Cello Sonata | |
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by Claude Debussy | |
![]() Claude Debussy, 1912 portrait by Raphael Schwartz | |
Catalogue | L. 135 |
Composed | 1915 |
Dedication | Emma Claude Debussy |
Performed | March 1917 |
Published | 1915 |
The Cello Sonata (Sonate pour violoncelle et piano), L. 135, is a sonata for cello and piano by Claude Debussy. It was part of his project Six sonatas for various instruments to compose six sonatas for different instruments. 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.