德布西被視為二十世紀現代音樂的開創者之一，創立了印象派音樂。他的作品中不論在旋律、和聲、節奏、音色應用等皆有一些創新突破的創作手法，且廣泛地融合文學、繪畫以及其他領域的藝術洋溢出獨特的美學理念。德布西因著創新突顯了他在音樂史上的定位，但是這些豐富的創新與美學理念中卻蘊含許多傳統要素。另，德布西晚年決定回歸創作絕對音樂並復興法國傳統音樂，因而創作了一系列的奏鳴曲。本文嘗試逆向思考，不以德布西的創新為探討主軸，改從討論其音樂中的傳統要素作為探討的面向。雖然關於德布西的研究已經相當多，但就其音樂中的傳統層面與要素探討者極少，為文望能提供未來演奏與研究相關資料之參考。本研究為《德布西音樂中傳統要素之探討》，除了「緒論」以外，其內容架構為：（一）德布西創作時期與風格；（二）創作手法中的傳統要素；（三）美學中的傳統要素；（四）復興法國傳統的音樂；（五）結論等。

Claude Achille Debussy (1862-1918) has much significance in Impressionism in the twentieth-century music. His later compositional style, however, returned to absolute music, and designed to write six sonatas. Debussy's unique compositional technique is reflected in his innovation with regarded to melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, and coloristic exploitation, as well as aesthetic approach. The purpose of this study is to approach the traditional music elements within Debussy's compositions. The content of this study presents (1) both Debussy's life and style; (2) traditional music elements within Debussy's compositional techniques; (3) traditional elements within Debussy's aesthetic approach; (4) the recover of French traditional music; (5) the conclusion.