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Claude Debussy
 
Date of birth: 22 August 1862
Date of death: 25 March 1918
Country Of Origin: France
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Composer

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    Achille-Claude Debussy (International Phonetic Alphabet ) (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918) was a France composer. He worked within the style commonly referred to as impressionist music, a term which he dismissed. Debussy was not only one of the most important French composers but was also one of the most important figures in music at the turn of the last century; his music represents the transition from late-romantic music to 20th century Modernism (music). .... (More...)
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" A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn. "

Claude Debussy
" Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory. "

Claude Debussy
" Art is the most beautiful of all lies. "

Claude Debussy
" Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part. "

Claude Debussy
" Extreme complication is contrary to art. "

Claude Debussy
" First of all, ladies and gentlemen, you must forget that you are singers. "

Claude Debussy
" How much has to be explored and discarded before reaching the naked flesh of feeling. "

Claude Debussy
" I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it. "

Claude Debussy
" I wish to sing of my interior visions with the naive candour of a child. "

Claude Debussy
" In opera, there is always too much singing. "

Claude Debussy
" It is our duty to find the symphonic formula which fits our time, one which progress, daring and modern victory demand? "

Claude Debussy
" Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light. "

Claude Debussy
" Music is the _expression of the movement of the waters, the play of curves described by changing breezes. "

Claude Debussy
" Music is the silence between the notes. "

Claude Debussy
" People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception? "

Claude Debussy
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