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  • Claude Debussy (1862-1918) was a French composer active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • In October 1872, after studying with Madame Mauté for one year, Claude Debussy secured admission into Paris Conservatoire.
  • Best Known For: Embracing nontraditional scales and tonal structures, Claude Debussy is one of the most highly regarded composers of the late 19th and early 20th...
  • Life and Music Claude Debussy was born on the 22nd August 1862 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France.
  • Pelléas et Mélisande - Act I (Chœur de l’Opéra de Lille & Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth) — Claude Debussy.
  • Claude Debussy published loads of small pieces, but his major success came when he released his opera Pelleas et Melisande in 1902.
  • She kept a dress shop and, when she and her wealthy amour removed to Cannes in 1871, Debussy visited her there and had his first piano lessons.
  • The family moved to Paris in 1867, but in 1870 Debussy’s pregnant mother fled with Claude to his paternal aunt’s home in Cannes to escape the...
  • Debussy was born Achille-Claude Debussy (he later reversed his forenames) on 22 August 1862 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, the oldest of five children.