Claude Debussy - Life and Contributions to Music

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Claude Debussy
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY1
Claude Debussy is known among the readers to be one of the most famous and well-
known composers and musicians of the Impressionist era itself. He was known to reject the
term composer although he was known to be one of the most influential composers of the late
19th and the early 20th century itself. This essay will be discussing about the life and the
carrier of Claude Debussy himself. It will also try to find out the contributions Debussy made
to the field of music itself.
The purpose of this essay is to describe the life and the contributions made by
Claude Debussy himself
Claude Debussy did not seem to have an easy childhood himself because of the fact
that his father was a travelling salesman and his mother was a seamstress. In addition to this,
family problems were another reason for the musician facing a difficult childhood itself.
After getting married, he was said to have become a music critic of a musical journal called
La Revue Blanche itself. It was during this time that Debussy had started to involve himself
more and more in to the field of music itself. He started his career by writing exciting music
for the purpose of orchestra himself (Howat:222).
It must be noted that Debussy was becoming very popular during this time period as
his musical compositions were becoming very famous and he was attracting a large number
of audiences from the musical events which he was attending himself. In this regard, it is
worth noting that there have been several styles which have made Debussy famous for all
time itself. His piano music is said to have a lot varieties in itself (Howat:222). Debussy was
known to be a person who wrote wonderfully for the music itself. Thus, it can be said that he
had made the right kind of music for any rhythm which he was provided with. One common
feature of the music which he was known to use was the melodies and the harmonies which
was used by him to create a powerful dream like sequence for his listeners (Debussy:2013).