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A Night in the House of Usher (3)Aimons-nous et dormons, L7 (1)
Andante cantabile (1)
Apparition (13)
Arabesques (2) (arr. Leon Roques) (2)
Arabesques (2) (93)
Ariettes oubliees (6) (arr. Brett Dean) (1)
Ariettes oubliees (6) (arr. for soprano and string quartet) (1)
Ariettes oubliees (6) (arr. for soprano and strings) (1)
Ariettes oubliees (6) (32)
Ballade (arr. for 2 harps) (1)
Ballades (3) de Francois Villon, L119 (14)
Ballades (3) de Francois Villon, L126b (orch. Debussy) (1)
Ballade slave, L70 (arr. Gustave Samazeuilh) (1)
Ballade slave, L70 (9)
Ballade (14)
Ballet (2)
Beau Soir (arr. Grechaninov) (1)
Beau Soir (arr. Heifetz) (12)
Beau Soir (arr. Koji Attwood) (1)
Beau Soir (arr. Tatiana Smirnova) (1)
Beau Soir (arr. for brass) (1)
Beau Soir (arr. for cello and harp) (1)
Beau Soir (arr. for clarinet and piano) (2)
Beau Soir (arr. for oboe and piano) (1)
Beau Soir (arr. for viola and piano) (1)
Beau Soir (37)
Berceuse: Il etait une fois une fee qui avait un beau sceptre (1)
Berceuse heroique (orchestral version) (8)
Berceuse heroique (23)
Bilitis for flute and piano (arr. K Lenski) (1)
Bilitis for piccolo and piano (1)
Caprice (3)
Cello Sonata in D minor, L135 (arr. Sao Soulez Lariviere for viola) (1)
Cello Sonata in D minor, L135 (trans. cello and harp) (1)
Cello Sonata in D minor, L135 (69)
Chanson espagnole, L42 (1)
Chanson espagnole, L49 (1)
Chansons (3) de Charles d'Orleans (arr. Michael Levin) (1)
Chansons (3) de Charles d'Orleans (first version) (1)
Chansons (3) de Charles d'Orleans (14)
Chansons (3) de France (9)
Chansons de Bilitis (3) (arr. for voice and 2 harps) (1)
Chansons de Bilitis (3) (30)
Chansons de Bilitis (12) (2)
Chansons de jeunesse (4) (1)
Chansons des brises, L32 (2)
Chanson triste, L24 (1)
Children's Corner (arr. for woodwind quintet) (1)
Children's Corner (excerpts) (1)
Children's Corner (orch. A Caplet) (8)
Children's Corner (123)
Clair de lune (song), L32 (4)
Clair de lune, L45 (3)
Clair for clarinet solo (1)
Colloque sentimental (2)
Coquetterie posthume, L39 (1)
Coquetterie posthume, L50 (2)
D'un cahier d'esquisses (From a sketchbook), L112 (24)
Danse 'Tarantelle styrienne', L69 (orch. Ravel) (7)
Danse 'Tarantelle styrienne', L69 (23)
Danse (1891) (orch. Ravel) (1)
Danse bohemienne, L9 (17)
Danse in E major (2)
Danses pour Harpe Chromatique (1)
Danses sacree et profane (arr. Benedetto Boccuzzi) (1)
Danses sacree et profane (arr. for harp and organ) (1)
Danses sacree et profane (harp and strings) (11)
Danses sacree et profane (piano and strings) (2)
Danses sacree et profane (version for 2 harps) (1)
Danses sacree et profane (version for 2 pianos) (1)
Danses sacree et profane (22)
Dans le jardin (3)
Deux Danses (5)
Diane au bois, comedie lyrique, L48 (1)
Divertissement (1)
Elegie, L138 (arr. cello and piano) (1)
Elegie, L138 (20)
En blanc et noir (orch. R Holloway) (2)
En blanc et noir (piano duet) (3)
En blanc et noir (17)
En sourdine (5)
Epigraphes antiques (6) (arr. E Ansermet) (7)
Epigraphes antiques (6) (arr. for 2 harps) (1)
Epigraphes antiques (6) (orch. Rudolf Escher) (1)
Epigraphes antiques (6) (31)
Estampes (3) (arr. for guitar quartet) (1)
Estampes (3) (120)
Estratto for piano solo (1)
Etude retrouvee (9)
Etudes pour piano (6), Book 1 (46)
Etudes pour piano (6), Book 2 (61)
Fait-il jamais douceur de coeur pareille (1)
Fantaisie for piano and orchestra, L73 (20)
Fantoches, L26 (1)
Fete galante (4)
Fetes galantes: Tableau 1 - Les Masques (2)
Fetes galantes Set 1, L80 (20)
Fetes galantes Set 2, L104 (15)
Fleur des bles (5)
Flots, palmes, sables (2)
Fugue pour le concours de fugue (1881) (1)
Hommage a Haydn (20)
Hommage a Rameau (1)
Il dort encore (2)
Il pleure dans mon coeur (arr. Daniel Ericourt) (1)
Il pleure dans mon coeur (4)
Images inedites (2)
Images oubliees (3) (23)
Images pour orchestre (51)
Images pour piano, Book 1 (122)
Images pour piano, Book 2 (95)
Intermede (4)
Intermezzo (version for piano four hands) (1)
Intermezzo for cello and piano, L27 (5)
Invocation, L40 (2)
Jane, L13 (3)
Jeux (piano) (3)
Jeux (trans. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet for 2 pianos) (1)
Jeux (27)
Khamma (orch. Charles Koechlin) (4)
Khamma (piano) (5)
Khamma (4)
L'Archet (2)
L'Echelonnement des haies (1)
L'Enfant prodigue (16)
L'Isle joyeuse (82)
La Belle au bois dormant (2)
La Boite a joujoux (orch. Andre Caplet) (9)
La Boite a joujoux (13)
La Damoiselle elue (12)
La Mer (arr. Andre Caplet) (2)
La Mer (arr. Gunnar Idenstam for organ) (1)
La Mer (arr. Sally Beamish) (1)
La Mer (arr. for solo piano by Lucien Garban) (1)
La Mer (arr. for string nonet) (1)
La Mer (piano duo) (3)
La Mer (110)
La Plus que lente, L121 (arr. for harp and violin) (1)
La Plus que lente, L121 (arr. for violin and piano) (2)
La Plus que lente, L121 (orch. Debussy) (7)
La Plus que lente, L121 (trans. Leon Roques) (5)
La Plus que lente, L121 (70)
La Romance d'Ariel (9)
La mer est plus belle (1)
Le Gladiateur (1)
Le Lilas, L36 (2)
Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien: Suite (2)
Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien: Symphonic Fragments (arr. Caplet) (2)
Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien: Symphonic Fragments (7)
Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien (12)
Le Matelot qui tombe a l'eau (1)
Le Petit Negre, L114 (26)
Le Printemps, L56 (1)
Le Promenoir des deux amants (12)
Le Roi Lear (King Lear): incidental music, L107 (4)
Le Son du cor (1)
Le Triomphe de Bacchus (orch. M F Gaillard) (1)
Le Triomphe de Bacchus (1)
Le Vieux Coffret (The old casket) (1)
Les Angelus (10)
Les Baisers, L9 (1)
Les Baisers d'amour, L23 (1)
Les Cloches (2)
Les Elfes (3)
Les Papillons (2)
Les Roses, L28 (1)
Les Roses (1)
Les Soirs illumines par l'ardeur du charbon (arr. for harp) (1)
Les Soirs illumines par l'ardeur du charbon (orch. C Matthews) (1)
Les Soirs illumines par l'ardeur du charbon (16)
Lindaraja (arr. 2 pianos) (2)
Lindaraja (arr. Jean Roger-Ducasse) (1)
Lindaraja (4)
Mandoline (17)
Marche ecossaise (orch) (7)
Marche ecossaise (13)
Marches for harp solo (1)
Masques (34)
Mazurka, L67 (20)
Melodies (3) de Verlaine (Songs to Verlaine poems) (arr. Othman Louati) (1)
Melodies (3) de Verlaine (Songs to Verlaine poems) (11)
Minuet (1)
Morceau de concours (12)
Musique (2)
Nidi for piccolo solo (1)
No-ja-li ou Le Palais du silence (completed by Robert Orledge) (3)
Nocturne et scherzo, L26 (4)
Nocturne in B flat minor (1)
Nocturne in D flat major, L82 (arr. for harp) (1)
Nocturne in D flat major, L82 (20)
Nocturnes (3) (arr. A Soldano for piano) (1)
Nocturnes (3) (arr. Luigi Marasca for piano and wind quintet) (1)
Nocturnes (3) (arr. Ravel) (6)
Nocturne (12)
Noel des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison (7)
Nuit d'etoiles (arr. Koji Attwood) (1)
Nuit d'etoiles (18)
Nuits blanches (2)
Ouverture Diane (1)
Page d'album (14)
Pantomime, L31 (3)
Pantomime, L47 (3)
Passepied (3)
Paysage sentimental (4)
Pelleas et Melisande (excerpts) (2)
Pelleas et Melisande - Symphonie (arr. M Constant) (3)
Pelleas et Melisande: Suite symphonique (arr. Jonathan Nott) (1)
Pelleas et Melisande Suite (arr. Abbado after Leinsdorf) (2)
Pelleas et Melisande (31)
Petite Piece pour Clarinette et Piano (1)
Petite Piece (4)
Petite Suite (arr. David Riniker for piano trio) (1)
Petite Suite (arr. David Riniker for solo harp) (1)
Petite Suite (arr. Duo Adentro) (1)
Petite Suite (arr. Schmeisser) (1)
Petite Suite (orch. H Busser) (20)
Petite Suite (40)
Petite Valse (4)
Piano Trio in G major (arr. for 2 saxophones and piano) (1)
Piano Trio in G major (16)
Pieces (1)
Pierrot (8)
Poeme de Stephane Mallarme (1)
Poeme de Theodore Gautier (1)
Poemes (3) de Stephane Mallarme (8)
Poemes (5) de Charles Baudelaire (15)
Poemes de Paul Bourget (1)
Poemes de Paul Verlaine (1)
Poemes de Theodore de Banville (1)
Pour le piano (62)
Pour les accords (1)
Pour le vetement du blesse (2)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune (arr. Alexandre Tharaud) (1)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune (arr. Benno Sachs) (3)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune (arr. Gustave Samazeuilh) (4)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune (arr. Jascha Heifetz) (extract) (1)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune (arr. Jascha Heifetz) (1)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune (arr. Jonas Vitaud for solo piano) (1)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune (arr. Judy Loman for flute and harp) (1)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune (arr. Leonard Borwick) (2)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune (arr. Osterlind/Hyldig) (1)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune (arr. Porat for solo piano) (1)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune (arr. Ravel for piano 4 hands) (2)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune (arr. T Mulleman) (1)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune (arr. Tomita) (1)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune (arr. for piano) (1)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune (arr. for piano trio) (1)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune (version for 2 pianos) (7)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune (102)
Prelude a l'Histoire de Tristan (completed by Robert Orledge) (1)
Preludes (6) (arr. Simon Cox) (1)
Preludes (12), Book 1 (orch. Peter Breiner) (1)
Preludes (12), Book 1 (orch C Matthews) (2)
Preludes (12), Book 1 (selection) (3)
Preludes (12), Book 1 (260)
Preludes (12), Book 2 (orch. Peter Breiner) (1)
Preludes (12), Book 2 (orch C Matthews) (1)
Preludes (12), Book 2 (organ) (1)
Preludes (12), Book 2 (selection) (3)
Preludes (12), Book 2 (156)
Preludes oubliees (6) (2)
Premiere Rapsodie (20)
Premiere Suite pour orchestre (4 hands) (2)
Premiere Suite pour orchestre (completed Philippe Manoury) (1)
Printemps (Suite for piano 4 hands or orchestra) (3)
Printemps (arr. H. Busser) (1)
Printemps (orch. H Busser) (8)
Printemps (version for piano four hands) (1)
Printemps, suite for piano 4 hands or orchestra, L61 (2)
Proses lyriques (arr. Yves Balmer) (1)
Proses lyriques (arr. for voice and 2 harps) (1)
Proses lyriques (5)
Quarto Estratto (1)
Rapsodie (orch. R Roger-Ducasse) (1)
Regret (3)
Reverie (arr. Paul Cassidy) (1)
Reverie (arr. for harp and violin) (1)
Reverie, L3 (1)
Reverie, L68 (arr. Badzura) (1)
Reverie, L68 (arr. Daniel Burton) (1)
Reverie, L68 (52)
Reverie (9)
Rhapsody for alto saxophone and piano or orchestra, L98 (arr. for cor anglais) (1)
Rhapsody for alto saxophone and piano or orchestra, L98 (16)
Rhapsody for clarinet and orchestra, L116 'Premiere Rapsodie' (17)
Rhapsody for clarinet and piano, L116 'Premiere Rapsodie' (23)
Romance (arr. Grechaninov) (1)
Romances (2), L79 (13)
Romance (18)
Rondeau, L17 (3)
Rondel chinois, L11 (3)
Salut printemps (2)
Sarabande (orch. Ravel) (3)
Sarabande (1)
Scherzo for cello and piano, L26 (5)
Secondo Estratto for piano, harpsichord and harp (1)
Seguidille (2)
Serenade, L29 (1)
Serenade, L34 (1)
Serenade for the Doll (1)
Serenade for violin and piano (completed Robert Orledge) (1)
Serenade (1)
Small for piccolo, clarinet and harp (1)
Sonata for flute, viola and harp (24)
Songs (25) (1)
Souhait, L11 (1)
Souhait, L18 (1)
Soupir (1)
String Quartet in G minor, op.10 (arr. A Benfeld for piano 4 hands) (1)
String Quartet in G minor, op.10 (arr. Jonathan Morton) (1)
String Quartet in G minor, op.10 (arr. Joseph Swensen for string orchestra) (1)
String Quartet in G minor, op.10 (53)
Suite bergamasque (arr. C Morris for trumpet and piano) (1)
Suite bergamasque (arr. Renaud Cote-Giguere) (1)
Suite bergamasque (harp) (1)
Suite bergamasque (organ) (2)
Suite bergamasque (236)
Suite pour Violoncelle et Orchestre (1)
Symphonie in B minor (orch. T Finno) (2)
Symphonie in B minor (version for piano four hands) (1)
Symphonie in B minor (1)
Syrinx (arr. Mats Lidstrom) (1)
Syrinx (arr. for saxophone) (1)
Syrinx (arr. for trombone) (1)
Syrinx (freely recomposed by Othman Louati) (1)
Syrinx 2 (arr. Mark Rodrieg) (1)
Syrinx for solo flute (32)
Syrinx (13)
Tarentelle styrienne (arr. for 3 marimbas) (1)
Tarentelle styrienne (orch. Ravel) (2)
Tarentelle styrienne (6)
The Devil in the Belfry (completed Robert Orledge) (1)
The Fall of the House of Usher (completed Robert Orledge) (1)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1)
The Little Nigar (1)
Toomai des elephants (2)
Tragedie, L12 (1)
Un Jour affreux avec le Diable dans le beffroi (2)
Valse romantique, L71 (arr. Lily Laskine) (1)
Valse romantique, L71 (arr. Werner Tast) (1)
Valse romantique, L71 (25)
Violin Sonata in G minor, L148 (arr. Theo Plath for bassoon) (1)
Violin Sonata in G minor, L148 (90)
Voici que le printemps (4)
Zephyr (Triolet a Philis) (3)

Achille-Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures associated with Impressionist music, though he himself disliked the term when applied to his compositions. In France, he was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1903. Debussy was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and his use of non-traditional scales and chromaticism influenced many composers who followed.
Debussy's music is noted for its sensory content and frequent eschewing of tonality. The French literary style of his period was known as Symbolism, and this movement directly inspired Debussy both as a composer and as an active cultural participant.
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