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Claude Debussy

Also known as Debussy, Claude Achille Debussy, Achille Claude Debussy, C. Debussy, Claude-Achille Debussy, Achille-Claude, A. Cl. Debussy, Achille-Claude Debussy

French classical composer (1862–1918)

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Claude Debussy was a French composer who lived from 1862 to 1918 and fundamentally changed classical music by moving away from traditional harmonic structures toward more experimental and impressionistic sounds. His innovative approach to composition influenced generations of musicians and helped define modern classical music.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Achille
Gender: male
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Place of death: 16th arrondissement of Paris
Occupation: music critic
Educated at: Conservatoire de Paris
Languages spoken: French
Award: Prix de Rome
Notable work: Syrinx
Student of: Albert Lavignac
Movement: Symbolism
Instrument: piano
Image: Claude Debussy by Atelier Nadar.jpg

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Commons category: Claude Debussy
date of birth: 1862-08-22
date of death: 1918-03-25
topic's main category: Category:Claude Debussy
Commons gallery: Claude Debussy
Commons Creator page: Claude Debussy
student: María Grever
birth name: Claude Achille Debussy
member of: Royal Swedish Academy of Music
name in native language: Claude Debussy
writing language: French
start of work period: 1884-00-00
cause of death: Colorectal cancer
list of works: list of compositions by Claude Debussy
related category: Category:Compositions by Claude Debussy
manner of death: natural causes
P8168: Polekhs
end of work period: 1918-00-00
P12674: Karl Mathy
P12749: Oberengstringen

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Claude Debussy, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Pelléas et Mélisande: acte I, scéne I “Une forêt” (2e partie)/(C. Debussy)

Nuit d 'étoiles/(Debussy)

Pelléas et Mélisande: “Je les tiens dans les mains” (duo, 2e partie); 3e acte, scene 1/(Claude Debussy)

“Fêtes galantes” (second series): Le faune/(Verlaine (1904) - Debussy)

Proses lyriques: De rêve/(Debussy)

Proses lyriques: De fleurs/(Debussy)

Pelleas and Mélisande, act 1 (scene 1): Une foret (In a forest); part 1/(Debussy)

Pelléas et Mélisande: act 4 - scene 2 - Arkel 's recitative “Maintenant que le pere de Pelléas est sauvé”/(Debussy)

Voici que le printemps/(Debussy), (words by Bourget)

Fêtes galantes, set 2, part 1: Les ingénus (Youthful lover); Le faune (The dancing faun)/(Debussy; Verlaine)

Proses lyriques: De soir/(Debussy)

“Fêtes galantes” (second series): Colloque sentimental/(Verlaine (1904) - Debussy)

Pelléas et Mélisande: acte I, scéne I “Une forêt” (1re partie)/(C. Debussy)

Le jet d 'eau/(Charles Baudelaire - Debussy)

Pelleas and Mélisande, act 1 (scene 1): Une foret (In a forest); part 2/(Debussy)

L 'enfant prodigue (The prodigal son): Recitative and air de Lia (The years roll by)/(Debussy)

Beau Soir/(Paul Bourget-Claude A. Debussy)

Trois chansons de Bilitis: No. 1: Le flûte de Pan; No. 3: Le tombeau des Naiades; No. 2: La chevelure/(Debussy)

Green/(“Ariettes oubliées,” No. 5)/(Verlaine - Debussy)

Pelléas et Mélisande: “Il fait beau cette nuit” (duo, 1re partie); 3e acte, scene I/(Claude Debussy)

Also includes: Come beloved (Care selve), from “Atlanta”/ält [Unity Night: Atlanta <Care selve>] (further template title)

Fêtes galantes, set 2 (concl.): Colloque sentimental (The colloquy)/(Debussy; Verlaine)

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Encyclopedic overview

Debussy c. 1900 by Atelier Nadar

Achille Claude Debussy ( French: [aʃil klod dəbysi]; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) 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.

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