Claude Debussy
French composer who rejected the term Impressionist but shaped modern music.
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His most substantial orchestral work, La mer, was premiered in Paris in October 1905.[1] Claude Debussy was born on 22 August 1862 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, which is located in Seine-et-Oise on the north-west fringes of Paris.[2]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 22 August 1862
- Died
- 25 March 1918
- Field
- Composer
- Nationality
- French
- Known for
- Innovative harmony and orchestral colouring; works such as Pelléas et Mélisande
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
The family moved to Paris after the shop closed in 1864.[3] Debussy's opera Pelléas et Mélisande opened on 30 April 1902 and quickly became a success.[4] He was appointed a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1903.[5] He gave his final concert on 14 September 1917.[6]
While staying in Cannes at age seven, Debussy received his initial piano instruction from the Italian musician Jean Cerutti, with his aunt covering the cost.[1] In 1872, when he was ten, Debussy gained entry to the Conservatoire de Paris and continued his studies there for eleven years.[7] In 1884, Debussy's cantata L'enfant prodigue earned him the Prix de Rome, France's most prestigious musical award.[8] From January 1885 until March 1887, Debussy resided at the French Academy in Rome, which is housed at the Villa Medici.[9]
What the cited sources add
Parker states that Debussy's quartet is "diabolically, fiendishly difficult" for performers.[10] Parker observes that Debussy's quartet experiments with a startling array of sound colours from muted strings.[10] Parker mentions that Debussy visited Russia a couple of times as a young man.[10] Parker writes that Debussy's quartet gradually established itself as a cornerstone of the repertoire.[10]
References
- Wikipedia, "Claude Debussy" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lesure & Howat, 2001 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Claude Debussy" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lockspeiser, p. 6; and Trezise (2003), p. xiv (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Claude Debussy" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lesure & Howat, 2001; Jensen, pp. 3–4 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Claude Debussy" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schonberg, Harold C. "Maeterlinck's Mistress Assumed She Was Going to Sing Melisande. But ..." , The New York Times, 15 March 1970, p. 111; Schonberg, Harold C. "Maeterlinck's Mistress Assumed She Was Going to Sing Melisande. But ..." , The New York Times, 15 March 1970, p. 111; "Music: Pelléas et Mélisande", The Times, 22 May 1909, p. 13; McAuliffe, pp. 57–58; "The Consecration" , Centre de documentation Claude Debussy, Bibliothèque nationale de France, retrieved 18 May 2018 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Claude Debussy" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Consecration" , Centre de documentation Claude Debussy, Bibliothèque nationale de France, retrieved 18 May 2018 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Claude Debussy" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nichols (1980), p. 308; "War and Illness", Centre de documentation Claude Debussy, Bibliothèque nationale de France, retrieved 18 May 2018 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Claude Debussy" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lockspeiser, p. 25; Prod'homme, J.-G. "Achille Debussy", The Musical Quarterly, October 1918, p. 556; Fulcher, p. 302 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Claude Debussy" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jensen, p. 27; Simeone (2000), p. 212 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Claude Debussy" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Prix de Rome" , Centre de documentation Claude Debussy, Bibliothèque nationale de France, retrieved 16 March 2018 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Parker, Roger. "Debussy Quartet in G minor Op 10" , Gresham College, 2008, retrieved 18 June 2018. facts only, no text reused. gresham.ac.uk
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