2. A French composer
Impressionist music
The works are marked with sensory
component and frequent eschewing
of tonality
The works reflected the activities or
turbulence in his own life
3. CAREER
He began piano lessons at the age of 7
Entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of
10
Debussy accompanied the wealthy
patroness of Pyotr Ilyich
Tchaikovsky, Nadezhda von Meck
French Academy in Rome (1885-1887)
4. WORKS
Symphonic ode
Cantata
Orchestral piece
Sonata
Music for piano
Opera projects
9. "I am trying to do 'something different'—an
effect of reality ... what the imbeciles call
'impressionism', a term which is as poorly
used as possible, particularly by the critics,
since they do not hesitate to apply it to
[J.M.W.] Turner, the finest creator of
mysterious effects in all the world of art."
