"Love of art does not depend on explanations -.
Achille-Claude Debussy was born on 22 August 1862 at 4:30 a.m. in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, a small town near Paris, France. His parents, Manuel-Achille Debussy and Victorine Manoury, owned a small china shop. Music was respected in this small town: concerts were held everywhere and all the time and the music ranged from Verdi to Gluck to Rossini (Dietcschy 5). In December 1871 when Claude was just nine years old, his father was tried for "revolutionary activities- and sentenced to four years in prison (Sadie 292). With her husband in prison and his safety in jeopardy (as the state of prisons was unstable and dangerous in the latter part of the 19th century), Mme. Debussy found herself in both a financially and socially difficult position. Her work as a seamstress didn't pull in enough money to support her and her four children, and she had to borrow money from friends and family (Nichols 295). Debussy rarely spoke about this dark period in his life, but it is important to know this part of his history as it was a driving force of ambition and left a stain on his view of anything of "official- nature (Dietcschy 15).
Despite these hardships, Debussy was naturally gifted as a musician at a very young age. In the same year that his father was imprisoned, Debussy was introduced to Mme. Mauté de Fleurville, who is/was rumored to be a former student of Chopin. She became his piano teacher free of charge and encouraged Mme. Debussy to steer her son towards a career as a piano virtuoso (Dietcschy 17). At the young age of 11, Debussy was accepted into the Paris Conservatoire. His first three years there were only notable by the fact that he was extremely young to be as gifted as he was; though he was considered to be weak at theory, his solfege teacher thought he was very gifted (Dietcschy 23). By his third year, Debussy was showing the signs of dissatisfaction with the accepted structure of music; this would later be his signature.
Claud Debussy, is considered the greatest French composer of his time. ... Impressionism and Debussy are intertwined. ... In every respect, Debussy's tastes were unique. ... Debussy thought in a new manner. ... Debussy revolutionized the tonal relationships. ...
Debussy did not follow this tradition of telling a story. ... Orchestral Music was by far the most influential music of Debussy. ... Debussy again did not follow this pattern. ... Clare de Lune is from Debussy's Suite Bergamasque. Clare de Lune meaning moonlight is Debussy's signature piece. ...
The ensemble played Sonata in D major for Violoncello and Piano, Op. 102, No. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Suite in C major for Solo Violoncello, BMV 10 by Johann Sebastian Bach, and Sonata in D Minor for Violoncello and Piano (1915) by Claude Debussy. ... The performance ended with another jubilant piece by Debussy. ... The finale of the performance was a piece by Claude Debussy. ... I would recommend this spectacle to anybody who wants to be surprised and fascinated by the wonders of Beethoven, Bach, and Debussy. ...
My favorite three of her performances were Dreaming, op. 15, no. 3 by Amy Beach, Children's Corner Suite, Movement 6: Golliwog's Cakewalk by Claude Debussy, and Intermezzo, op. 116, no.4 by Johannes Brahms. ... Musical Selection #2: Children's Corner Suite, Movement 6: Golliwog's Cakewalk by Claude Debussy Musical element #1: Rhythm: Frequent tempo changes. ...
Claude Debussy Perhaps one of the most important and famous French composers in the early twentieth century of the Impressionism period, Debussy was born near Paris in the town of St. ... In the 1890s, the most productive period of Debussy's career, he made the opera Pelleas and Melisande. ... Debussy in his later years contracted cancer and died later in the bombardment of Paris as the German guns ripped into his city during his funeral. Debussy was against the sonata allegro form, the grand structure the Germans counted as a supreme achievement. ...
For example, whenever I played a composition by Debussy, who was known as the father of the Impressionist music era, I was never able to play it one way, even after I learned the entire piece. ... I listened to contrasting pieces of the Impressionist era, mostly works by Debussy and Scriabin. ...
The music of these countries greatly influenced the post-impressionistic composers of this time, including Debussy and Ravel. ... Debussy even wrote to a friend, "Do you not remember the Peruvian music able to express every nuance of meaning, even unmentionable shades, and which makes our tonic and dominant seem like empty phantoms for the use of unwise infants?... Debussy tried to capture something from what he heard - its pentatonic scale, unusual timbre and texture - in a number of his compositions, including the symphonic poem, "La Mer-, the piano work, "Pagodas- and a number of his piano...
If one were to assume his poetry was indeed music, then it would probably sound vastly identical to that which is composed by Debussy or another radical composer, the characteristics of Debussy's music were its visual power - images and scenes hidden within the music, never conveyed directly, but always coloured by imagination. ...
Bartok Concerto for orchestra , 3rd movement This movement has been described as the "apex" of the concerto, being completely central, and was composed in honour of Koussevitsky's wife. It has impressionistic overtones; is reminiscent of Debussy's style. The movement is divided into three secti...
