List of compositions by Claude Debussy
This is a complete list of compositions by Claude Debussy initially categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure,[1] which is generally in chronological order of composition date. "L¹" numbers are also given from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue.[2]
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List of compositions
[edit]L² | L¹ | Title | Scoring | Date | Notes |
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Orchestra[edit] | |||||
33b | 38 | Le Triomphe de Bacchus, suite | orchestra | 1882 | lost, but re-orchestrated 1927 by Marius-François Gaillard from the 3 surviving mvts (1, 2, and 4) of the piano duet version L 33a |
46b | 50b | Première Suite d'Orchestre
|
orchestra | 1883 | orchestration of L 46a;
3rd mvt lost |
63b | 60b | Ariettes oubliées, suite
|
orchestra | 1912 | orchestration of L 63a No.1 & 5 by André Caplet under Debussy's supervision |
68b | 61b | Printemps, Suite Symphonique | orchestra (with piano four-hands, harp) | 1912 | orchestral version of L 68a by Henri Büsser under Debussy's supervision |
71b | 65b | Petite Suite
|
orchestra | 1907 | orchestral version of L 71a by Henri Büsser under Debussy's supervision |
83b | 77 | Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire | orchestra | 1893–1908 | orchestration of L 83a |
87a | 86a | Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune | orchestra | 1891–94 | |
92 | 83 | 3 Scènes au crépuscule | orchestra | 1892–93 | 1st version of L 98;
lost |
– | – | Orchestration of Erik Satie's Gymnopédies:
|
orchestra | 1897 | Satie's 1st and 3rd Gymnopédies only, in reverse order: "Lent et grave" and "Lent et douloureux" are Satie's 3rd and 1st respectively.[3] |
98 | 91 | Nocturnes
|
orchestra (III. with female chorus) | 1897–99 | 3rd version of L 92 & 3 Nocturnes for violin and orchestra |
111 | 109 | La Mer, Trois esquisses symphoniques
|
orchestra | 1903–05 | revised 1908 |
118 | 122 | Images, Set 3
|
orchestra | 1905–12 | I. composed 1909–12;
II. composed 1905–08; III. composed 1905–09? |
– | – | Children's Corner
|
orchestra | 1910 | orchestration of L 119 by André Caplet under Debussy's supervision[citation needed] |
– | 121b | La plus que lente | orchestra | 1910 | arrangement of L 128 |
– | – | Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, Fragments symphoniques
|
orchestra | 1911 | arrangement of selections from L 130 by André Caplet, under Debussy's supervision[citation needed] |
140b | 132b | Berceuse héroïque | orchestra | 1914 | arrangement of L 140a |
Concertante[edit] | |||||
40a | 27a | Intermezzo | cello, orchestra | 1882 | |
72 | 73 | Fantaisie | piano, orchestra | 1889–90 | |
– | – | 3 Nocturnes | violin, orchestra | 1894–96 | 2nd version of L 98;
lost[citation needed] |
– | 98b | Rhapsodie | alto saxophone, orchestra | 1919 | orchestration of L 104 by Jean Roger-Ducasse, not by Debussy |
113 | 103a | Danses
|
cross-strung harp, string orchestra | 1904 | alternate versions: the published score indicates that the harp part can also be played on regular (pedal) harp or piano |
124b | 116b | Première Rhapsodie | clarinet, orchestra | 1911 | orchestration of L 124a |
Chamber[edit] | |||||
5 | 3 | Piano Trio in G major
|
piano, violin, cello | 1880 | discovered 1982, published 1986 |
– | – | Nocturne et Scherzo | violin, piano | 1882 | lost[citation needed] |
39 | 26 | Nocturne et Scherzo | cello, piano | 1882 | arrangement of violin & piano version |
40b | 27b | Intermezzo | cello, piano | 1882 | arrangement of L 40a |
91 | 85 | String Quartet in G minor
|
2 violins, viola, cello | 1892–93 | published as Opus 10 |
104 | 98a | Rapsodie | alto saxophone, piano | 1901–11 | |
124a | 116a | Première Rhapsodie | clarinet, piano | 1909–10 | |
127 | 120 | Petite pièce | clarinet, piano | 1910 | |
137 | 129 | Syrinx | flute | 1913 | |
144 | 135 | Sonata No. 1
|
cello, piano | 1915 | |
145 | 137 | Sonata No. 2
|
flute, viola, harp | 1915 | |
148 | 140 | Sonata No. 3
|
violin, piano | 1916–17 | |
Piano solo[edit] | |||||
4 | 9 | Danse bohémienne | piano | 1880 | |
– | – | Intermède | piano | 1882 | transcription of 2nd mvt of Piano Trio L 5[citation needed] |
74 | 66 | Deux arabesques
|
piano | 1890–91 | 1. composed 1890;
2. composed 1891 |
75 | 67 | Mazurka | piano | 1890–91 | |
76 | 68 | Rêverie | piano | 1890 | |
77 | 69 | Tarantelle styrienne | piano | 1890 | revised c.1901 as Danse |
78 | 70 | Ballade slave | piano | 1890 | revised c.1901 as Ballade |
79 | 71 | Valse romantique | piano | 1890 | revised c.1901 |
82 | 75 | Suite bergamasque
|
piano | 1890–91 | revised 1905;
III. original 1890 title Promenade sentimentale; IV. original 1890 title Pavane; |
89 | 82 | Nocturne | piano | 1892 | |
– | – | Pelléas et Mélisande, opera in 5 acts | voices, piano | 1893–1902 | piano reduction of orchestra part[citation needed] |
94 | 87 | Images
|
piano | 1894 | published as Images oubliées;
II. 1st version of Sarabande from Pour le piano L 95 |
95 | 95 | Pour le piano, suite
|
piano | 1894–1901 | II. 2nd revised version of Souvenir du Louvre from Images oubliées L 94 |
105 | 110 | Images, Set 1
|
piano | 1901–05 | |
108 | 100 | Estampes
|
piano | 1903 | |
109 | 106 | L'isle joyeuse | piano | 1903–04 | |
110 | 105 | Masques | piano | 1903–04 | |
112 | 99 | D'un cahier d'esquisses | piano | 1904 | |
117 | 108 | Pièce pour piano (Morceau de concours) | piano | 1904 | written for a "guess the composer" contest in Musica magazine |
– | – | Fragment, dédié à Emma Bardac | piano | 1905 | 9 bar fragment written for Debussy's wife |
119 | 113 | Children's Corner
|
piano | 1906–08 | Debussy gave the title of the work and the movement titles in English on his manuscript |
120 | 111 | Images, Set 2
|
piano | 1907 | |
122 | 114 | Le petit Nègre | piano | 1909 | also published as "Cake-Walk" |
123 | 115 | Hommage à Haydn | piano | 1909 | |
125 | 117 | Préludes, Book 1
|
piano | 1909–10 | |
128 | 121a | La plus que lente | piano | 1910 | |
131 | 123 | Préludes, Book 2
|
piano | 1912–13 | |
– | 131b | Six Épigraphes antiques
|
piano | 1915 | arrangement of L 139 |
140a | 132a | Berceuse héroïque | piano | 1914 | |
141 | 133 | Pièce pour l'œuvre du Vêtement du blessé (Page d'album) | piano | 1915 | |
143 | 136 | Douze Études
|
piano | 1915 | |
143a | – | Étude pour les arpèges composés | piano | 1915 | an alternate piece for No. 11 of Douze Études L 143, it has no musical relation to that piece, though Debussy composed the two simultaneously;
discovered 1977, published as Étude retrouvée |
146 | 138 | Élégie | piano | 1915 | |
150 | – | Les Soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon | piano | 1917 | discovered Nov. 2001, published 2003 |
– | – | Rapsodie in the Style of Liszt | piano | lost[citation needed] | |
Piano duo[edit] | |||||
8 | 10 | Symphony in B minor | piano four-hands | 1880–81 | published 1933, premiered 1989
Orchestrated by Tony Finno |
10 | – | Andante cantabile and Tempo di Marcia Funebra | piano four-hands | 1881 | 2nd movement incomplete, 16 bars only |
20 | – | Diane, Overture | piano four-hands | 1881 | this overture and the vocal duet L 48 are all that survive of the unfinished opera Diane;
premiered 1989, published 2002 |
33a | 38 | Le Triomphe de Bacchus
|
piano four-hands | 1882 | arrangement of lost orchestral suite;
III. lost; IV. lost except for 2 fragments |
40c | 27c | Intermezzo | piano four-hands | 1882 | arrangement of L 40a |
46a | 50a | Première Suite d'Orchestre
|
piano, four-hands | 1883 | reduction of L 46b |
– | – | L'enfant prodigue
|
piano four-hands | transcription of the instrumental mvts of L 61 (No.1 & 4)[citation needed] | |
62 | 36 | Divertissement | piano four-hands | 1884 | |
71a | 65a | Petite Suite
|
piano four-hands | 1888–89 | |
83a | 77 | Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire | piano four-hands | 1890 | |
87b | 86b | Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune | 2 pianos | 1895 | |
103 | 97 | Lindaraja | 2 pianos | 1901 | |
– | 103b | Danses
|
2 pianos | 1904 | arrangement of L 113a |
139 | 131a | Six Épigraphes antiques
|
piano four-hands | 1914–15 | arrangement of 6 pieces from Chansons de Bilitis L 102 |
142 | 134 | En blanc et noir | 2 pianos | 1915 | original title Caprices en blanc et noir |
Stage[edit] | |||||
– | – | Hélène, opera, after the poème antique by Leconte de Lisle | opera | 1881 | unfinished, one fragment only: Helène: Franchis les mers icariennes (solo with chorus) L 14[citation needed] |
– | – | Diane au bois, opera, after the play by Théodore de Banville | opera | 1881–86 | unfinished;
lost, only two pieces survive: the Overture in a piano four-hands reduction L 20, and fragments of a vocal duet with accompaniment in piano reduction L 48[citation needed] |
– | 37 | Hymnis[fr], opera, after the play by Théodore de Banville | voice, chorus, orchestra | 1882 | unfinished;
lost, only two pieces survive with accompaniment in piano reductions: Il dort encore (aria from Scene 1) L 34, and Ode Bachique (vocal duet) L 41 |
– | – | Salammbô, opera, after the novel by Gustave Flaubert | opera | 1885 | sketches only[citation needed] |
80 | 72 | Rodrigue et Chimène, opera in 3 acts | opera | 1890–93 | libretto: Catulle Mendès;
2 scenes lost; complete except for sketches for the orchestration; "reconstituted" from the mss in 1987 by Richard Langham Smith, orchestrated 1993 by Edison Denisov |
93 | 88 | Pelléas et Mélisande, opera in 5 acts | opera | 1893–1902 | libretto: Maurice Maeterlinck |
100 | 93 | La tragédie de la mort, incidental music for the play by René Peter | voices, orchestra | 1899 | text: René Peter;
unfinished, one piece only: Berceuse: Il était une fois une fée qui avait un beau sceptre (solo), scored for solo voice without accompaniment |
102 | 96 | Musique de scène pour Les Chansons de Bilitis, incidental music
|
narrator, 2 flutes, 2 harps, celesta | 1900–01 | text: Pierre Louÿs;
three of the pieces are arrangements of L 97 |
106 | 101 | Le Diable dans le beffroi, short opera based on Poe's "The Devil in the Belfry" | opera | 1902–11 | libretto: Debussy;
unfinished |
116 | 107 | Le Roi Lear, incidental music to the Shakespeare play "King Lear" | orchestra | 1904 | unfinished, 7 sections sketched;
2 sections (Fanfare d'ouverture, Le Sommeil de Lear) completed and orchestrated by Jean Roger-Ducasse 1926 |
121 | 112 | La Chute de la maison Usher, short opera based on Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" | opera | 1908–17 | text: Debussy;
unfinished; completed, revised, and orchestrated by Juan Allende-Blin 1979; also completed (new version) by Robert Orledge 2013 |
130 | 124 | Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, Mystère en 5 acts et 5 maisons, incidental music to the play by Gabriele D'Annunzio in 5 acts
|
soprano, 2 contraltos, various chorus, orchestra | 1911 | libretto: Gabriele D'Annunzio;
orchestrated by André Caplet in collaboration with Debussy |
– | – | Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien | soprano, 2 contraltos, various chorus, piano | 1911 | piano reduction of orchestra part of L 130 by André Caplet and Debussy[citation needed] |
132b | 125a | Khamma, légende dansée, ballet | piano | 1911–12 | original title Isis;
original version scored for piano |
132a | 125b | Khamma, légende dansée, ballet | orchestra | 1912 | orchestration of L 132b unfinished, completed by Charles Koechlin 1913 |
133 | 126 | Jeux, poème dansé, ballet | orchestra | 1912–13 | |
134 | 104a | Fêtes galantes, Ballade en 3 tableux, opera-ballet after poems by Paul Verlaine | opera | 1912–15 | original title Crimen amoris;
libretto: Louis Laloy and Charles Morice; unfinished, possibly never written; lost |
136a | 128 | La Boîte à joujoux, Ballet pour enfants
|
piano | 1913 | original version scored for piano |
136b | – | La Boîte à joujoux, Ballet pour enfants | orchestra | 1919 | orchestration of L 136a by André Caplet per Debussy's instructions |
– | – | Psyché, incidental music for the play by Gabriel Mourey | orchestra | 1913 | lost, except for Flûte de Pan retitled Syrinx L 137, the rest possibly never written[citation needed] |
138 | 130 | No-Ja-Li ou Le palais du silence, Chinese ballet | orchestra | 1914 | unfinished, reconstructed by Robert Orledge 2005, revised 2012 and 2014, premiered 2015 |
Choral[edit] | |||||
14 | 20a | Helène: Franchis les mers icariennes | soprano, mixed chorus, orchestra | 1881 | text: Leconte de Lisle;
fragments; from the unfinished opera Hélène |
Anh | – | Fugue pour le concours de fugue | 4-part chorus | 1881 | |
– | – | Choeur des brises: Réveillez-vous, arbres des bois | soprano, female chorus, piano four-hands | 1882 | sketch[citation needed] |
32 | 35 | Choeur des brises: Réveillez-vous, arbres des bois | soprano, 3-part female chorus | 1882 | text: Louis Bouilhet |
37a | 24a | Printemps: Salut printemps, jeune saison, cantata | female chorus, orchestra | 1882 | text: Anatole de Ségur |
37b | – | Printemps: Salut printemps, jeune saison | female chorus, piano four-hands | 1882 | arrangement of L 37a, not by Debussy? |
Anh | – | Fugue pour le concours de fugue | 4-part chorus | 1882 | |
Anh | – | Fugue pour le concours d'essai | 4-part chorus | 1882 | Prix de Rome Competition |
51 | 40 | Invocation: Élevez-vous, voix de mon âme | male chorus, orchestra | 1883 | text: Alphonse de Lamartine |
Anh | – | Fugue pour le concours de fugue | 4-part chorus | 1883 | |
Anh | – | Fugue pour le concours d'essai | 4-part chorus | 1883 | Prix de Rome Competition;
incomplete, 31 bars only |
60 | 56 | Le printemps: L'aimable printemps ramène dans la plaine, cantata | soprano, tenor, baritone, 4-part chorus, orchestra | 1884 | text: Jules Barbier |
64 | 59 | Zuléima, Ode symphonique, cantata | chorus, orchestra | 1885 | text: Georges Boyer;
lost; Zuléima was the 1st mvt of Ode symphonique, a projected 3-mvt cantata, but the other 2 mvts were never written |
68a | 61a | Le Printemps | mixed chorus, piano four-hands | 1887 | text: none;
arrangement of L 68c |
68c | – | Le Printemps, "Scenes for Chorus and Orchestra" | female chorus, orchestra | 1887 | text: none;
manuscript lost, this orchestral version possibly never written or only sketched, but since reconstructed from other versions |
69a | 62a | La Damoiselle élue: La damoiselle élue s'appuyait sur la barrière d'or du ciel, oratorio | solo female voice (S), 2-part children's chorus (SS), 2-part female chorus (CC) (with contralto solo), orchestra | 1887–88 | text: Dante Gabriel Rossetti;
revised 1902 |
69b | 62b | La Damoiselle élue: La damoiselle élue s'appuyait sur la barrière d'or du ciel, cantata | soprano, 4-part female chorus (SSCC) (with contralto solo), piano | 1906 | arrangement of L 69a |
– | – | Prélude à 'L'histoire de Tristan | chorus, orchestra | 1907 | unfinished, reconstructed by Robert Orledge 2011, premiered 2015[citation needed] |
99 | 92 | Chansons de Charles d'Orléans
|
4-part mixed chorus | 1898 | text: Charles duc d'Orléans;
revised 1908 |
149 | 141 | Ode à la France: Les troupeaux vont par les champs désertés, cantata | soprano, mixed chorus, orchestra | 1916–17 | text: Louis Laloy;
unfinished draft, completed and arranged by Marius-François Gaillard in 1928 (piano acc. version) & 1958 (orchestrated version) |
Solo voice with orchestra[edit] | |||||
96 | 89 | La Saulaie | baritone, orchestra | 1896–1900 | text: Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
– | 119b | Ballades de François Villon
|
voice, orchestra | 1910 | concurrent arrangement of L 126a;
texts: François Villon |
Vocal trio with orchestra[edit] | |||||
35 | 20 | Daniel: Versez, que de l'ivresse. Aux accents d'allégresse, cantata | 3 voices, orchestra | 1882 | text: Émile Cicile |
52 | 41 | Le gladiateur: Mort aux Romains, tuez jusqu'au dernier | 3 voices, orchestra | 1883 | text: Émile Moreau |
61 | 57 | L'enfant prodigue, scène lyrique, cantata
|
soprano, baritone, tenor, orchestra | 1884 | revised 1907–08, with additional reorchestration 1908 by André Caplet under Debussy's supervision;
text: Édouard Guinand |
Solo voice with piano[edit] | |||||
1 | Ballade à la lune: C'était dans la nuit brune | voice, piano | 1879 | text: Alfred de Musset;
lost[note 2] | |
1 | 2 | Madrid: Madrid, princesse des Espagnes | voice, piano | 1879 | text: Alfred de Musset |
2 | 4 | Nuits d'étoiles: Nuit d'étoiles, sous tes voiles | voice, piano | 1880 | text: Théodore de Banville |
3 | 8 | Rêverie: Le zéphir à la douce haleine | voice, piano | 1880 | text: Théodore de Banville |
6 | 5 | Caprice: Quand je baise, pâle de fièvre | voice, piano | 1880 | text: Théodore de Banville |
7 | 16 | Aimons-nous et dormons: Aimons-nous et dormons, sans songer au reste du monde | voice, piano | 1880 | text: Théodore de Banville |
9 | – | Les baisers: Plus de fois, dans tes bras charmants | voice, piano | 1881 | text: Théodore de Banville |
11 | 17 | Rondel chinois: Sur le lac bordé d'azalée | voice, piano | 1881 | text: Marius Dillard |
12 | 18 | Tragédie: Les petites fleurs n'ont pu vivre | voice, piano | 1881 | text: Léon Valade |
13 | 19 | Jane: Je pâlis et tombe en langueur, Chanson écossaise | voice, piano | 1881 | text: Leconte de Lisle |
15 | 33 | La fille aux cheveux de lin: Sur la luzerne en fleur | voice, piano | 1881 | text: Leconte de Lisle |
16 | 7 | Fleur des blés: Le long des blés que la brise fait onduler | voice, piano | 1881 | text: André Girod |
17 | 30 | Rondeau: Fut-il jamais douceur de cœur pareille | voice, piano | 1881 | text: Alfred de Musset |
18 | 11 | Souhait: Oh! quand la mort que rien ne saurait apaiser | voice, piano | 1881 | text: Théodore de Banville |
19 | 12 | Triolet à Phillis "Zéphyr": Si j'étais le zéphyr ailé | voice, piano | 1881 | text: Théodore de Banville |
21 | – | Les papillons: Les papillons couleur de neige | voice, piano | 1881 | text: Théophile Gautier |
22 | 46 | L'archet: Elle avait de beaux cheveux blonds | voice, piano | 1881 | text: Charles Cros |
23 | 48 | Fleur des eaux: Non, les baisers d'amour | voice, piano | 1881 | text: Maurice Bouchor |
24 | 47 | Chanson triste: On entend un chant sur l'eau dans la brume | voice, piano | 1881 | text: Maurice Bouchor |
25 | – | Les Elfes: Couronnés de thym et de marjolaine | voice, piano | 1881 | text: Leconte de Lisle |
26 | 21 | Fantoches: Scaramouche et Pulcinella | voice, piano | 1882 | 1st version of L 86 No.2;
text: Paul Verlaine |
28 | 13 | Les roses: Lorsque le ciel de saphir | voice, piano | 1882 | text: Théodore de Banville |
29 | 34 | Sérénade: Las, Colombine a fermé le volet | voice, piano | 1882 | text: Théodore de Banville |
30 | 15 | Pierrot: Le bon Pierrot que la foule contemple | voice, piano | 1882 | text: Théodore de Banville |
31 | 23 | Fête galante: Voilà Sylvandre et Lycas et Myrtil | voice, piano | 1882 | text: Théodore de Banville |
34 | – | Il dort encore: Il dort encore, une main sur la lyre | voice, piano | 1882 | piano reduction of an aria from the opera Hymnis;
text: Théodore de Banville |
36 | 22 | Le lilas: O floraison divine des lilas | voice, piano | 1882 | text: Théodore de Banville |
38a | 25a | Flôts, palmes et sables: Loin des yeux du monde | voice, piano | 1882 | text: Armand Renaud |
38b | 25b | Flôts, palmes et sables: Loin des yeux du monde | voice, piano, harp | 1882 | arrangement of L 38a |
42 | 28 | En sourdine: Calmes dans le demi-jour | voice, piano | 1882 | 1st version of L 86 No.1;
text: Paul Verlaine |
43 | 29 | Mandoline: Les donneurs de sérénades | voice, piano | 1882 | text: Paul Verlaine |
44 | 14 | Séguidille: Un jupon serré sur les hanches | voice, piano | 1882 | text: Théophile Gautier |
45 | 32 | Clair de lune: Votre âme est un paysage choisi | voice, piano | 1882 | 1st version of L 86 No.3;
text: Paul Verlaine |
47 | 31 | Pantomime: Pierrot qui n'a rien d'un Clitandre | voice, piano | 1883 | text: Paul Verlaine |
50 | 39 | Coquetterie posthume: Quand je mourrai, que l'on me mette | voice, piano | 1883 | text: Théophile Gautier |
53 | 43 | Romance [musique pour éventail]: Silence ineffable de l'heure | voice, piano | 1883 | text: Paul Bourget |
54 | 44 | Musique: La lune se levait, pure, mais plus glacée | voice, piano | 1883 | text: Paul Bourget |
55 | 45 | Paysage sentimental: Le ciel d'hiver si doux, si triste, si dormant | voice, piano | 1883 | |
56 | 52 | Romance: Voici que le printemps, ce fil léger d'avril | voice, piano | 1884 | text: Paul Bourget |
57 | 53 | Apparition: La lune s'attristait des séraphins | voice, piano | 1884 | text: Stéphane Mallarmé |
58 | 54 | La romance d'Ariel: Au long de ces montagnes douces | voice, piano | 1884 | text: Paul Bourget |
59 | 55 | Regret: Devant le ciel d'été, tiède et calme | voice, piano | 1884 | text: Paul Bourget |
63a | 60a | Ariettes oubliées
|
voice, piano | 1885–87 | texts: Paul Verlaine |
65 | 79/1 | Romance: L'âme évaporée et souffrante | voice, piano | 1885 | text: Paul Bourget;
published 1891 as No.1 of Deux Romances |
66 | 79/2 | Les cloches: Les feuilles s'ouvraient sur le bord des branches | voice, piano | 1885 | text: Paul Bourget;
published 1891 as No.2 of Deux Romances |
67 | 58 | Barcarolle: Viens! l'heure est propice | voice, piano | 1885 | text: Édouard Guinand;
lost |
70 | 64 | Cinq poèmes de Charles Baudelaire
|
voice, piano | 1887–89 | texts: Charles Baudelaire |
73 | 63 | Axel | voice, piano | 1890 | text: Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam |
81 | 74 | La belle au bois dormant: Des trous à son pourpoint vermeil | voice, piano | 1890 | text: Vincent Hyspa |
84 | 6 | Beau soir: Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivières sont roses | voice, piano | 1890–91 | text: Paul Bourget |
85 | 81 | Trois mélodies de Verlaine
|
voice, piano | 1891 | texts: Paul Verlaine |
86 | 80 | Fêtes galantes, Set 1
|
voice, piano | 1891–92 | texts: Paul Verlaine;
1. 2nd version of L 42; 2. 2nd version of L 26; 3. 2nd version of L 45 |
88 | 76 | Les Angélus: Cloches chrétiennes pour les matines | voice, piano | 1892 | text: Grégoire Le Roy |
90 | 84 | Proses lyriques
|
voice, piano | 1892–93 | texts: Debussy |
97 | 90 | Chansons de Bilitis
|
female voice, piano | 1897–98 | text: Pierre Louÿs |
101 | 94 | Nuits blanches: Tout à l'heure ses mains plus délicates
|
voice, piano | 1898 | text: Debussy |
107 | 78 | Dans le jardin: Je regardais dans le jardin | voice, piano | 1903 | text: Paul Gravollet |
– | – | Colloque sentimental | voice, piano | text: Paul Verlaine;
1st version of L 114 No.3;[citation needed] | |
114 | 104 | Fêtes galantes, Set 2
|
voice, piano | 1904 | texts: Paul Verlaine |
115 | 102 | 3 Chansons de France
|
voice, piano | 1904 | text: Charles duc d’Orléans |
126 | 119a | Ballades de François Villon
|
voice, piano | 1910 | texts: François Villon |
129 | 118 | Le Promenoir des deux amants
|
voice, piano | 1904–10 | text: Tristan l'Hermite |
135 | 127 | Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
|
voice, piano | 1913 | text: Stéphane Mallarmé |
147 | 139 | Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison: Nous n'avons plus de maison | voice, piano | 1915 | text: Debussy |
Vocal duet with piano[edit] | |||||
27 | 49 | Églogue: Chanteurs mélodieux, habitants des buissons | soprano, tenor, piano | 1882 | text: Leconte de Lisle |
41 | – | Ode Bachique: À toi Lyaeos, glorieux Bacchos | soprano, tenor, piano | 1882 | piano reduction of a vocal duet from the opera Hymnis;
text: Théodore de Banville |
48 | 51 | Diane au bois | soprano, tenor, piano | 1883–84 | piano reduction of a vocal duet from the opera Diane;
text: Théodore de Banville; revised 1885; fragments |
49 | 42 | Chanson espagnole: Tra la la… nous venions de voir le taureau | 2 voices, piano | 1883 | text: Alfred de Musset |
Notes
[edit]- ^ L # in Lesure catalog (2001) has 82a, but there is no 82b or 82. Possibly a typo, or there WAS an 82b which was intentionally removed and the number never got changed.[citation needed]
- ^ The posthumous printing in 2003 of Lesure's 2001 revised catalog (as a supplement to the revised edition of his Debussy biography) omitted the composition Ballade à la lune without explanation. It is unknown if the work was found to be spurious or omitted by accident.
References
[edit]- ^ Lesure, François: Claude Debussy : biographie critique : suivie du catalogue de l'œuvre, Paris: Fayard (2003) ISBN 2213616191.
- ^ Lesure, François: Catalogue de l'œuvre de Claude Debussy, Genève: Minkoff (1977) ISBN 2826606573.
- ^ Première, Troisième Gymnopédies: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
External links
[edit]- Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy on Musicbrainz (has both versions of Lesure's catalogue, with newer updates to the 2001 version).
- Piano Library: Claude Debussy Complete list of Debussy piano works with musical extracts, difficulty ratings and recommended editions.
- Le martyre de Saint-Sébastien, vocal score, transcribed by André Caplet (from the Sibley Music Library Digital Scores Collection at the University of Rochester)
- Le martyre de Saint Sébastien, La chambre magique: prélude (acte II), orchestral score (from the Sibley Music Library Digital Scores Collection)