WHO WAS CLAUDE DEBUSSY?
Debussy was born in France in 1862 and died in Paris in 1918. He wrote for many different combinations of instruments. One interesting work is a sonata for flute viola and harp. Debussy wrote music straight through to his death. His first major orchestral work, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn, was written when he was only 20 years old. He entered the Paris conservatory at age eleven as a piano performer, but exited as a composer. Debussy was born in a bourgeois family. His father owned a china shop and was also working as a travelling salesman, a printer’s assistant, and a clerk. His mother was a seamstress. Debussy went to the Conservatory in Paris, where he studied for ten years, from 1872 to 1884. Starting from the year 1907 Debussy took several trips to England, Belgium, Holland, Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Russia to play the piano and conduct his works. His success in England brought him international fame and he was appointed a member of the advisory board of the Paris Conser
