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People In Music History
Debussy, Claude-Achille [born Achille-Claude] (1862-1918) French composer,
also noted as critic; born near Paris, worked and died in Paris; visited Russia
1881. Worked out new outlook on harmony and musical structure, of which
Impressionism reveals its kinship with contemporary visual art; he also has
affinity with such poets as Verlaine and Baudelaire. Was first pro-then anti
-Wagner; his opera Pelleas and Melisande is unlike any predecessor although
seemingly indebted to Mussorgsky for cultivation of natural speech inflections.
Achieved first marked success with The Afternoon of a Faun, 1894; had already
composed cantata The Blessed Damozel. Also wrote Iberia, The Sea, Nocturnes,
and other works for orchestra; 2 books of piano preludes (with picturesque
titles) and other piano works including Suite bergamasque and Children's
Corner; string quartet, violin sonata, cello sonata; music to King Lear and The
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian.