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Claude Debussy
French classical composer (1862–1918)
"Debussy" redirects here. For other uses, see Debussy (disambiguation).
Achille Claude Debussy[n 1] (French:[aʃilkloddəbysi]; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Born to a family of modest means and little cultural involvement, Debussy showed enough musical talent to be admitted at the age of ten to France's leading music college, the Conservatoire de Paris. He originally studied the piano, but found his vocation in innovative composition, despite the disapproval of the Conservatoire's conservative professors. He took many years to develop his mature style, and was nearly 40 when he achieved international fame in 1902 with the only opera he completed, Pelléas et Mélisande.
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Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Who Was Claude Debussy?
Claude Debussy was born into a poor family in France in 1862, but his obvious gift at the piano sent him to the Paris Conservatory at age 11. At age 22, he won the Prix de Rome, which financed two years of further musical study in the Italian capital. After the vända of the century, Debussy established himself as the leading figure of French music. During World War I, while Paris was being bombed by the German air force, he succumbed to colon cancer at the age of 55.
Early Life
Achille-Claude Debussy was born on August 22, 1862, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, the oldest of five children. While his family had little money, Debussy showed an early affinity for the piano, and he began taking lessons at the age of 7. By age 10 or 11, he had entered the Paris Conservatory, where his instructors and fellow students recognized his talent but often funnen his attempts at musical nyhet strange.
Compositions
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When challenged by the registrar of the Paris Conservatory as to what rule he followed when composing, Debussy replied disarmingly, ‘Mon plaisir!’ For Debussy, music developed organically from many varieties of rhythms, harmonies, textures and colours. He was not a didactic revolutionary in the mould of Stravinsky or Schoenberg. His works create the impression of having been conceived in a flash of inspiration, though many pieces he sent for publication took months or even years to complete. Debussy’s later music was perceived as sharing certain characteristics with the Impressionist painters, konstnär (claude monet), especially. The composer did not approve of the comparison, yet it is hard to avoid noticing the striking correspondences between the Impressionists' tendency towards softening structural outlines and their fascination with light and colour, and the musical brushwork of Debussy’s Préludes for piano, and his orchestral pieces Images and La mer. Debussy’s struggles with or