Regarded as one of the quintessential composers of the 20th century, French composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918) created a brilliant musical style all his own, although, the art and literature of ...

Claude Debussy died a century ago, but his music has not grown old. Bound only lightly to the past, it floats in time. ... Michelangeli’s recording of “Images,” made in 1971, ...

Claude Debussy had strong links with the visual arts and the literature of his time. His music is unmistakably French, and 150 years after his birthday, sounds as refined and exquisite as ever.

In "Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut," from his second set of Images (1907), Debussy briefly imitates the sound of the Javanese gamelan orchestra, which he heard at the 1889 and 1900 Paris ...

In 1889, Achille-Claude Debussy, ... His images do not contain hidden truths, but are, in his own word, “naked.” His music enchants like the sea or the light of the moon.

Debussy’s study was an extremely simple room, containing one or two good pictures and those jade animals and pieces of Chinese pottery that were, apparently, his one personal extravagance, and ...

Complete Information About Debussy's Images in Dayton at Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center. The unique Classical Connections format features musical examples and explanation by ...

This piece was a big turning point in music. Debussy stretched the traditional system of keys and tonalities to their limits. Leonard Bernstein, Boulez and many more great musicians have been inspired ...

This week On Stage At Curtis features two pieces from 20th Century composers, Eugène Ysaÿe from Belgian and Claude Debussy from France. Pianist Ying Li performed Debussy’s Images, Première série and ...

Claude Debussy is often casually described as an "impressionist" composer. But, as conductor David Robertson reminded us in this all-Debussy concert, the term was born in the visual arts. Does ...