Nocturnes, L 98 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.
Original manuscript of the orchestral arrangement
Debussy at the piano in the summer of 1893
Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket from a series of impressionist paintings by Whistler
Harmony in blue and silver: Trouville
(Achille) Claude Debussy 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.
Debussy c. 1900 by Atelier Nadar
Rue au Pain, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, street of Debussy's birthplace
Debussy by Marcel Baschet, 1884
Gamelan orchestra, c. 1889