Claude-Achille Debussy (1862–1918) was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures associated with Impressionist music, though he himself disliked the term when applied to his compositions. He was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in his native France in 1903. Debussy was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and his use of non-traditional scales and chromaticism influenced many composers who followed.
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Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part.
—Claude Debussy
Music is the space between the notes.
—Claude Debussy
How much has to be explored and discarded before reaching the naked flesh of feeling.
—Claude Debussy
Topics: Emotions
There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law. I love music passionately. And because l love it, I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it. It is a free art gushing forth, an open-air art boundless as the elements, the wind, the sky, the sea. It must never be shut in and become an academic art.
—Claude Debussy
Do not allow the accents in the brass to produce space between the notes.
—Claude Debussy
Collect impressions. Don
—Claude Debussy
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