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Jan 8, 2007 · Debussy's rendition of his own works here is quite different from how other masters have played his work. He is much more matter-of-fact, a bit quicker, and does not dwell on making the music sound "romantic" or "impressionistic". A fascinating CD, and knowing it's the composer himself ads "something special" to the experience of listening to it.
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- Early Life
- Musical Style
- Character & Family
- Impressionist-Symbolist Works
- La Mer
- Stage Works
- Debussy's Major Works
- Death & Legacy
Claude Achille Debussy was born on 22 August 1862 in St Germain-en-Laye, now a western suburb of Paris. Claude's father, Manuel-Achille, owned a china shop before moving on to other ways of earning a living, and he wanted his son to go to sea, which meant he was not very interested in providing him with a formal education. Fortunately, Claude learn...
In his mature years, Debussy moved far away from the Wagnerian tradition that cast its powerful shadow over music; he by then described Wagner's body of work as "a beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn" (Thompson, 186). Debussy was a composer of modern music and his mature work was in complete contrast to the Romantic music of Wagner. The F...
Debussy liked the finer things in life, even if his personal finances were very often in a poor state. The music historian C. Schonberg gives the following summary of Debussy's character: When he was 18, Debussy fell in love with the much older soprano singer Marie-Blanche Vasnier. Infatuated, the young composer wrote many songs for his lover. In t...
One of Debussy's most famous pieces, Clair de lune (Moonlight), comes from his Suite bergamasque, composed in 1890. Other works for piano in this period include the Fêtes galantes (1891-1904) and the Pour le piano suite (1894-1904). Nocturnes, another celebrated Debussy work, is an orchestral triptych with the movements given the following titles:N...
Debussy's signature work is his 1905 symphonic sketch La Mer (The Sea), which, as its title suggests, was inspired by the movement of the sea. Debussy composed the piece while he was on holiday in the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne in southern England. The composer was additionally inspired by the Japanese artist Katushika Hokusai (1760-1849), specificall...
Debussy was interested in stage works early in his career, and he returned sporadically to this genre throughout his life. Early works like the 1889 song cycle Cinq poèmes de Baudelaire and the 1892 opera Rodrigue et Chimèneimitated Wagner and were not a success, the latter was never even finished in Debussy's lifetime. Pelléas et Mélisandepremiere...
The most important works by Claude Debussy include: Suite bergamasque – includes Clair de Lune (1890) Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune – Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun symphonic poem (1892-4) Pelléas et Mélisande opera (1893-1902) String Quartet in G minor (1893) Nocturnes orchestral work (1899) La Mer – The Sea, symphonic sketch (1905) Images...
Debussy was diagnosed with cancer of the colon in 1914, but he had been suffering its effects for some years already. He continued composing, including En blanc et noir in 1915, which were three pieces for two pianos dedicated to three of his friends who had been killed in the ongoing First World War(1914-1918). He began working on six sonatas, but...
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Debussy, Claude Achille (1862–1918) Works. Debussy: Children's Corner; Debussy: D'un cahier d'esquisses; Debussy: Danseuses de Delphes (from Préludes - Book 1) Debussy: Estampe No. 2 - La soirée dans Grenade; Debussy: Estampes (3) Debussy: Green (No. 5 from Ariettes Oubliées) Debussy: Il pleure dans mon cœur (No. 2 from Ariettes Oubliées)
Aug 2, 2010 · Alexander Scriabin, Josef Lhevinne, Constantine Igumnoff, Alexander Goldenweiser, Austin Conradi, Lev Pouishnoff & Magdeleine Brard. Debussy: The Orchestral Works. Debussy: The Orchestral Works. Luxemburg Radio Symphony Orchestra & Louis de Froment. Listen to Debussy: The Composer As Pianist (1904, 1913) by Claude Debussy & Mary Garden on Apple ...
Debussy: The Composer as Pianist (1904, 1913), a classical music Compilation by Claude Debussy. Released 26 September 2000 on Pierian (catalog no. PIR0001; CD). Genres: Impressionism. Featured peformers: Claude Debussy (performer).
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Search for: 'Claude Debussy' in Oxford Reference ». (1862–1918)French composer and pianist, regarded as the originator of impressionism in music.The son of a shopkeeper, Debussy was first encouraged in his love of music in 1871 by Mme Mauté de Fleurville, a former pupil of Chopin and mother-in-law of Verlaine, whose poetry he was later to set.
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Claude Debussy was born in 1862, the son of a shop-keeper. He started his musical life with piano lessons when he was seven years old. At ten years of age he entered the Paris Conservatory to continue his education - he subsequently abandoned his plan to be a pianist and focussed rather on composing. He won the Prix de Rome in 1884, and while ...
