Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about
Debussy
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of this famous composer will fascinate
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Fact 1 - Accomplishments and
reasons Debussy is famous: Classical Composer and musician - he
was one of the leading musicians of
impressionist music
Fact 2 - Date of Birth: Debussy was
born on August 22, 1862
Fact 3 - Place of Birth: Saint-Germain-en-Laye,
France
Fact 4 - Full Name: Claude Debussy
aka Claude-Achille Debussy
Fact 5 - Lifespan: 1862-1918
Fact 6 - Name of mother and father:
His parents names were Manuel-Achille Debussy and Victorine
Manoury Debussy, he was the eldest of 5 children
Fact 7 - Family background: His
father owned a shop and his mother Victorine Manoury Debussy,
was a seamstress - they were not wealthy
Fact 8 - Childhood and education:
Educated at first by tutors he moved on at the age of 10 to the
Paris Conservatory where he studied music composition and piano
Fact 9 - Claude Debussy was
recognised as a musical prodigy and was fortunate to attract the
patronage of Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck and Madame Mauté de
Fleurville who also happened to be a friend of
Chopin
Fact 10 - Following his education
Claude Debussy accompanied Nadezhda von Meck to Europe and
Russia. Nadezhda von Meck had also helped
Tchaikovsky
Fact 11 - In 1884 Debussy won the
Prix de Rome, a competition for composers, for his cantata
called The Prodigal Son. A cantata is a poem set to music
Fact 12 - He married Rosalie Texier
in 1899 but left her five years later for wealthy Emma Bardac
who he later married
Fact 13 - Claude Debussy created an alter
ego whom he called "Monsieur Croche."
Fact 13 - Date of Death: Claude
Debussy died March 25, 1918 in Paris
Fact 14 - His death was due to colon cancer
Fact 15 - Claude Debussy wrote songs, instrumental, piano,
vocal and choral works
Fact 16 - His music lives on and
the musical works of Debussy include the following:
Clair de lune
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
La Mer for orchestra
Nocturnes
Images
Jeux ballet
