Claude Achille Debussy
Born: 22nd August 1862, Saint Germain en Laye
Died: 25th March 1918, Paris
Nationality: French
(Achille) Claude Debussy 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.
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Interview,
Magdalena Kožená on L'extase
Ahead of the release of her new album with Mitsuko Uchida on Pentatone tomorrow, the Czech mezzo discusses their shared passion for Debussy - and how she fell in love with French song behind the Iron Curtain as a teenager.
Interview,
Kirill Gerstein on Music in Time of War
The Russian-American pianist discusses his new album of music which Debussy and Komitas composed in the wake of the outbreak of World War One and the Armenian genocide respectively - exploring why music written in dark times so often contains 'an incredible amount of exuberance, kaleidoscopic colour and life-affirmation'.
Popular Genres: Debussy
Orchestral
Chamber
Instrumental
Vocal
Concertos
Popular Works: Debussy
- Arabesque No. 1 (122)
- Beau Soir (247)
- Berceuse héroïque (89)
- Cello Sonata (176)
- Children's Corner (217)
- Danse (Tarentelle styrienne) (93)
- Danses sacrée et profane (108)
- Deux arabesques, L. 66 (156)
- Epigraphes antiques (6) (91)
- Estampes (3) (191)
- Golliwog's Cakewalk (from Children's Corner) (89)
- Images for orchestra, L. 122 (111)
- Images pour piano - Book 1 (165)
- Images pour piano - Book 2 (137)
- Jeux - Poème dansé (109)
- L'isle joyeuse (283)
- La cathédrale engloutie (from Préludes - Book 1) (102)
- La fille aux cheveux de lin (from Préludes - Book 1: No. 8) (266)
- La Mer (324)
- La plus que lente (276)
- Le petit nègre (73)
- Masques (81)
- Minstrels (from Préludes - Book 1) (78)
- Nocturne (84)
- Petite Suite (126)
- Pour le piano (134)
- Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (451)
- Préludes - Book 1 (191)
- Préludes - Book 2 (176)
- Première rhapsodie, L.116 (154)
- Rêverie (325)
- Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp (83)
- String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 (125)
- Suite Bergamasque (186)
- Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune (780)
- Syrinx (204)
- Trois chansons de Bilitis (85)
- Trois Nocturnes (137)
- Valse romantique (L. 71) (98)
- Violin Sonata in G minor (216)
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