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    Claude Debussy was a highly influential French composer born in 1862. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was a leading figure in Impressionist music, though he disliked the term. Debussy studied at the Paris Conservatoire for 11 years, learning piano, organ, harmony, and other subjects. There he became friends with pianist Isidor Philipp. As a composer, Debussy's music is noted for its sensory content and use of non-traditional scales and chromaticism, which influenced many later composers. He was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1903 in recognition of his contributions to French music.

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    Claude Debussy was a highly influential French composer born in 1862. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was a leading figure in Impressionist music, though he disliked the term. Debussy studied at the Paris Conservatoire for 11 years, learning piano, organ, harmony, and other subjects. There he became friends with pianist Isidor Philipp. As a composer, Debussy's music is noted for its sensory content and use of non-traditional scales and chromaticism, which influenced many later composers. He was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1903 in recognition of his contributions to French music.

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    CLAUDE DEBUSSY

    A BIOGRAPHY PRESENTATION

    CLAUDE
    DEBUSSY
    Claude-Achille Debussy (French: [klod ail dbysi]
    ; 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 nontraditional tonalities. The
    prominent French literary style of his period was
    known as Symbolism, and this movement directly
    inspired Debussy both as a composer and as an
    active cultural participant.

    Debussy was born Achille-Claude Debussy (he


    later reversed his forenames) on 22 August 1862 in
    Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, the oldest of five
    children. His father, Manuel-Achille Debussy, owned
    a china shop there; his mother, Victorine Manoury
    Debussy, was a seamstress. The family moved to
    Paris in 1867, but in 1870 Debussy's pregnant
    mother fled with Claude to his paternal aunt's home
    in Cannes to escape the Franco-Prussian War .
    Debussy began piano lessons there at the age of
    seven with an Italian violinist in his early 40s named
    Jean Cerutti; his aunt paid for his lessons. In 1871 he
    drew the attention of Marie Maut de Fleurville, who
    claimed to have been a pupil ofFrdric Chopin.
    Debussy always believed her, although there is no
    independent evidence to support her claim. His
    talents soon became evident, and in 1872, at age
    ten, Debussy entered the Paris Conservatoire, where
    he spent the next 11 years. During his time there he
    studied composition with Ernest Guiraud, music
    history/theory with Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray
    , harmony with mile Durand, piano with
    Antoine Franois Marmontel , organ with Csar Franck
    , and solfge with Albert Lavignac, as well as other
    significant figures of the era. He also became a
    lifelong friend of fellow student and distinguished
    pianist Isidor Philipp. After Debussy's death, many
    pianists sought Philipp's advice on playing Debussy's
    works.

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