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Claude Debussy

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1) Claude Debussy was a French composer born in 1862 who helped develop impressionist music. 2) He started taking piano lessons at age 7 and showed great talent, entering the Paris Conservatory at age 11 where he studied for 11 years. 3) Some of his most important pieces include "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" from 1894 and the opera "Pelleas et Melisande" from 1902.

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Claude He was born the 22° of August 1862 in Saint- Germain-en-Laye (France). He was a music composer, and most of his operas were classical genre. He composed from 1884 to 1916 and he died on the 25ft of March 1918, when he was 55 years old.
Claude Along with Maurice Ravel, he became one of the most important and prestigious figures in imperssionist music. Debussy used to use non traditional scales, so his followers and his opponents were very influenced by this and took some time to understand what he was really trying to do. During 1867 his family moved to Paris.
Claude When he was 7, he started to take piano lessons and after two years his talent started to come out. Debussy decided he wanted to compose for the rest of his life, so at 11 years old he got in the conservatory and he stayed there for 11 years, with the best french teachers. Understanding his talent he didn’t want to learn things how they were, he wanted to do something new: innovate.
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Most important pieces - Prelude the afternoon 1894 (For orchestra, it lasts aproximately 10 minutes and was first inaugurated in Paris in 1894) - Paellas et Melisande (Five acts opera premiered in 1902 in Paris. This composition was written by Debussy and Maurice Maeterlinck)
Most important pieces
Most important pieces A claire de la lune (Probably the most famous one) was composed between 1890 and 1905 and was released with the piano suite “suite bergamsque” with three other songs. The name of the track means “moonlight”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvFH_6DN RCY
Analysis of the piece This piece is the third track of the suite, and the most famous one. It is composed by a piano solo, and it´s one of those rare tracks that being classical, goes into the world of pop music. The piece opens with a shimmering melody, in the key of D-flat major, which grows louder through the piece. An octave passage in rubato tempo leads into the central episode. Soon the track starts to go a little faster and shifts to a new melody guided by an E major. Then a brief coda closes the track.
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  • 2. Claude He was born the 22° of August 1862 in Saint- Germain-en-Laye (France). He was a music composer, and most of his operas were classical genre. He composed from 1884 to 1916 and he died on the 25ft of March 1918, when he was 55 years old.
  • 3. Claude Along with Maurice Ravel, he became one of the most important and prestigious figures in imperssionist music. Debussy used to use non traditional scales, so his followers and his opponents were very influenced by this and took some time to understand what he was really trying to do. During 1867 his family moved to Paris.
  • 4. Claude When he was 7, he started to take piano lessons and after two years his talent started to come out. Debussy decided he wanted to compose for the rest of his life, so at 11 years old he got in the conservatory and he stayed there for 11 years, with the best french teachers. Understanding his talent he didn’t want to learn things how they were, he wanted to do something new: innovate.
  • 7. Most important pieces - Prelude the afternoon 1894 (For orchestra, it lasts aproximately 10 minutes and was first inaugurated in Paris in 1894) - Paellas et Melisande (Five acts opera premiered in 1902 in Paris. This composition was written by Debussy and Maurice Maeterlinck)
  • 9. Most important pieces A claire de la lune (Probably the most famous one) was composed between 1890 and 1905 and was released with the piano suite “suite bergamsque” with three other songs. The name of the track means “moonlight”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvFH_6DN RCY
  • 10. Analysis of the piece This piece is the third track of the suite, and the most famous one. It is composed by a piano solo, and it´s one of those rare tracks that being classical, goes into the world of pop music. The piece opens with a shimmering melody, in the key of D-flat major, which grows louder through the piece. An octave passage in rubato tempo leads into the central episode. Soon the track starts to go a little faster and shifts to a new melody guided by an E major. Then a brief coda closes the track.