Claude Debussy
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- August 22, 1862
- Died
- March 25, 1918 (aged 55)
- Birthplace
- Sain-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France
Biography
(Achille) Claude Debussy 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. He originally studied the piano, but found his vocation in innovative composition, despite the disapproval of the Conservatoire's conservative professors. He took many years to develop his mature style, and was nearly 40 when he achieved international fame in 1902 with the only opera he completed, Pelléas et Mélisande. Debussy's orchestral works include Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), Nocturnes (1897–1899) and Images (1905–1912). His music was to a considerable extent a reaction against Wagner and the German musical tradition. He regarded the classical symphony as obsolete and sought an alternative in his "symphonic sketches", La mer (1903–1905). His piano works include two books of Préludes and two of Études. Throughout his career he wrote mélodies based on a wide variety of poetry, including his own. He was greatly influenced by the Symbolist poetic movement of the later 19th century. A small number of works, including the early La Damoiselle élue and the late Le Martyre de saint Sébastien have important parts for chorus. In his final years, he focused on chamber music, completing three of six planned sonatas for different combinations of instruments. With early influences including Russian and far-eastern music, Debussy developed his own style of harmony and orchestral colouring, derided – and unsuccessfully resisted – by much of the musical establishment of the day.
Known For
Filmography
Metamorphosis: La vie misérable
Movie · Sound
The Eye and The Light
Movie · Music
Szczęście
Movie · Music
Daniele Gatti & Gautier Capuçon Wagner, Saint-Saëns, and Debussy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Alice Sara Ott & Francesco Tristano Piano Duo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Elements Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui with Damien Jalet and Marina Abramovic
Movie · Original Music Composer
Yuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cristian Măcelaru & Julia Fischer - Brahms, Debussy and Barraine
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sunset Sonatina
Movie · Music
Palácio das Memórias
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Colors Within
Movie · Music
Riccardo Minasi With Emmanuel Pahud
Movie · Original Music Composer
Liubov Nosova conducts the Paris Mozart Orchestra @ La Maestra 2024
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bar Avni conducts the Paris Mozart Orchestra @ La Maestra 2024
Movie · Original Music Composer
Keys to the Heart
Movie · Music
Made in the Cell
Movie · Music
Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel With Yuja Wang and the Orchestre de Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
Compagnie Hervé Koubi @ Sur Mesure
Movie · Original Music Composer
Aftersun
Movie · Music
Olivier Messiaen: The Turangalîla-Symphonie Orchestre de Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
Watching the Sun Rise
Movie · Music
Radio France Choir and Orchestra Poulenc, Wagner, Debussy & Fauré
Movie · Original Music Composer
John Eliot Gardiner Conducts Chabrier, Stravinsky and Debussy With Isabelle Faust
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pasamontaña Quemado
Movie · Music
Grand Bal Symphonique With the Orchestre Nationale de France
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Aura
Movie · Music
Myst
Movie · Music
Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2
Movie · Original Music Composer
Alice Sara Ott Live in Yellow Lounge: Nightfall
Movie · Music
A New View of the Moon
Movie · Music
four scenes from a village
Movie · Music
Debussy: Suite Bergamasque
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pelléas et Mélisande - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla
TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep
a reflection of one's mind
Movie · Music
Santiago's Theorem
Movie · Music
Pelléas et Mélisande - Opernhaus Zürich
Movie · Original Music Composer
Scandal! Alice Sara Ott and Francesco Tristano
Movie · Music
Andrea Bacchetti in Concert
Movie · Original Music Composer
This is Opera
TV · Music · 1 ep
Your Lie in April
TV · Music · 1 ep
Mind in the Wilderness: Khatia Buniatishvili
Movie · Music
Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur
Movie · Music
Pelléas et Mélisande
Movie · Music
The Curve
Movie · Music
Momentum – Mouvement
Movie · Music
Arabesque in G Major
Movie · Music
Clair de lune
Movie · Music
Buccaneer Soul
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Hibou et la baleine, Nicolas Bouvier
Movie · Musician
Cage
Movie · Music
The Cimmerian Hermit
Movie · Original Music Composer
Debussy, Images pour orchestre
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pelléas et Mélisande
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pávie pierko
Movie · Music
The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
Movie · Original Music Composer
Perfect Peri
Movie · Music
Silent Bruges
Movie · Music
Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet: Tribute to Nijinsky
Movie · Sound
Allegro non troppo
Movie · Music
Electronic Moon No. 2
Movie · Original Music Composer
Syrinx
Movie · Music
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini
Movie · Original Music Composer
Romance sin palabras
Movie · Original Music Composer
Clair de Lune
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Mode rêvée
Movie · Music
Limite
Movie · Music
Wedding and Honeymoon, 1930
Movie · Music