1) Claude Debussy was a French composer born in 1862 who helped develop impressionist music. 2) He started taking piano lessons at age 7 and showed great talent, entering the Paris Conservatory at age 11 where he studied for 11 years. 3) Some of his most important pieces include "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" from 1894 and the opera "Pelleas et Melisande" from 1902.

1. Claude Debussy
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2. Claude
He was born the 22° of August 1862 in Saint-
Germain-en-Laye (France). He was a music
composer, and most of his operas were
classical genre. He composed from 1884 to
1916 and he died on the 25ft of March 1918,
when he was 55 years old.

3. Claude
Along with Maurice Ravel, he became one of
the most important and prestigious figures in
imperssionist music. Debussy used to use non
traditional scales, so his followers and his
opponents were very influenced by this and
took some time to understand what he was
really trying to do. During 1867 his family
moved to Paris.

4. Claude
When he was 7, he started to take piano
lessons and after two years his talent started
to come out. Debussy decided he wanted to
compose for the rest of his life, so at 11 years
old he got in the conservatory and he stayed
there for 11 years, with the best french
teachers. Understanding his talent he didn’t
want to learn things how they were, he
wanted to do something new: innovate.

5. Claude

6. Claude

7. Most important pieces
- Prelude the afternoon 1894 (For orchestra, it
lasts aproximately 10 minutes and was first
inaugurated in Paris in 1894)
- Paellas et Melisande (Five acts opera
premiered in 1902 in Paris. This composition
was written by Debussy and Maurice
Maeterlinck)

8. Most important pieces

9. Most important pieces
A claire de la lune
(Probably the most famous one) was composed
between 1890 and 1905 and was released with
the piano suite “suite bergamsque” with three
other songs. The name of the track means
“moonlight”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvFH_6DN
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10. Analysis of the piece
This piece is the third track of the suite, and the
most famous one. It is composed by a piano solo,
and it´s one of those rare tracks that being classical,
goes into the world of pop music. The piece opens
with a shimmering melody, in the key of D-flat
major, which grows louder through the piece. An
octave passage in rubato tempo leads into the
central episode. Soon the track starts to go a little
faster and shifts to a new melody guided by an E
major. Then a brief coda closes the track.