Sound
Claude Debussy
EN, ES, PL, XX cinema · 68 credits
Born
22 August 1862
Died
25 March 1918 (aged 55)
Birthplace
Sain-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France
Also known as К. Дебюсси · クロード・アシル・ドビュッシー · Achille-Claude Debussy
(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
Daniele Gatti & Gautier Capuçon Wagner, Saint-Saëns, and Debussy
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Alice Sara Ott & Francesco Tristano Piano Duo
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Elements Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui with Damien Jalet and Marina Abramovic
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Yuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom
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Cristian Măcelaru & Julia Fischer - Brahms, Debussy and Barraine
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Palácio das Memórias
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Riccardo Minasi With Emmanuel Pahud
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Liubov Nosova conducts the Paris Mozart Orchestra @ La Maestra 2024
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Bar Avni conducts the Paris Mozart Orchestra @ La Maestra 2024
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Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel With Yuja Wang and the Orchestre de Paris
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Compagnie Hervé Koubi @ Sur Mesure
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Aftersun
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Olivier Messiaen: The Turangalîla-Symphonie Orchestre de Paris
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Radio France Choir and Orchestra Poulenc, Wagner, Debussy & Fauré
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John Eliot Gardiner Conducts Chabrier, Stravinsky and Debussy With Isabelle Faust
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Grand Bal Symphonique With the Orchestre Nationale de France
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Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2
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Debussy: Suite Bergamasque
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Pelléas et Mélisande - Wiener Staatsoper
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Pelléas et Mélisande - Opernhaus Zürich
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Andrea Bacchetti in Concert
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The Third Eye
Musical
Nightcap
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Buccaneer Soul
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The Cimmerian Hermit
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Debussy, Images pour orchestre
1991
Debussy, Images pour orchestre
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Pelléas et Mélisande
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The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
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Electronic Moon No. 2
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Syrinx
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Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini
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Romance sin palabras
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Clair de Lune
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Limite
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