This piece, probably the young Debussy’s best known piano piece, was the slow third movement of his Suite bergamasque (HN 381) in four movements. Although it is conventional as far as the harmony is concerned, the tonal and melodic details already anticipate Debussy’s later piano style. The suite was only published in 1905, although Debussy had made it clear by adding the date of composition “1890” to the proofs that it was an earlier work. The fact that he agreed to its publication shows that he still identified with this piece from a period whose style he had long since left behind him.
《月光》可能是年輕時期 德布西 最著名的鋼琴作品,原為四樂章《貝加馬斯克組曲》(HN 381) 中的慢速第三樂章。雖然其和聲在當時相對傳統,但在音色與旋律細節上已預示了德布西後期的鋼琴風格。該組曲直至 1905 年才出版,但德布西在校樣中特別註明了創作年份 '1890',以此表明這是他早期的作品,並顯示他依然認同這部已成往昔風格的經典傑作。