This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

A ballade (; French: [balad]; and Latin: ballare ,pronounced [bälˈlʲäːrɛ]) refers to a one-movement instrumental piece with lyrical and dramatic narrative qualities reminiscent of such a song setting. In 19th century romantic music, a piano ballade is a genre of solo piano pieces written in a balletic narrative style, with lyrical and virtuosic elements being prominently featured.

Trois Chansons (French for "Three Songs"), or Chansons de Charles d’Orléans, L 99 (92), is an a cappella choir composition by Claude Debussy set to the medieval poetry of Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394–1465). Debussy wrote the first and third songs in 1898 and finished the second in 1908. He premiered the piece in 1909 and Trois Chansons is his only composition for unaccompanied choir.

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

Nocturnes, L 98 (also known as Trois Nocturnes or Three Nocturnes) is an Impressionist orchestral composition in three movements by the French composer Claude Debussy, who wrote it between 1892 and 1899. It is based on poems from Poèmes anciens et romanesques (Henri de Régnier, 1890).

The Cinq poèmes de Charles Baudelaire (L 64) constitute a song cycle for voice and piano by Claude Debussy, on poems taken from Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire. Composed from December 1887 to March 1889, these five highly developed vocal pieces were not well received by Parisian musical circles because of the Wagnerian influence they revealed. This aesthetic, following on from the harmonic innovations of Tristan und Isolde, was gradually abandoned by Debussy, addressing the composition of Pelléas et Mélisande. Thus, the Cinq poèmes de Charles Baudelaire represent a particular moment of the musical evolution of Debussy. Musicologists agree that it is "a work of crisis and transition."

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

Ariettes oubliées (Forgotten Songs) is a song cycle for voice and piano, L. 60 by Claude Debussy, based on poems by Paul Verlaine. The work consists of six pieces, with an approximate run time of sixteen minutes.

"Beau soir" (French for Beautiful Evening, or Evening Fair), L. 84, is a French art song written by Claude Debussy, first published in 1891. It is a setting of a poem by Paul Bourget.

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

Achille Claude Debussy (French pronunciation: [aʃil klod dəbysi]; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born to a family of modest means and little cultural involvement, Debussy showed enough musical talent to be admitted at the age of ten to France's leading music college, the Conservatoire de Paris. He originally studied the piano, but found his vocation in innovative composition, despite the disapproval of the Conservatoire's conservative professors. He took many years to develop his mature style, and was nearly 40 when he achieved international fame in 1902 with the only opera he completed, Pelléas et Mélisande. Debussy's orchestral works include Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), Nocturnes (1897–1899) and Images (1905–1912). His music was to a considerable extent a reaction against Wagner and the German musical tradition. He regarded the classical symphony as obsolete and sought an alternative in his "symphonic sketches", La mer (1903–1905). His piano works include sets of 24 Préludes and 12 Études. Throughout his career he wrote mélodies based on a wide variety of poetry, including his own. He was greatly influenced by the Symbolist poetic movement of the later 19th century. A small number of works, including the early La Damoiselle élue and the late Le Martyre de saint Sébastien have important parts for chorus. In his final years, he focused on chamber music, completing three of six planned sonatas for different combinations of instruments. With early influences including Russian and Far Eastern music and works by Chopin, Debussy developed his own style of harmony and orchestral colouring, derided – and unsuccessfully resisted – by much of the musical establishment of the day. His works have strongly influenced a wide range of composers including Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, George Gershwin, Olivier Messiaen, George Benjamin, and the jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans. Debussy died from cancer at his home in Paris at the age of 55 after a composing career of a little more than 30 years.

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande) is an opera in five acts with music by Claude Debussy. The French libretto was adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck's symbolist play of the same name. It premiered at the Salle Favart in Paris by the Opéra-Comique on 30 April 1902; Jean Périer was Pelléas and Mary Garden was Mélisande, conducted by André Messager, who was instrumental in getting the Opéra-Comique to stage the work. It is the only opera Debussy ever completed. The plot concerns a love triangle. Prince Golaud finds Mélisande, a mysterious young woman, lost in a forest. He marries her and brings her back to the castle of his grandfather, King Arkel of Allemonde. Here Mélisande becomes increasingly attached to Golaud's younger half-brother Pelléas, arousing Golaud's jealousy. Golaud goes to excessive lengths to find out the truth about Pelléas and Mélisande's relationship, even forcing his own child, Yniold, to spy on the couple. Pelléas decides to leave the castle but arranges to meet Mélisande one last time and the two finally confess their love for one another. Golaud, who has been eavesdropping, rushes out and kills Pelléas. Mélisande dies shortly after, having given birth to a daughter, with Golaud still begging her to tell him "the truth." Pelléas et Mélisande has remained regularly staged and recorded throughout the 20th and into the 21st century.

La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre (French for The sea, three symphonic sketches for orchestra), or simply La mer (The Sea), L. 109, CD. 111, is an orchestral composition by the French composer Claude Debussy. Composed between 1903 and 1905, the piece premiered in Paris in October 1905. It was initially not well-received; even some who had been strong supporters of Debussy's work were unenthusiastic, even though La mer presented three key aspects of Debussy's aesthetic: Impressionism, Symbolism and Japonism. The work was performed in the US in 1907 and Britain in 1908; after its second performance in Paris in 1908, it quickly became one of Debussy's most admired and frequently performed orchestral works. The first audio recording of the work was made in 1928. Since then, orchestras and conductors from around the world have set it down in many studio or live concert recordings.

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

Achille Claude Debussy (French pronunciation: [aʃil klod dəbysi]; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born to a family of modest means and little cultural involvement, Debussy showed enough musical talent to be admitted at the age of ten to France's leading music college, the Conservatoire de Paris. He originally studied the piano, but found his vocation in innovative composition, despite the disapproval of the Conservatoire's conservative professors. He took many years to develop his mature style, and was nearly 40 when he achieved international fame in 1902 with the only opera he completed, Pelléas et Mélisande. Debussy's orchestral works include Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), Nocturnes (1897–1899) and Images (1905–1912). His music was to a considerable extent a reaction against Wagner and the German musical tradition. He regarded the classical symphony as obsolete and sought an alternative in his "symphonic sketches", La mer (1903–1905). His piano works include sets of 24 Préludes and 12 Études. Throughout his career he wrote mélodies based on a wide variety of poetry, including his own. He was greatly influenced by the Symbolist poetic movement of the later 19th century. A small number of works, including the early La Damoiselle élue and the late Le Martyre de saint Sébastien have important parts for chorus. In his final years, he focused on chamber music, completing three of six planned sonatas for different combinations of instruments. With early influences including Russian and Far Eastern music and works by Chopin, Debussy developed his own style of harmony and orchestral colouring, derided – and unsuccessfully resisted – by much of the musical establishment of the day. His works have strongly influenced a wide range of composers including Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, George Gershwin, Olivier Messiaen, George Benjamin, and the jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans. Debussy died from cancer at his home in Paris at the age of 55 after a composing career of a little more than 30 years.

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

Achille Claude Debussy (French pronunciation: [aʃil klod dəbysi]; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born to a family of modest means and little cultural involvement, Debussy showed enough musical talent to be admitted at the age of ten to France's leading music college, the Conservatoire de Paris. He originally studied the piano, but found his vocation in innovative composition, despite the disapproval of the Conservatoire's conservative professors. He took many years to develop his mature style, and was nearly 40 when he achieved international fame in 1902 with the only opera he completed, Pelléas et Mélisande. Debussy's orchestral works include Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), Nocturnes (1897–1899) and Images (1905–1912). His music was to a considerable extent a reaction against Wagner and the German musical tradition. He regarded the classical symphony as obsolete and sought an alternative in his "symphonic sketches", La mer (1903–1905). His piano works include sets of 24 Préludes and 12 Études. Throughout his career he wrote mélodies based on a wide variety of poetry, including his own. He was greatly influenced by the Symbolist poetic movement of the later 19th century. A small number of works, including the early La Damoiselle élue and the late Le Martyre de saint Sébastien have important parts for chorus. In his final years, he focused on chamber music, completing three of six planned sonatas for different combinations of instruments. With early influences including Russian and Far Eastern music and works by Chopin, Debussy developed his own style of harmony and orchestral colouring, derided – and unsuccessfully resisted – by much of the musical establishment of the day. His works have strongly influenced a wide range of composers including Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, George Gershwin, Olivier Messiaen, George Benjamin, and the jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans. Debussy died from cancer at his home in Paris at the age of 55 after a composing career of a little more than 30 years.

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

Achille Claude Debussy (French pronunciation: [aʃil klod dəbysi]; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born to a family of modest means and little cultural involvement, Debussy showed enough musical talent to be admitted at the age of ten to France's leading music college, the Conservatoire de Paris. He originally studied the piano, but found his vocation in innovative composition, despite the disapproval of the Conservatoire's conservative professors. He took many years to develop his mature style, and was nearly 40 when he achieved international fame in 1902 with the only opera he completed, Pelléas et Mélisande. Debussy's orchestral works include Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), Nocturnes (1897–1899) and Images (1905–1912). His music was to a considerable extent a reaction against Wagner and the German musical tradition. He regarded the classical symphony as obsolete and sought an alternative in his "symphonic sketches", La mer (1903–1905). His piano works include sets of 24 Préludes and 12 Études. Throughout his career he wrote mélodies based on a wide variety of poetry, including his own. He was greatly influenced by the Symbolist poetic movement of the later 19th century. A small number of works, including the early La Damoiselle élue and the late Le Martyre de saint Sébastien have important parts for chorus. In his final years, he focused on chamber music, completing three of six planned sonatas for different combinations of instruments. With early influences including Russian and Far Eastern music and works by Chopin, Debussy developed his own style of harmony and orchestral colouring, derided – and unsuccessfully resisted – by much of the musical establishment of the day. His works have strongly influenced a wide range of composers including Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, George Gershwin, Olivier Messiaen, George Benjamin, and the jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans. Debussy died from cancer at his home in Paris at the age of 55 after a composing career of a little more than 30 years.

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

Pierrot ( PEER-oh, US also PEE-ə-roh, PEE-ə-ROH; French: [pjɛʁo] ) is a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'arte whose origins date back to the late 17th-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne. The name is a diminutive of Pierre (Peter), using the suffix -ot and derives from the Italian Pedrolino. His character in contemporary popular culture—in poetry, fiction, and the visual arts, as well as works for the stage, screen, and concert hall—is that of the sad clown, often pining for love of Columbine (who usually breaks his heart and leaves him for Harlequin). Performing unmasked, with a whitened face, he wears a loose white blouse with large buttons and wide white pantaloons. Sometimes he appears with a frilled collaret and a hat, usually with a close-fitting crown and wide round brim and, more rarely, with a conical shape like a dunce's cap. Pierrot's character developed from that of a buffoon to become an avatar of the disenfranchised. Many cultural movements found him amenable to their respective causes: Decadents turned him into a disillusioned foe of idealism; Symbolists saw him as a lonely fellow-sufferer; Modernists made him into a silent, alienated observer of the mysteries of the human condition. Much of that mythic quality ("I'm Pierrot," said David Bowie: "I'm Everyman") still adheres to the "sad clown" in the postmodern era.

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

"Rêverie" is a musical composition by Claude Debussy, composed in 1890.

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

The Cello Sonata (Sonate pour violoncelle et piano), L. 135, is a sonata for cello and piano by Claude Debussy. It consists of three movements: Prologue, Sérénade and Finale. It was composed and published in 1915. After performances in London and Geneva in 1916, the sonata's official premiere in Paris was played in 1917 by Joseph Salmon and Debussy. It was the first chamber music work in his late style, and became one of the key works in the repertoire from the 20th century.

Achille Claude Debussy (French pronunciation: [aʃil klod dəbysi]; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born to a family of modest means and little cultural involvement, Debussy showed enough musical talent to be admitted at the age of ten to France's leading music college, the Conservatoire de Paris. He originally studied the piano, but found his vocation in innovative composition, despite the disapproval of the Conservatoire's conservative professors. He took many years to develop his mature style, and was nearly 40 when he achieved international fame in 1902 with the only opera he completed, Pelléas et Mélisande. Debussy's orchestral works include Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), Nocturnes (1897–1899) and Images (1905–1912). His music was to a considerable extent a reaction against Wagner and the German musical tradition. He regarded the classical symphony as obsolete and sought an alternative in his "symphonic sketches", La mer (1903–1905). His piano works include sets of 24 Préludes and 12 Études. Throughout his career he wrote mélodies based on a wide variety of poetry, including his own. He was greatly influenced by the Symbolist poetic movement of the later 19th century. A small number of works, including the early La Damoiselle élue and the late Le Martyre de saint Sébastien have important parts for chorus. In his final years, he focused on chamber music, completing three of six planned sonatas for different combinations of instruments. With early influences including Russian and Far Eastern music and works by Chopin, Debussy developed his own style of harmony and orchestral colouring, derided – and unsuccessfully resisted – by much of the musical establishment of the day. His works have strongly influenced a wide range of composers including Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, George Gershwin, Olivier Messiaen, George Benjamin, and the jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans. Debussy died from cancer at his home in Paris at the age of 55 after a composing career of a little more than 30 years.

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)

Debussy Mélodies is a 178-minute studio album of sixty of Claude Debussy's art songs, presented roughly in order of composition, performed by Elly Ameling, Michèle Command, Mady Mesplé, Frederica von Stade and Gérard Souzay with piano accompaniment by Dalton Baldwin. It was released in 1980.

This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre by "L²" number, according to the 2001 revised catalogue by musicologist François Lesure, which is generally in chronological order of composition date. (For convenience, the "L¹" numbers from Lesure's original 1977 catalogue are also shown below. They were widely used on recordings, and so on, for twenty years.) (The "L¹" and "L²" headers can be clicked on to sort the entire list by either numbering. A second click will reverse the order. Reloading the webpage will restore the genre-category order.)