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Claude Debussy
✦Impressionist1862 – 1918Western ClassicalFrench
Overview
Born
1862, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Died
1918
Nationality
French
Tradition
Western Classical
Era
Impressionist
Biography
Pioneer of musical Impressionism, Debussy dissolved traditional harmonic structures in favour of colour, texture, and atmosphere. Clair de lune, La Mer, and the Préludes transformed the language of Western music.