Catalogue of works
Images (2e série) 120/(111)
For piano
I. Cloches à travers les feuilles
II. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
III. Poissons d'or
Composition date:
October 1907
Dedication:
I. Alexandre Charpentier; II. Louis Laloy; III. Ricardo Viñes
Publication:
Durand, January 1908; Henle, 1990; Durand, 1991, Édition critique des œuvres complètes, I/3
First hearing:
Paris, 21 February 1908, Cercle musical, Ricardo Viñes
Comments:
The title " Poissons d'or " is inspired by a black lacquer panel inset with mother of pearl and gold, which was in Debussy's study. This panel is today exhibited in the Musée Claude Debussy at Saint-Germain-en-Laye.