克勞德‧德布西 (Claude Debussy, 1862-1918) 音樂中的特質與開創性不僅與他同時代的許多作曲家們互相激盪、啟發，也深深影響未來世代的作曲家們。法國現代音樂的指標性人物皮耶‧布列茲 (Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016) 就在許多文章中都提到德布西對現代法國音樂的影響，認為鮮少有作曲家不是或多或少傳承自德布西的音樂思想。德布西將《牧神的午後前奏曲》管弦樂曲中的重要角色交付給長笛，他所寫作的幾首包含長笛的作品也為這個樂器留下優美動聽又具有劃時代意義的曲目。2018 年適逢德布西逝世一百年，世界各地紛紛以出版、研究、音樂會等不同方式來慶
祝這位偉大的作曲家。作為長笛演奏者與音樂學研究者，筆者試圖透過幾首德布西的長笛音樂作品，來探索這位作曲家音樂中的開創性，期望能增添讀者欣賞樂曲時的樂趣。

The characteristics and innovations in Claude Debussy’s music not only inspired the composers of his time, but also influenced the future generations. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. Many musicians, such as Pierre Boulez, consider that the modern music started with the opening flute melody of the Prélude à l’après-midi d’un Faune by Debussy. The composer assigned the very
important melody to flute, and went on to write a few more beautiful and significant works for it. As flutist and researcher, I wish to discuss Debussy’s innovations through his flute music, as a tribute to the 100th anniversary of the composer’s death.