Daisy Wakeeld Level 3 BTEC 27 May 2015

Special Subject Proposal The life and work of Claude Debussy

For my special subject, i will invesIgate the life and work of french

composer Claude Debussy. I was rst introduced to Debussy while studying a

level music, hearing as well and seeing on the score, the passion he had for

such a beauIful subject.

While carrying out this task, i would like to nd out some things in

parIcular. i want to nd out how or why Debussy fell into music and why he

became a composer. Who had inuenced him and who he inuenced. If he

composed music for specic reasons and if there was anything in his life that

led him to compose specic pieces of music. What impact his work had on 20th

century music. His most famous pieces of music and his legacy.

The sources i will use to carry out this task will include the internet which

will include general web searches and potenIal video clips from youtube,

books, documentaries, Library, obtaining informaIon from my singing teacher

and music theory teacher and if they recommend any specic things for me go

to and look at/for or people to contact. I will also evaluate these sources in

terms of validity and reliability.

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i will present my ndings via a dedicated Tumblr page which will include all

my research in which ever form it is such as video clips, websites, book

references, potenIal emails and recordings. i will also create a typed document

in the form of a report which will look at Debussys life and work and hopefully

answer my quesIons.

The deadline for this task is Monday 29th of June 2015, leaving me with

from the start of term, 20 college days to complete this invesIgaIon. For the

rst week and second week, i will gather informaIon from an array of sources

suggested above. I esImate that once i have gathered enough reliable

informaIon it will be towards the end of the second week or the beginning of

the third which is here i will start to type up my nding appropriately. i judge

this will take me into the fourth week where i aim to have my rst draV

completed with 3 or 4 days before the due date where i have the opportunity

to nd other sources of informaIon and go back and edit my rst draV unIl i

am happy with my work and add my report to the dedicated Tumblr page

where all my sources of informaIon will be.

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