List of compositions by Claude Debussy
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This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...

, organized by genre. For a list organized by Lesure numbers, see List of compositions by Claude Debussy by Lesure Numbers.

Orchestral

  • L 83, Three Scènes au crépuscule (1892–1893)
  • L 86, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune , commonly known by its English title Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, is a symphonic poem for orchestra by Claude Debussy, approximately 10 minutes in duration...

    (1894)
  • L 91, Nocturnes (with female choir in Sirènes) (1897–1899)
    • Nuages
    • Fêtes
    • Sirènes
  • L 107, Le roi Lear (1904)
  • L 109, La mer
    La Mer (Debussy)
    La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre , or simply La mer , is an orchestral composition by the French composer Claude Debussy. It was started in 1903 in France and completed in 1905 on the English Channel coast in Eastbourne...

    (1903–1905)
  • L 122, Images
    Images pour orchestre
    Images pour orchestre is an orchestral composition in three sections by Claude Debussy. Debussy wrote the music between 1905 and 1912. Debussy had originally intended this set of Images as a two-piano sequel to the first set of Images , in a letter to his publisher Durand as of September 1905...

    , Set 3
    • Gigues (1909–1912)
    • Ibéria (1905–1908)
      • Par les rues et par les chemins
      • Les parfums de la nuit
      • Le matin d'un jour de fête
    • Rondes de printemps (1905–1909)

Ballet

  • L 125, Khamma (1911–1912)
  • L 126, Jeux
    Jeux
    Jeux is the last work for orchestra written by Claude Debussy. Described as a "poème dansé" , it was originally intended to accompany a ballet, and was written for the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev to choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky. Debussy initially objected to the scenario, but...

    (1912–1913)
  • L 128, La boîte à joujoux (1913)
  • L 130, Le palais du silence ou NO-JA-LI (1914)

Soloist and orchestra

  • L 20, Daniel: Versez, que de l'ivresse. Aux accents d'allégresse for three soloists and orchestra (1881)
  • L 24, Printemps: Salut printemps, jeune saison for female choir and orchestra (1882)
  • L 27, Intermezzo for cello and orchestra (1882)
  • L 37, Hymnis for soloist, choir, and orchestra (1882)
  • L 40, Invocation: Élevez-vous, voix de mon âme for male choir and orchestra (1883)
  • L 41, Le gladiateur: Mort aux Romains, tuez jusqu'au dernier for three soloists and orchestra (1883)
  • L 56, Le printemps: L'aimable printemps ramène dans la plaine for choir of four voices and orchestra (1884)
  • L 57, L'enfant prodigue
    L'Enfant prodigue
    L'Enfant prodigue was the first feature-length motion picture produced in Europe, running 90 minutes. Directed by Michel Carré, fils from his own three-act stage pantomime, the film was basically an unmodified record, filmed at Gaumont studio in May 1907...

    for soprano, baritone, and tenor and orchestra (1884)
  • L 59, Zuleima for choir and orchestra (1885–1886)
  • L 61, Printemps in E major for choir, piano, and orchestra (1887)
  • L 62, La damoiselle élue: La damoiselle élue s'appuyait sur la barrière d'or du ciel for two soloists, female choir, and orchestra (1887–1888)
  • L 73, Fantaisie for piano and orchestra (1889–1890)
  • L 89, La Saulaie for baritone and orchestra (1896–1900)
  • L 98, "Rhapsodie" for alto saxophone and piano or orchestra (1901–1911)
  • L 116, Première rhapsodie
    Première Rhapsodie
    The Première rhapsodie by Claude Debussy is a piece for clarinet and piano. Composed between December 1909 and January 1910, it was dedicated to the French clarinet professor Prosper Mimart....

     for clarinet and piano or orchestra (1909–1910)
  • L 120, Petite pièce for clarinet and piano or orchestra (1910)
  • L 141, Ode à la France: Les troupeaux vont par les champs désertés for soprano, mixed choir, and orchestra (1916–1917)

Chamber

  • L 3, Piano Trio in G major (1879)
  • L 26, Nocturne et Scherzo for cello and piano (1882)
  • L 85, String Quartet in G minor
    String Quartet (Debussy)
    Claude Debussy wrote his sole String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 in 1893.-Background:The previous year Debussy had abandoned the opera Rodrigue et Chimène...

     (1893), Opus 10
  • L 96, Music for Chansons de Bilitis for two flutes, two harps, and celesta
    • Chant pastoral
    • Les comparaisons
    • Les contes
    • Chanson
    • La partie d'osselets
    • Bilitis
    • Le tombeau sans nom
    • Les courtisanes égyptiennes
    • L'eau pure du bassin
    • La danseuse aux crotales
    • Le souvenir de Mnasidica
    • La pluie du matin
  • L 103, Danses for cross-strung harp
    Cross-strung harp
    The cross-strung harp is a multi-course harp that has two rows of strings which intersect without touching. While accidentals are played on the pedal harp via the pedals and on the lever harp with levers, the cross-strung harp features two rows so that each of the twelve semitones of the chromatic...

     and string quintet (1904)
    • Danse sacrée
    • Danse profane
  • L 129, Syrinx for flute
    Syrinx (Debussy)
    Syrinx is a piece of music for solo flute which Claude Debussy wrote in 1913 . It was the first significant piece for solo flute after the Sonata in A min composed by C. P. E. Bach exactly 150 years before , and it is the first such solo composition for the modern Böhm flute, perfected in 1847...

     (1913)
  • L 135, Cello Sonata
    Cello Sonata (Debussy)
    The Cello Sonata is a late work by the French composer Claude Debussy. It was the first of a planned series of 'Six sonates pour divers instruments', however Debussy only completed two others, the sonata for violin and the sonata for flute, viola and harp. The sonata for cello and piano was written...

     (1915)
  • L 137, Sonata for flute, viola and harp (1915)
  • L 140, Sonata for violin and piano
    Violin Sonata (Debussy)
    The Violin Sonata in G minor, L 140, for violin and piano was composed by Claude Debussy in 1917. It was the composer's final composition , forming the third work in what had originally been conceived as a cycle of six sonatas for various instruments...

     (1916–1917)

Solo piano

  • L 9, Danse bohémienne (1880)
  • L 50, Suite for orchestra (piano reduction) (1885)
    • Fête
    • Ballet
    • Rêve
    • Bacchanale
  • L 66, Deux arabesques
    Arabesques (Debussy)
    The Two Arabesques , L. 66, is a pair of arabesques composed by Claude Debussy. They are two of Debussy's earliest works, composed between the years 1888 and 1891, when he was still in his twenties....

    (1888, 1891)
  • L 67, Mazurka (1890)
  • L 68, Rêverie
    Reverie
    Reverie may refer to:* A daydream* A dreamy state of mind.* reverie, an instrumental composition of a vague and dreamy character** "Rêverie", a solo piano piece by Claude Debussy...

    (1890)
  • L 69, Tarantelle styrienne (Danse) (1890)
  • L 70, Ballade slave (Ballade) (1890)
  • L 71, Valse romantique
    Valse romantique
    Valse romantique is a solo piano piece written by the French composer Claude Debussy in 1890. It is in the key of F minor.The piece is divided in several small parts....

    (1890)
  • L 75, Suite bergamasque
    Suite bergamasque
    The Suite bergamasque is one of the most famous piano suites by Claude Debussy. Debussy commenced the suite in 1890 at age 28, but he did not finish or publish it until 1905.-History:...

    (1890)
    • Prélude
    • Menuet
    • Clair de Lune
    • Passepied
  • L 82, Nocturne (1892)
  • L 87, Images inédites (1894)
  • L 95, Pour le piano
    Pour le piano
    Pour le piano , L.95, is a suite for solo piano by Claude Debussy. The composition was finished and issued in 1901. Its premiere took place on 11 January 1902 in the Salle Érard for the Société Nationale de Musique, with Ricardo Viñes as the pianist.It consists of three parts:# Prélude# Sarabande#...

    suite (1894–1901)
    • Prélude
    • Sarabande
    • Toccata
  • L 99, D'un cahier d'esquisses (1903)
  • L 100, Estampes
    Estampes
    Estampes , L.100, is a composition for solo piano by Claude Debussy. It was finished in 1903.It consists of three movements:# Pagodes - approx. 6 minutes.# Soirée dans Grenade - approx. 5½ minutes....

    (1903)
    • Pagodes
    • La soirée dans Grenade
    • Jardins sous la pluie
  • L 105, Masques (1904)
  • L 106, L'isle joyeuse
    L'Isle Joyeuse
    L'isle joyeuse, L. 106 is an extended solo piano piece by Claude Debussy composed in 1904. According to Jim Samson , the "central relationship in the work is that between material based on the whole-tone scale, the lydian mode and the diatonic scale, the lydian mode functioning as an effective...

    (1904)
  • L 108, Pièce pour piano (1904)
  • L 110, Images, Set 1 (1905)
    • Reflets dans l'eau
      Reflets dans l'eau
      Claude Debussy's piece Reflets dans l'eau is the first of three pieces for the piano from his first volume of Images, which are frequently performed separately. It was written in 1905...

    • Hommage à Rameau
      Jean-Philippe Rameau
      Jean-Philippe Rameau was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era. He replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is also considered the leading French composer for the harpsichord of his time, alongside François...

    • Mouvement
  • L 111, Images, Set 2 (1907)
    • Cloches à travers les feuilles
    • Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
    • Poissons d'or
  • L 113, Children's Corner
    Children's Corner
    Children's Corner is a six-movement suite for solo piano by Claude Debussy. It was published by Durand in 1908, and was given its world première in Paris by Harold Bauer on December 18 of that year...

    (1906–1908)
    • Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
    • Jimbo's Lullaby
    • Serenade for the Doll
    • The Snow Is Dancing
    • The Little Shepherd
    • Golliwogg's Cakewalk
  • L 114, Le petit Nègre (1909)
  • L 115, Hommage à Joseph Haydn
    Joseph Haydn
    Franz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...

    (1909)
  • L 117, Préludes
    Preludes (Debussy)
    Claude Debussy's Préludes are two sets of pieces for solo piano. They are divided into two separate livres, or books, of twelve preludes each. Unlike previous collections of preludes, like those of JS Bach and Chopin, Debussy's do not follow a strict pattern of key signatures.Each book was written...

    , Book 1 (1909–1910)
    • Danseuses de Delphes
    • Voiles
      Voiles
      Voiles, a composition for solo piano, is the 2nd piece of Claude Debussy's first book of preludes. The title of the piece may mean either veils or sails; both connotations were intended by Debussy. Except for some mild localized chromaticism and a short pentatonic passage, the entire piece uses...

    • Le vent dans la plaine
    • «Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir»
    • Les collines d'Anacapri
    • Des pas sur la neige
      Des pas sur la neige
      Des pas sur la neige is the sixth of Claude Debussy's first set of preludes for piano. It evokes a stark, glacial landscape of resigned sadness and solitude. The melancholy of the fragmented melody is superimposed by plodding ostinato figures.Maurice Hinson considered this piece the saddest and...

    • Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
      Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
      Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest is the 7th piece in Claude Debussy's first set of preludes. This piece is supposed to evoke the destructive power of the wind as opposed to Le vent dans la plaine, which only evokes bursts of wind. This piece is unrestrained in virtuosity...

    • La fille aux cheveux de lin
      La fille aux cheveux de lin
      La fille aux cheveux de lin is a musical composition by French composer Claude Debussy. It is the eighth number from the composer's Préludes, Book I . The title is in French and translates roughly to "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair". The piece is 39 bars long and has a running time of about two and...

    • La sérénade interrompue
    • La cathédrale engloutie
      La cathédrale engloutie
      La cathédrale engloutie is a prelude written by the French composer Claude Debussy for solo piano. It was published in 1910 as the tenth prelude in Debussy’s first of two volumes of twelve piano preludes each...

    • La danse de Puck
    • Minstrels
  • L 121, La plus que lente
    La Plus que Lente
    La plus que lente , L. 121, is a waltz for solo piano written by Claude Debussy in 1910, shortly after his publication of the Préludes, Book I. The piece debuted at the New Carlton Hotel in Paris, where it was transcribed for strings and performed by a popular Romany band.The title may be...

    (1910)
  • L 123, Préludes
    Preludes (Debussy)
    Claude Debussy's Préludes are two sets of pieces for solo piano. They are divided into two separate livres, or books, of twelve preludes each. Unlike previous collections of preludes, like those of JS Bach and Chopin, Debussy's do not follow a strict pattern of key signatures.Each book was written...

    , Book 2 (1912–1913)
    • Brouillards
      Brouillards
      Brouillards or "Mists" or "Fog" is the first prelude of Claude Debussy's second set of preludes. It can be considered as the most harmonically complex of the entire series of preludes, hinting at polytonality...

    • Feuilles mortes
    • La puerta del Vino
    • «Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses»
    • Bruyères
    • Général Lavine - eccentric
    • La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
    • Ondine
    • Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C.
      Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C.
      Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C. is the 9th piece in Claude Debussy's second set of preludes. It is characteristic for its eccentric shifts in expression and often melancholy or sentimental tone. It is also notable for incorporating the opening refrain from "God Save the Queen."The prelude's...

    • Canope
    • Les tierces alternées
    • Feux d'artifice
  • L 132, Berceuse héroïque (1914)
  • L 133, Pièce pour le Vêtement du blessé (1915)
  • L 136, Études
    Études (Debussy)
    Claude Debussy's Études are a set of 12 piano etudes composed in 1915. The pieces are extremely difficult to play, as Debussy himself admitted, describing them as "a warning to pianists not to take up the musical profession unless they have remarkable hands"...

     (1915)
    • Pour les cinq doigts
    • Pour les tierces
    • Pour les quartes
    • Pour les sixtes
    • Pour les octaves
    • Pour les huit doigts
    • Pour les degrés chromatiques
    • Pour les agréments
    • Pour les notes répétées
    • Pour les sonorités opposées
    • Pour les arpèges composés
    • Pour les accords
  • L 138, Elégie (1915)
  • Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon (1917)

Other piano music

  • L 10, Symphony for piano, four hands (1880)
  • L 36, Divertissement for piano, four hands (1882)
  • L 38, Le triomphe de Bacchus for piano, four hands (1882)
  • L 65, Petite suite for piano, four hands (1886–1889)
    • En bateau
    • Cortège
    • Menuet
    • Ballet
  • L 77, Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire for piano, four hands (1891)
  • L 97, Lindaraja for two pianos (1901)
  • L 131, Six épigraphes antiques for piano, four hands (1914)
    • Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été
    • Pour un tombeau sans nom
    • Pour que la nuit soit propice
    • Pour la danseuse aux crotales
    • Pour l'égyptienne
    • Pour remercier la pluie au matin
  • L 134, En blanc et noir for two pianos (1915)

Voice and piano

  • L 1, Ballade à la lune: C'était dans la nuit brune (1879)
  • L 2, Madrid: Madrid, princesse des Espagnes (1879)
  • L 4, Nuits d'étoiles: Nuit d'étoiles, sous tes voiles (1880)
  • L 5, Caprice: Quand je baise, pâle de fièvre (1880)
  • L 6, Beau soir
    Beau Soir
    "Beau Soir" is a French art song written by Claude Debussy. It is a setting of a poem by Paul Bourget. Debussy was twenty or twenty one when he wrote this song , and his music was marked by the aesthetics of the period....

    : Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivières sont roses (1880)
  • L 7, Fleur des blés: Le long des blés que la brise fait onduler (1880)
  • L 8, Rêverie: Le zéphir à la douce haleine (1880)
  • L 11, Souhait: Oh! quand la mort que rien ne saurait apaiser (1881)
  • L 12, Triolet à Phillis [Zéphyr]: Si j'étais le zéphyr ailé (1881)
  • L 13, Les roses: Lorsque le ciel de saphir (1881)
  • L 14, Séguidille: Un jupon serré sur les hanches (1881)
  • L 15, Pierrot: Le bon Pierrot que la foule contemple (1881)
  • L 16, Aimons-nous et dormons: Aimons-nous et dormons, sans songer au reste du monde (1881)
  • L 17, Rondel chinois: Sur le lac bordé d'azalée (1881)
  • L 18, Tragédie: Les petites fleurs n'ont pu vivre (1881)
  • L 19, Jane: Je pâlis et tombe en langueur (1881)
  • L 21, Fantoches: Scaramouche et Pulcinella (1882)
  • L 22, Le lilas: O floraison divine des lilas (1882)
  • L 23, Fête galante: Voilà Sylvandre et Lycas et Myrtil (1882)
  • L 25, Flôts, palmes et sables: Loin des yeux du monde (1882)
  • L 28, En sourdine: Calmes dans le demi-jour (1882)
  • L 29, Mandoline: Les donneurs de sérénades (1882)
  • L 30, Rondeau: Fut-il jamais douceur de cœur pareille (1882)
  • L 31, Pantomime: Pierrot qui n'a rien d'un Clitandre (1882)
  • L 32, Clair de lune: Votre âme est un paysage choisi (1882)
  • L 33, La fille aux cheveux de lin: Sur la luzerne en fleur (1882)
  • L 34, Sérénade: Las, Colombine a fermé le volet (1882)
  • L 39, Coquetterie posthume: Quand je mourrai, que l'on me mette (1883)
  • L 43, Romance [musique pour éventail]: Silence ineffable de l'heure (1883)
  • L 44, Musique: La lune se levait, pure, mais plus glacée (1883)
  • L 45, Paysage sentimental: Le ciel d'hiver si doux, si triste, si dormant (1883)
  • L 46, L'archet: Elle avait de beaux cheveux blonds (1883)
  • L 47, Chanson triste: On entend un chant sur l'eau dans la brume (1883)
  • L 48, Fleur des eaux (1883)
  • L 49, Églogue: Chanteurs mélodieux, habitants des buissons for soprano and tenor duet and piano (1883)
  • L 51, Diane au bois for soprano and tenor duet and piano (1883–1886)
  • L 52, Romance: Voici que le printemps, ce fil léger d'avril (1884)
  • L 53, Apparition: La lune s'attristait Des séraphins (1884)
  • L 54, La romance d'Ariel: Au long de ces montagnes douces (1884)
  • L 55, Regret: Devant le ciel d'été, tiède et calme (1884)
  • L 58, Barcarolle: Viens! l'heure est propice (1885)
  • L 60, Ariettes oubliées (1885–1887)
    • C'est l'extase: C'est l'extase langoureuse'
    • Il pleure dans mon cœur: Il pleure dans mon cœur comme il pleut sur la ville
    • L'ombre des arbres: L'ombre de arbres dans la rivière embrumée
    • Chevaux de bois: Tournez, tournez, bons chevaux de bois
    • Green: Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des feuilles
    • Spleen: Les roses étaient toutes rouges
  • L 63, Axel (1888)
  • L 64, Poèmes de Baudelaire (1887–1889)
    • Le balcon: Mère des souvenirs, maîtresse des maîtresses
    • Harmonie du soir: Voici venir les temps où vibrant sur sa tige
    • Le jet d'eau: Tes beaux yeux sont las, pauvre amante
    • Recueillement: Sois sage, ô ma douleur
    • La mort des amants: Nous aurons des lits pleins d'odeurs légères
  • L 74, La belle au bois dormant: Des trous à son pourpoint vermeil (1890)
  • L 76, Les Angélus: Cloches chrétiennes pour les matines (1891)
  • L 78, Dans le jardin: Je regardais dans le jardin (1891)
  • L 79, Romances (1891)
    • Romance: L'âme évaporée est souffrante
    • Les cloches: Les feuilles s'ouvraient sur le bord des branches
  • L 80, Fêtes galantes Set 1
    • En sourdine: Calmes dans le demi-jour
    • Fantoches: Scaramouche et Pulcinella
    • Clair de lune: Votre âme est un paysage choisi
  • L 81, Mélodies (1891)
    • La mer est plus belle que les cathédrales
    • Le son du cor s'afflige vers les bois
    • L'échelonnement des haies moutonne à l'infini
  • L 84, Proses lyriques (1892–1893)
    • De rêve: La nuit a des douceurs de femme
    • De grève: Sur la mer les crépuscules tombent
    • De fleurs: Dans l'ennui si désolément vert
    • De soir: Dimanche sur les villes
  • L 90, Chansons de Bilitis (1897–1898)
    • La flûte de pan: Pour le jour des Hyacinthies
    • La chevelure: Il m'a dit «Cette nuit d'ai rêvé»
    • Le tombeau des Naiades: Le long du bois couvert de givre
  • L 94, Nuits blanches: Tout à l'heure ses mains plus délicates (1899–1902)
  • L 102, Chansons de France (1904)
    • Rondel: Le temps a laissié son manteau
    • La Grotte: Auprès de cette grotte sombre
    • Rondel: Pour ce que Plaisance est morte
  • L 104, Fêtes galantes Set 2 (1904)
    • Les ingénus:Les hauts talons luttaient avec les longues jupes
    • Le faune: Un vieux faune de terre cuite
    • Colloque sentimental: Dans le vieux parc solitaire et glacé
  • L 118, Le promenoir des deux amants
    • Auprès de cette grotte sombre
    • Crois mon conseil, chère Climène
    • Je tremble en voyant ton visage
  • L 119, Ballades de François Villon (1910)
    • Ballade de Villon à s'Amye: Faulse beauté qui tant me couste cher
    • Ballade que Villon feit à la requeste de sa mère pour prier Nostre Dame: Dame du ciel, régente terrienne
    • Ballade des femmes de Paris: Quoy qu'on tient belles langagières
  • L 127, Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé (1913)
    • Soupir: Mon âme vers ton front où rêve, ô calme sœur
    • Placet futile: Princesse! À jalouser le destin d'une Hébé
    • Évantail: Ô rêveuse pour que je plonge
  • L 139, Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison: Nous n'avons plus de maison (1915)

Other vocal

  • L 35, Choeur des brises: Réveillez-vous, arbres des bois for female a cappella choir (1882)
  • L 42, Chanson espagnole: Tra la la… nous venions de voir le taureau for vocal duet (1883)
  • L 72, Rodrigue et Chimène
    Rodrigue et Chimène
    Rodrigue et Chimène is an unfinished opera in three acts by Claude Debussy. The French libretto, by Catulle Mendès, is based on the plays Las Mocedades del Cid by Guillén de Castro y Bellvís and Corneille's Le Cid which deal with the legend of El Cid...

    opera (1890–1892, unfinished)
  • L 88, Pelléas et Mélisande
    Pelléas et Mélisande (opera)
    Pelléas et Mélisande is an opera in five acts with music by Claude Debussy. The French libretto was adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck's Symbolist play Pelléas et Mélisande...

    opera (1893–1902)
  • L 92, Chansons de Charles d'Orléans for choir of four mixed voices a cappella (1898–1908)
    • Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder!
    • Quand j'ai ouy le tambourin sonner
    • Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain
  • L 93, Berceuse: Il était une fois une fée qui avait un beau sceptre for voice without accompaniment (1899)
  • L 101, Le diable dans le beffroi
    Le diable dans le beffroi
    Le diable dans le beffroi is an unfinished comic opera in one act by Claude Debussy to his own libretto, based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Devil in the Belfry.-Composition:...

    (1902–1911, short opera based on Poe's
    Edgar Allan Poe
    Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...

     "The Devil in the Belfry
    The Devil in the Belfry
    "The Devil in the Belfry" is a satirical short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in 1839.-Plot summary:In an isolated town called Vondervotteimittis , the punctilious inhabitants seem to be concerned with nothing but clocks and cabbage...

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  • L 112, La chute de la maison Usher
    La chute de la maison Usher (opera)
    La chute de la maison Usher is an unfinished opera in one act by Claude Debussy to his own libretto, based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Fall of the House of Usher...

    (1908–1917, short opera based on Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher
    The Fall of the House of Usher
    "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in September 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. It was slightly revised in 1840 for the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque...

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  • L 124, Le martyre de Saint Sébastien
    Le martyre de Saint Sébastien
    Le martyre de Saint Sébastien, L 124 is a musical work by the French composer Claude Debussy.Written in 1911, the work—a five-act musical mystery play on the subject of Saint Sebastian -- was produced in collaboration with Gabriele d'Annunzio and designed as a vehicle for Ida Rubinstein...

    (1911)

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