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Claude Debussy

Born

in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France

August 22, 1862

Died

March 25, 1918

Genre

Music

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Claude-Achille Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures associated with Impressionist music, though he himself disliked the term when applied to his compositions. He was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in his native France in 1903. Debussy was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and his use of non-traditional scales and chromaticism influenced many composers who followed.

Debussy's music is noted for its sensory content and frequent usage of non-traditional tonalities. The prominent French literary style of his period was known as Symbolism, and this movement directly inspired Debussy both as a composer ...more

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	Monsieur Croche 3.94 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1972 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Debussy - Favorite Piano Works: Schirmer Library of Classics Volume 2070 (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, 2070) 4.47 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Claude Debussy: Piano Music (1888-1905) by Claude Debussy, Beveridge Webster (Editor) 4.72 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Great Orchestral Works in Full Score: Prélude a l'après-midi d'un faune, Nocturnes, La Mer 4.88 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1983 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pelleas et Melisande in Full Score 4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Classics in the Aesthetic of Music by Claude Debussy, Charles Ives, Ferruccio Busoni 3.96 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1962 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Preludes, Books 1 and 2 (Dover Classical Piano Music) 4.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1989 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Debussy on music: The critical writings of the great French composer Claude Debussy 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Debussy -- Deux Arabesques for the Piano by Claude Debussy (composer), Lynn Freeman Olson 4.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1985 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" (Norton Critical Scores) by Claude Debussy, William W. Austin (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1970 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light”
― Claude Debussy

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“How much has to be explored and discarded before reaching the naked flesh of feeling.”
― Claude Debussy

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“People don't very much like things that are beautiful.. they are so far from their nasty little minds.”
― Claude Debussy

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