/Claude Debussy

(August 22,1862-March 25,1918)

By Destiny Sharp and Nate Richardson

Facts

He was born St.Germain-en-Laye in 1862

He began piano lessons when he was seven

His parents owned a shop in China ,but his parents lost it when he was three

He was married twice

Musical Works

He used Parallel Chords which are in essance not Harmonies

Used Whole-Tone and Pentatonic Scale

Unprepared Modulations with any Harmonic Bridges

Songs He Wrote

He wrote MazurkaHe also wrote CLAIR DE LUNE

EN BATEAUCHILDRENS CORNER SUITE

Death

Died of cancer March 25, 1918He died in Paris in the middle of WW1

During a heavy bombardment of German shells• His death went unnoticed by the papers

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