Nocturnes (Debussy)

Nocturnes
Orchestral music by Claude Debussy
Original manuscript of the orchestral arrangement
CatalogueL 98
Based on
Composed1892 (1892)–1899
DedicationGeorges Hartmann (publisher)
Performed
  • 9 December 1900 (mvts 1 & 2)
  • 27 October 1901 (all 3 mvts)
Published
  • 1900
  • 1930 (revised version)
Durationabout 25 minutes
Movements
  • I. Nuages ("Clouds")
  • II. Fêtes ("Festivals")
  • III. Sirènes ("Sirens")
Scoring
  • Orchestra
  • women's chorus

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).