Claude Debussy

Birthday
1862-08-22

Claude Debussy - Music, Additional Music, Musician, Original Music Composer known for his work in such projectsAdvice for working with the Map of emotions: «Aftersun» (2022), «Keys to the Heart» (2023), «Nightcap» (2000), «Allegro non troppo» (1976), «Reconstruction» (2022),

(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. 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.

Debussy's orchestral works include Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), Nocturnes (1897–1899) and Images (1905–1912). His music was to a considerable extent a reaction against Wagner and the German musical tradition. He regarded the classical symphony as obsolete and sought an alternative in his "symphonic sketches", La mer (1903–1905). His piano works include two books of Préludes and two of Études. Throughout his career he wrote mélodies based on a wide variety of poetry, including his own. He was greatly influenced by the Symbolist poetic movement of the later 19th century. A small number of works, including the early La Damoiselle élue and the late Le Martyre de saint Sébastien have important parts for chorus. In his final years, he focused on chamber music, completing three of six planned sonatas for different combinations of instruments.

With early influences including Russian and far-eastern music, Debussy developed his own style of harmony and orchestral colouring, derided – and unsuccessfully resisted – by much of the musical establishment of the day.

The most significant works of Claude Debussy

Nightcap (2000)

Position: Additional Music
Allegro non troppo (1976)

Position: Music
Keys to the Heart (2023)

Position: Music
Aftersun (2022)

Position: Music
Reconstruction (2022)

Position: Musician
Sunset Sonatina (2024)

Position: Music
Palácio das Memórias (2024)

Position: Original Music Composer


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