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
beautiful far nasty people
People don't very much like things that are beautiful -- they are so far from their nasty little minds.
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.
worship christ united
The worship of Adonis is united with that of Christ .
gentleman firsts singers
First of all, ladies and gentlemen, you must forget that you are singers.
people deception oblivion
People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception?
art complication extremes
Extreme complication is contrary to art.
music space accents
Do not allow the accents in the brass to produce space between the notes.
love inspiring inspiration
Inspiration and ideas only come to me when I have not had a woman in a very long time... Ballads, polonaises, even a whole concerto may have been lost forever up your des durka, I can't tell you how many. I have been so deeply engulfed in my love for you I have hardly created anything.
space life-is space-between
Life is the space between our things.
space space-between notes
Music is in the space between the notes.
singing opera trouble
The trouble with the opera is there's always to much singing.
crowds circus dangerous
The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is always the hope that something dangerous will happen.
funny music piano
In opera, there is always too much singing.
religious yesterday feelings
If we look at the works of JS Bach ... on each page we discover things which we thought were born only yesterday, from delightful arabesques to an overflowing of religious feeling greater than anything we have since discovered.