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Claude Achille Debussy

Claude Achille Debussy. August 22 , 1862 - March 25 , 1918. About Him. Claude Debussy was born in St. Germain-en-Laye in 1862 on August 22. His parents owned a china shop. Debussy began music instruction when he was nine years old. At age ten Debussy entered the Paris Conservatoire.

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Claude Achille Debussy

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  1. Claude Achille Debussy August 22 , 1862 - March 25 , 1918

  2. About Him • Claude Debussy was born in St. Germain-en-Laye in 1862 on August 22. • His parents owned a china shop. • Debussy began music instruction when he was nine years old. • At age ten Debussy entered the Paris Conservatoire

  3. Dubussy was a French composer.He was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music.

  4. - His music is noted for its sensory component and for not often forming around one key or pitch. 

  5. Dubussy was a CHEATER!! • At the age of 18 he began an eight-year affair with Blanche Vasnier, wife of a wealthy Parisian lawyer. The relationship eventually faltered following his winning of the Prix de Rome. • On his permanent return to Paris and his parents' home on the av. de Berlin in 1889, he began a tempestuous nine-year relationship with Gabrielle ('Gaby') Dupont, a tailor's daughter from Lisieux. • During this time he also had an affair with the singer Thèrèse Roger. • He left Dupont for her friend Rosalie ('Lilly') Texier, a fashion model. Soon he became he became increasingly irritated by her intellectual limitations and lack of musical sensitivity. •  1904, Debussy was introduced to Emma Bardac. • After despatching Lilly back to her father's home in Bichain on 15 July 1904, Debussy secretly took Bardac to Jersey for a holiday. 

  6. - Debussy died of rectal cancer in Paris on 25 March 1918.- His death occurred in the midst of the aerial and artillery bombardment of Paris during the German Spring Offensive  of World War I. 

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