List of works by Claude Debussy

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The tables and lists below gives the following information for works by Claude Debussy (where applicable):

  • CD — numbering as given by François Lesure (Claude Debussy: biographie critique, 2003)
  • L — numbering as given by François Lesure (Catalogue de l'œuvre de Claude Debussy, 1977)
  • Title — as used on IMSLP
  • Forces — the instrumentation used (see IMSLP:Abbreviations for Instruments)
  • Key — the principal key of the work
  • Date — the year(s) of composition or arrangement, where known
  • First publ. — the year(s) of first publication, where known
  • Genre — works are grouped in the following broad categories: Stage, Vocal, Orchestral, Chamber and Keyboard
  • Notes — including comments about publication and different versions of works
CD L Title Forces Key Date First publ. Genre Notes
— 001 Ballade à la lune v pf G major 1879 ca. — Vocal Lost; text by Alfred de Musset
001 002 Madrid v pf Unknown 1879 — Vocal Autograph extant, but whereabouts unknown; text by Alfred de Musset
002 004 Nuit d'étoiles v pf E♭ major 1880 1882 Vocal
003 008 Rêverie v pf Unknown 1880 1984 Vocal Text by Théodore de Banville
004 009 Danse bohémienne pf B minor 1880 1932 Keyboard
005 003 Piano Trio in G major vn vc pf G major 1880 1986 Chamber
006 005 Caprice v pf F♯ major 1880 1966 Vocal Text by Théodore de Banville
007 016 Aimons-nous et dormons v pf E major 1880 1933 Vocal
008 010 Symphony in B minor pf4h B minor 1880-81 1933 Keyboard
009 — Les baiser v pf Unknown 1881 — Vocal Text by Théodore de Banville
010 — Andante and Tempo di Marcia Funebra pf4h E major 1881 2002 Keyboard Second movement fragmentary
011 017 Rondel chinois v pf Unknown 1881 — Vocal Text by unknown author
012 018 Tragédie v pf Unknown 1881 — Vocal Text by Léon Valade after Heinrich Heine
013 019 Jane v pf Unknown 1881 1982 Vocal Text by Leconte de Lisle; edition published in 1966: fascimile reproduction?
014 020.1bis Hélène sop ch orch Unknown 1881 — Vocal Text by Leconte de Lisle; fragment
015 033 La Fille aux cheveux de lin v pf Unknown 1881 — Vocal Text by Leconte de Lisle
016 007 Fleur des blés v pf F major 1881 1891 Vocal Text by André Girod
017 030 Rondeau v pf F♯ major 1881 1932 Vocal Text by Alfred de Musset
018 011 Souhait v pf Unknown 1881 1984 Vocal Text by Théodore de Banville
019 012 Zéphyr v pf 1881 1932 Vocal
020 — Diane Ouverture pf4h C major 1881 Keyboard
021 — Les papillions v pf 1881 Vocal
022 046 L'archet v pf 1883 Vocal
023 048 Fleur des eaux v pf 1883 Vocal
024 047 Chanson triste v pf 1883 Vocal
025 — Les Elfes v pf 1881 Vocal
026 021 Fantoches: Scaramouche et Pulcinella v pf 1882 Vocal
027 049 Églogue sop ten pf C♯ minor 1883 Vocal
028 013 Les roses v pf 1881 Vocal
029 034 Sérénade v pf 1882 Vocal
030 015 Pierrot v pf 1881 1926 Vocal
031 023 Fête galante v pf 1882 Vocal
032 035 Choeur des brises fch 1882 Vocal
033 038 Le triomphe de Bacchus pf4h 1882 1928 Keyboard
034 037 Hymnis il dort encore v ch orch 1882 Vocal
035 020 Daniel 3vv orch 1881 Vocal
036 022 Le lilas v pf 1882 Vocal
037 024 Le printemps fch orch 1882 1928 Vocal
038 025 Flôts, palmes et sables v pf 1882 Voice
039 026 Nocturne et Scherzo vc pf D major 1882 1995 Chamber
040 027 Intermezzo vc orch 1882 Orchestral
041 037 Hymnis ode bachique v ch orch 1882 Vocal
042 028 En sourdine v pf E major 1882 Vocal
043 029 Mandoline v pf 1882 1890 Vocal
044 014 Séguidille v pf 1881 Vocal
045 032 Votre âme est un paysage choisi (Clair de lune) v pf F♯ major 1882 1926 Vocal for other works with this name, see Clair de lune (disambiguation page).
046 050 Suite for orchestra pf (arr) 1883 Keyboard piano reduction; movements: Fête, Ballet, Rêve, Bacchanale
047 031 Pantomime v pf 1882 1926 Vocal
048 051 Diane au bois sop ten pf 1883-86 Vocal
049 042 Chanson espagnole 2vv B minor 1883 Vocal
050 039 Coquetterie posthume v pf 1883 Vocal
051 040 Invocation mch orch 1883 1928 Vocal
052 041 Le gladiateur 3vv orch 1883 Vocal
053 043 Romance v pf 1883 Vocal
054 044 Musique: La lune se levait, pure, mais plus glacée v pf 1883 Vocal
055 045 Paysage sentimental v pf 1883 1891 Vocal
056 052 Voici que le printemps (Romance) v pf 1884 1903 Vocal
057 053 Apparition v pf 1884 1926 Vocal
058 054 La romance d'Ariel v pf 1884 Vocal
059 055 Regret v pf 1884 Vocal
060 056 Le printemps ch orch 1884 Vocal
061 057 L'enfant prodigue sop bar ten orch 1884 1884 Vocal
062 036 Divertissement pf4h 1882 Keyboard
063 060 Ariettes oubliées v pf 1885-87 1888 Vocal
064 059 Zuleima ch orch 1885-86 Vocal
065 079 2 Romances (No.1) v pf 1891 1891 Vocal
066 079 2 Romances (No.2) v pf 1891 1891 Vocal
067 058 Barcarolle v pf 1885 Vocal
068 061 Printemps ch pf orch E major 1887 1904 Vocal
069 062 La damoiselle élue 2vv fch orch 1887-88 1893 Vocal
070 064 5 Poèmes de Baudelaire v pf 1887-89 1902-04 Vocal
071 065 Petite suite pf4h 1886-89 1889 Keyboard
072 073 Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra pf orch 1889-90 1920 Orchestral
073 063 Axel v pf 1888 Vocal
074 066 2 Arabesques pf 1888-91 1891 Keyboard
075 067 Mazurka pf 1890 1903 Keyboard
076 068 Rêverie pf 1890 1891 Keyboard
077 069 Danse (Tarantelle styrienne) pf 1890 1891 Keyboard
078 070 Ballade (Ballade slave) pf F major 1890 1891 Keyboard
079 071 Valse romantique pf 1890 1891 Keyboard
080 072 Rodrigue et Chimène vv ch orch 1890-92 Stage Opera
081 074 La belle au bois dormant v pf 1890 1903 Vocal
082 075 Suite bergamasque pf 1890 1905 Keyboard
083 077 Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire pf4h 1891 1891 Keyboard
084 006 Beau soir v pf 1880 1891 Vocal
085 081 3 Mélodies de Verlaine v pf 1891 1901 Vocal
086 080 Fêtes galantes, 1er recueil v pf  ? 1903 Vocal
087 086 Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune orch 1894 1895 Orchestral
088 076 Les angélus v pf 1891 1893 Vocal
089 082 Nocturne pf D♭ major 1892 1892 Keyboard
090 084 Proses lyriques v pf 1892-93 1895 Vocal
091 085 String Quartet in G minor 2vn va vc G minor 1893 1894 Chamber Opus 10
092 083 3 Scènes au crépuscule orch 1892-93 Orchestral
093 088 Pelléas et Mélisande vv ch orch 1893-1902 1902 Stage Opera
094 087 Images oubliées pf 1894 1896 Keyboard
095 095 Pour le piano pf 1894-1901 1901 Keyboard
096 089 La Saulaie bar orch 1896-1900 Vocal
097 090 3 Chansons de Bilitis v pf 1897-98 1899 Vocal
098 091 Nocturnes fch orch 1897-99 1900 Orchestral the female chorus is in No.3 (Sirènes) only
099 092 3 Chansons de Charles d'Orléans ch 1898-1908 1908 Vocal
100 093 Berceuse pour 'La tragédie de la mort' v 1899 Vocal
101 094 Nuits blanches v pf 1899-1902 2000 Vocal
102 096 Music for Chansons de Bilitis 2fl 2hp cel  ? Chamber
103 097 Lindaraja 2pf 1901 1926 Keyboard
104 098 Rapsodie for Orchestra and Saxophone asax orch 1901-11 1919 Orchestral
105 110 Images, 1re série pf 1905 1905 Keyboard
106 101 Le Diable dans le beffroi 1902-11 Stage Opera; incomplete
107 078 Dans le jardin v pf 1891 1905 Vocal
108 100 Estampes pf 1903 1903 Keyboard
109 106 L'isle joyeuse pf 1904 1904 Keyboard
110 105 Morceau de concours pf 1903-04 1905 Keyboard Same as L.108
111 109 La mer orch 1903-05 1905 Orchestral
112 099 D'un cahier d'esquisses pf D♭ major 1903 1904 Keyboard
113 103 Danse sacrée et danse profane hp str 1904 1904 Chamber
114 104 Fêtes galantes, 2e recueil v pf 1904 1904 Vocal
115 102 3 Chansons de France v pf 1904 1904 Vocal
116 107 Le roi Lear orch 1904 1926 Orchestral
117 108 Morceau de concours (Piéce pour piano) pf 1904 1905 Keyboard Same as L.105
118 122 Images pour orchestre orch  ? 1910-13 Orchestral
119 113 Children's Corner pf 1906-08 1908 Keyboard
120 111 Images, 2e série pf 1907 1908 Keyboard
121 112 La chûte de la maison Usher 1908-17 Stage Opera; incomplete
122 114 The Little Nigar (Le petit nègre) pf C major 1909 1909 Keyboard
123 115 Hommage à Haydn pf 1909 1910 Keyboard
124 116 Première rhapsodie cl orch 1909-10 1910 Orchestral
125 117 Préludes, Livre 1 pf 1909-10 1910 Keyboard
126 119 3 Ballades de François Villon v pf 1910 1910 Vocal
127 120 Petite pièce cl orch 1910 1910 Orchestral
128 121 La plus que lente pf 1910 1910 Keyboard
129 118 Le promenoir des deux amants v pf  ? 1910 Vocal
130 124 Le martyre de saint Sébastien orch 1911 1911 Orchestral
131 123 Préludes, Livre 2 pf 1912-13 1913 Keyboard
132 125 Khamma orch 1911-12 1912 Stage Ballet
133 126 Jeux orch 1912-13 1913 Stage Ballet
134 105 Masques pf 1904 1904 Keyboard The workpage lists a different CD catalogue number (CD 110)
135 127 3 Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé v pf 1913 1913 Vocal
136 128 La boîte à joujoux 1913 1913 Stage Ballet
137 129 Syrinx fl 1913 1927 Chamber
138 130 Le palais du silence ou NO-JA-LI 1914 Stage Ballet
139 131 6 Épigraphes antiques pf4h 1914 1915 Keyboard
140 132 Berceuse héroïque pf 1914 1915 Keyboard
141 133 Pièce pour le Vêtement du blessé pf 1915 1933 Keyboard
142 134 En blanc et noir 2pf 1915 1915 Keyboard
143 136 Etudes pf 1915 1916 Keyboard
144 135 Cello Sonata vc pf 1915 1915 Chamber
145 137 Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp fl va hp F major 1915 1916 Chamber
146 138 Élégie pf 1915 1916 Keyboard
147 139 Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maisons v pf 1915 1916 Vocal
148 140 Violin Sonata vn pf 1916-17 1917 Chamber
149 141 Ode à la France sop ch orch 1916-17 Vocal
150 — Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon pf A♭ major 1917 2003 Keyboard
— — 12 Pièces pour grand orgue org 1911 ca. Keyboard transcriptions for organ
— — Étude retrouvée pf 1915 Keyboard
— — Fugue à 4 voix 4vv C minor 1884 2001 Vocal On a theme by Massenet. Academic piece (concours d'essai), first published in 2001.
— — Intermède pf 1880 Keyboard
— — Fragment for Piano pf 1905 Keyboard
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