Debussy was among the most influential of all the 20th century’s composers. His lyrical gift, idiosyncratic harmonies ... defy convention’ could have been his credo – and to find inspiration in the ...
Includes extracts from Voiles by Claude Debussy, Beethoven's 5th Symphony ... In this short film Howard Goodall asks how French composers changed the direction of music in the 19th century.
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Available for over a year Donald Macleod looks at the development of Debussy's career against his personal life ...
On Sunday, French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet returned to Orchestra Hall with an invitation to wade in a single great work: Claude Debussy’s Préludes. Considering the Préludes a “work” is ...
Debussy Celebrating 150 years since Debussy’s birth, the Proms displays the breadth of the composer’s work, beginning at the grand end of the spectrum with a performance of his only completed ...
There remains a divide among aficionados of French music between those ... up by contributing to a fund to support Debussy’s deserted wife. After the deaths of Debussy in 1918, Saint-Saëns in 1921, ...