Debussy began the piece after the success of his opera Pélléas et Mélisande in 1902 and worked on it until around 1912 but he never completed the score. He planned to make the chorus the only singing part and have the devil of the title whistle. He described his conception of the devil's character in a letter to André Messager in June 1902:
| Original Name | Le diable dans le beffroi |
| Librettist | Claude Debussy (based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Devil in the Belfry) |
| Date of composition | 1911 (1902-1911; unfinished) |
| Type | Opera |
| Catalogue | L. 101 |
| Autotranslations beta |
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