouv\u00e9e, for piano Music for Keyboard \u00c9tudes (12) for piano, Book 1, L. 136/1-6 Etude for Keyboard \u00c9tudes (12) for piano, Book 2, L. 136/7-12 Etude for Keyboard Collection of Etudes, Studies, or Exercises \u00c9tudes (12) for piano, L. 136 for Keyboard Les f\u00e9es sont d'exquises danseuses, prelude for -1912 Prelude for Keyboard piano, L. 123/4 -1912 Feuilles mortes, prelude for piano, L. 123/2 Prelude for Keyboard -1912 Feux d'artifices, prelude for piano, L. 123/12 Prelude for Keyboard La fille aux cheveux de lin, prelude for piano, L. Prelude for Keyboard 117/8 G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Lavine, eccentric, prelude for piano, L. -1912 Prelude for Keyboard 123/6 -1908 Golliwogg's Cakewalk, for piano, L. 113/6 Suite/Partita for Keyboard Keyboard Work with Descriptive or UnclasHommage \u00e0 Joseph Haydn, for piano, L. 115 sified Title Keyboard Work with Descriptive or UnclasHommage \u00e0 Rameau, for piano, L. 110/2 sified Title Hommage \u00e0 Samuel Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C., -1913 Prelude for Keyboard prelude for piano, L.123/9 Coll. of Character/Single-Movement/Misc. Images (3) for piano, Set II, L. 111 Works for Keyb. Coll. of Character/Single-Movement/Misc. Images (3), for piano, Set I, L. 110 Works for Keyb. Coll. of Character/Single-Movement/Misc. -1907 Images for piano, Sets I & II, L. 110 & L. 111 Works for Keyb. Coll. of Character/Single-Movement/Misc. Images in\u00e9dites (3), for piano, L. 87 Works for Keyb. Keyboard Work with Descriptive or UnclasL'isle joyeuse, for piano, L. 106 sified Title Keyboard Work with Descriptive or UnclasJardins sous la pluie, for piano L. 100/3 sified Title Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclas-1908 Jimbo's Lullaby, for piano, L. 113/2 sified Title Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous Lent, doux et m\u00e9lancolique, for piano, L. 87 Work for Keyboard Lindaraja, for 2 pianos, L. 97 Music for Two Keyboards Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclas-1908 The Little Shepherd, for piano, L. 113/5 sified Title Marche \u00e9cossaise, sur un th\u00e8me populaire, for Music for Four Hands at One Keyboard piano, 4 hands (or orchestra), L. 77 Keyboard Work with Descriptive or UnclasMasques, for piano, L. 105 sified Title
1888 -1889 1915 1888 1914 1903 1907 1915 1915 1915 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1906 1909 1904 1910 1907 1905 1905 1894 1904 1903 1906 1884 1901 1906 1891 1904
En bateau, for piano, 4 hands, L. 65/1
1890
Mazurka, for piano, L. 67 Menuet, for piano, 4 hands ( or orchestra), L. 1888 -1889 65/3 1890 -1905 Menuet, for piano, L. 75/2 1910 Minstrels, prelude for piano, L. 117/12 1905 1892 1910 1903 1890 1909 1888 1904 1915 1910 1907 1914 1914 1914 1894 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1914 1914 1914
Mazurka for Keyboard Music for Four Hands at One Keyboard
Minuet for Keyboard Prelude for Keyboard Keyboard Work with Descriptive or UnclasMouvement, for piano, L. 110/3 sified Title Nocturne, for piano, L. 82 Nocturne for Keyboard Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclas-1913 Ondine, prelude for piano, L. 123/8 sified Title Keyboard Work with Descriptive or UnclasPagodes, for piano, L. 100/1 sified Title -1905 Passepied, for piano, L. 75/4 Passepied for Keyboard Keyboard Work with Descriptive or UnclasLe petit nègre, cakewalk for piano, L. 114 sified Title Petite suite (4), for piano, 4 hands (or -1889 Suite/Partita for Keyboard orchestra), L. 65 Pièce pour piano, L. 108 Morceau for Keyboard Keyboard Work with Descriptive or UnclasPièce pour piano, L. 133 sified Title La plus que lente, waltz for piano (or orchestra), Waltz for Keyboard L. 121 Keyboard Work with Descriptive or UnclasPoissons d'or, for piano, L. 111/3 sified Title Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous Pour invoquer Pan, for piano, L. 131/1 Work for Keyboard Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous Pour l'égyptienne, for piano, L. 131/5 Work for Keyboard Pour la danseuse aux crotales, for piano, Character/S L. ingle-Movement/Miscellaneous 131/4 Work for Keyboard -1901 Pour le piano, suite for piano, L. 95 Suite/Partita for Keyboard Pour les accords, etude for piano, L. 136/12 Etude for Keyboard Pour les agréments, etude for piano, L. 136/8 Etude for Keyboard Pour les arpèges composés, etudes for piano, Etude for Keyboard L. 136/11 Pour les cinq doigts d'après M. Czerny, etude Etude for Keyboard for piano, L. 136/1 Pour les degrés chromatiques, etude for piano, Etude for Keyboard L. 136/7 Pour les huit doigts, etude for piano, L. 136/6 Etude for Keyboard Pour les notes répétées, etude for piano, L. Etude for Keyboard 136/9 Pour les octaves, etude for piano, L. 136/5 Etude for Keyboard Pour les quartes, etudes for piano, L. 136/3 Etude for Keyboard Pour les sixtes, etude for piano, L. 136/4 Etude for Keyboard Pour les sonorités opposées, etude for piano, L. Etude for Keyboard 136/10 Pour les tierces, etude for piano, L. 136/2Etude for Keyboard Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous Pour que la nuit soit propice, for piano, L. 131/3 Work for Keyboard Pour remercier la pluie au matin, for piano, Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous L.131/6 Work for Keyboard Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous Pour un tombeau sans nom, for piano, L. 131/2 Work for Keyboard
1890 -1905 1901 1907 1910 1909 1910 1884 1904 1890 1894 1894 1907 1906 1906 1903 1910 1890 1890 1910 1910 1901 1882 1890 1909 1909
Prelude for Keyboard Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous Prélude, for piano, L. 95/1 Work for Keyboard -1910 Préludes (12) for piano, Book I, L..117 Collection of Preludes for Keyboard -1912 Préludes (12) for piano, Book II, L. 123 Prelude for Keyboard -1912 Préludes (24) for piano, Books I & II, L.117, 123 Collection of Preludes for Keyboard La Puerta del Vino, for piano, prelude for piano, -1913 Music for Keyboard L. 123/3 Quelques aspects de "Nous n'irons plus au Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclasbois," for piano sified Title Keyboard Work with Descriptive or UnclasReflets dans l'eau, for piano, L. 110/1 sified Title Keyboard Work with Descriptive or UnclasRêverie, for piano, L. 68 sified Title Sarabande "Souvenir du Louvre," for piano, Keyboard L. Work with Descriptive or Unclas87 sified Title Sarabande, for piano, L. 95/2 Sarabande for Keyboard La sérénade Interrompue, prelude for piano, L. -1910 Prelude for Keyboard 117/9 Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclas-1908 Serenade for the doll, for piano, L. 113/3 sified Title Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclas-1908 The Snow is Dancing, for piano, L. 113/4 sified Title Keyboard Work with Descriptive or UnclasLa soirée dans Grenade, for piano, L. 100/2 sified Title Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du Prelude for Keyboard soir, prelude for p iano, L. 117/4 -1905 Suite bergamasque, for piano, L. 75 Suite/Partita for Keyboard Tarantelle styrienne, for piano (or orchestra), L. Individual Dance for Keyboard 69 ("Danse") La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune, -1912 Prelude for Keyboard pr elude for piano, L. 123/7 Les tierces alternées, prelude for piano, L. -1912 Prelude for Keyboard 123/11 Toccata, for piano, L. 95/3 Toccata for Keyboard Le triomphe de Bacchus, suite for piano, 4 Music for Four Hands at One Keyboard hands (or orchestra), L. 38 Valse romantique, for piano, L. 71 Waltz for Keyboard Le vent dans la plaine, prelude for for piano, L. Prelude for Keyboard 117/3 Voiles, prelude for piano, L. 117/2 Prelude for Keyboard Work(s) for 2 pianos Music for Two Keyboards Work(s) for piano Music for Keyboard Work(s) for piano 4-hands Music for Four Hands at One Keyboard
1900 -1901
Prélude, for piano, L. 75/1
Chamber Bilitis, for 2 flutes, 2 harps & celesta, L. 96/5
1900 -1901 Chanson, for 2 flutes, 2 harps & celesta, L. 96/4 1900 -1901 Chant pastoral, for 2 flutes, 2 harps & celesta, L. 96/1 1900 -1901 Les comparaisons, for 2 flutes, 2 harps & celesta, L. 96/2 1900 -1901 Les contes, for 2 flutes, 2 harps & celesta, L. 96/3
Quintet for Keyboard Quintet for Keyboard Quintet for Keyboard Quintet for Keyboard Quintet for Keyboard
Mixed Instruments without Mixed Instruments without Mixed Instruments without Mixed Instruments without Mixed Instruments without
Les courtisanes égyptiennes, for 2 flutes, 2 harps & celesta, L.Quintet for Mixed Instruments without 1900 -1901 Keyboard 96/8 La danseuse aux crotales, for 2 flutes, 2 harps & celesta, L. Quintet for Mixed Instruments without 1900 -1901 Keyboard 96/10 for Mixed Instruments without 1900 -1901 L'eau pure du bassin, for 2 flutes, 2 harps & celesta, L. 96/9 Quintet Keyboard Cello with Keyboard 1882 Intermezzo for cello & orchestra (or piano), L. 27 Musique de scène pourles Chansons de Bilitis, for 2 flutes, 2 Quintet for Mixed Instruments without 1900 -1901 Keyboard harps & celesta, L. 96 Cello with Keyboard 1882 Nocturne and Scherzo, for cello & piano, L. 26 Quintet for Mixed Instruments without 1900 -1901 La partie d'osselets, for 2 flutes, 2 harps & celesta, L. 96/5 Keyboard 1910 Petite pièce, for clarinet & piano (or orchestra), L. 120Clarinet Solo/Sonata Trio for Keyboard and Two String In1879 Piano Trio, L. 3 struments 1900 -1901 La pluie du matin, for 2 flutes, 2 harps & celesta, L. 96/12 1909 -1910 Rhapsodie for clarinet & piano (or orchestra), L. 116 1915 Sonata for cello & piano, L. 135 1916 -1917 Sonata for violin & piano, L. 140 1915 Sonate en trio for flute, viola, & harp, L. 137 Le souvenir de Mnasidica, for 2 flutes, 2 harps & celesta, L. 1900 -1901 96/11 1893 String Quartet, L. 85 (Op. 10) 1913 Syrinx, for solo flute, L. 129 1900 -1901 Le tombeau sans nom, for 2 flutes, 2 harps & celesta, L. 96/7 Work(s) for clarinet & piano
Quintet for Mixed Instruments without Keyboard Clarinet Solo/Sonata Cello with Keyboard Violin with Keyboard Trio for Mixed Instruments without Keyboard Quintet for Mixed Instruments without Keyboard Quartet for Four String Instruments Flute Solo/Sonata Quintet for Mixed Instruments without Keyboard Clarinet Solo/Sonata
