CLAUDE DEBUSSY French composer (1862-1918). Claude Debussy free midi downloads.

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
22^ndAusgust 1862 --- 26^thMarch 1918

Claude Debussy (1862-1918), French composer, born, St Germain-en-Laye, studied at Paris Conservatoire from age of 11
under Lavignac, Marmontel and Guiraud. Under the tuition of Massenet, he won the Grand Prix de Rome with his cantata
L'Enfant prodigue in 1884. During the obligatory years of study in Rome he tried to forget the cramping influence of the
old formulas and to strike out new laws more adapted to his intuition.

One result was Printemps, an orchestral suite sent from Rome to the Institute, which appears to have shocked that body
by its harmonic iconoclasm. He revitalized most forms of musical art, whether symphonic, dramatic, pianoforte or lyrical
by sheer technical skill combined with elusive originality, and an adroit use of overtones and of unusual chords. He came
to some extent under the influence of Erik Satie, but had a much stronger creative force, and he added much of his own
to the harmonic innovations of Chabrier and Faure. He was not an innovator by mere caprice. He appreciated that the
oneness of all art, and he saw that music must develop along lines parallel to those along which poetry or painting
develop. His next productions Ariettes oubliees, Cine Poemes d Baudelaire and Suite bergamasque shows the breakaway
from romanticism towards the direct interpretation of feeling.

He composed his celebrated Prelude a I'apres-midi d'un faune under the inspiration of Mallarme's poem, was a work as
original as the Symphonie fantastique of Berlioz and baffling by the apparent simplicity with which it succeeds in
reflecting the feelings, now ardent, now sensuous, now profound, which it is intended to express. His next masterpieces
were Chansons de Billets for voice and piano, 1897, and Nocturnes for orchestra, 1899, all impressionist works, and in
1902 his one opera, Pelisse et Melisande, which frankly discards not only the old reputedly obsolete forms, but also the
lyrical dramatic form of Wagner. It is regarded by some critics as exhibiting a perfect balance between poetry and music.

The only other works for the theatre he finished were the incidental music for d'An-nunzio's Martyre de Saint Sebastien
and a ballet Jeux, composed for Diaghilev. Among his finest mature piano music are Estampes, 1903, 2 sets of Images
1905-7, and 2 books of Preludes, 1910-13, and the greatest orchestral work is La Mer, 1903-5. He wrote many song
settings of the finest French poetry. An early string Quartet, 1893, long remained his only chamber music, but in his last
years, much troubled by a fatal illness, he began as set of sonatas for various instruments. which only 3 were completed.
Last Updated on September 2025
By Steven Ritchie

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(3917)"Arabesque". Sequenced by Steven Ritchie.

NEW (4786)"Jimbo Lullaby from Children's Corner". Sequencer by Unknown.

NEW (4785)"Srrenade for the Doll from Children's Corner". Sequencer by Unknown.

(4459)"The Little Shepard". Sequencer by Unknown.

(4458)"The Snow is Dancing". Sequencer by Unknown.

(4457)"Suite Bergamasqu Passe Pied". Sequencer by Unknown.

Thanks to Katsuhiro Oguri for the following music below.
(3923)"Preludes, No.10, La Cathedrale Engloutie". Sequenced by Katsuhiro Oguri.

(394)"Masque". Sequenced by Katsuhiro Oguri.

Thanks to David Lovell for the following music below.
New (3922)"La Plus Que Lente". Sequenced by David Lovell.

Thanks to David Siu for the following music below.
(3921)"Nocturnes, No.2, Fetes". Sequenced by David Siu.

(71)"Nocturnes Nuges". Sequenced by David Siu.

Thanks to Robert Finley for the following music below.
New (3920)"Ballad". Sequenced by Robert Finley.

Thanks to George Pollen for the following music below.
(695)"Clair de Lune". Sequenced by George Pollen.

Thanks to Reinhand Czwiertnia for the following music below.
(318)"Four Ballet Suite". Sequenced by Reinhand Czwiertnia.

Thanks to Peter R Wolfe for the following music below.
(320)"Six Pigaphes Antquies". Sequenced by Peter R Wolfe.

Thanks to George Silvis for the following music below.
(321)"Quant j'ia ouy le ta bourin". Sequenced by George Silvis.
(323)"Hiver vous n'etes qu' un vilain". Sequenced by George Silvis.

Thanks to L.Mondanare for the following music below.
(395)"Mouvement from Imafesl". Sequenced by L.Mondanare.

Thanks to Richard Eaton for the following music below.
(423)"Reverie for Clarinet or Cello solo". Sequenced by Richard Eaton.

(912)"Beau Soir,(Info by Allen Gary & Edward Gold)". Sequencer unknown.

(12)"Reverie". Sequencer unknown.

(209)"Children Corner, Dr Gradus ad Parnassum". Sequencer unknown.

(94)"Deux Arabesques, No.1". Sequencer unknown.

(94a)"Deux Arabesques, No.2". Sequencer unknown.

(102)"Menuet Mov.3 from the suite Petite". Sequencer unknown.

(118)"Sarabande No.2 from Pour la Piano". Sequencer unknown.

(198)"String Quartet in G Minor". Sequencer unknown.

(303)"Piano Trio in G, No.2". Sequencer unknown.

(304)"Piano Trio in G, No.3". Sequencer unknown.

(305)"Piano Trio in G, No.4". Sequencer unknown.

(319)"Three Menuet Petite Suite". Sequencer unknown.

(322)"Cortege Petite Suite". Sequencer unknown.

(324)"Children's Corner". Sequencer unknown.

(393)"Golliwog's Cake Walk". Sequencer unknown.

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