Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussywas 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...
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth22 August 1862
imbeciles impressionists
Anyone who calls my music "impressionist" is an imbecile.
beauty music art
Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light.
precedent century aeroplanes
The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew.
beautiful people mind
People don't very much like things that are beautiful.. they are so far from their nasty little minds.
sunset sunrise musical
There is nothing more musical than a sunset.
airplane century
The century of airplanes has a right to its own music.
dance silence steps
Peter Townsend Music is the silence between the notes.. So could it be said that dance is the stillness between the steps?
singing opera trouble
The trouble with the opera is there's always to much singing.
space space-between notes
Music is in the space between the notes.
space life-is space-between
Life is the space between our things.
names saint forget
I have a horror of sentimentality, and I cannot forget that its name is Saint-Saëns.
worship christ united
The worship of Adonis is united with that of Christ .
music space accents
Do not allow the accents in the brass to produce space between the notes.
airplane victory progress
Is it not our duty to find the symphonic formula which fits our time, one which progress, daring and modern victory demand? The century of airplanes has a right to its own music.