1、Celebrity IntroductionMade by CelineJoanneVideoClaude-Achille Debussy Do you know this picture？This is an impressionist painting,and Debussy was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music.Biography Early life and studies Private life DeathEarly life and studies
2、 Claude Debussy was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye,France,22 August 1862,the eldest of five children.Debussy began piano lessons there at the age of seven years with an Italian violinist in his early forties named Cerutti.In 1871 he drew the attention of Marie Maut de Fleurville,who claimed to have b
3、een a pupil of Frdric Chopin.in 1872,when he was ten,Debussy entered the Paris Conservatoire,where he spent eleven years.Private life Debussys private life was often turbulent（狂乱的，骚乱的）.At the age of 18 he began an eight-year affair with Blanche Vasnier,wife of a Parisian lawyer.The relationship even
4、tually faltered following his winning of the Prix de Rome and obligatory residence in Rome.Death Debussy died of rectal cancer in Paris on 25 March 1918.He had been diagnosed with the cancer and after then he experienced many operations.The operation achieved only a temporary respite（缓解）,and occasio
5、ned him considerable frustration.His death occurred in the midst of the aerial and artillery bombardment of Paris during the German Spring Offensive of World War I.The funeral procession made its way through deserted streets to Pre Lachaise Cemetery as the German guns bombarded the city.The military
6、 situation in France was critical,and did not permit the honour of a public funeral with ceremonious graveside orations.Debussys body was reinterred（改葬）shortly afterwards in the small Passy Cemetery sequestered behind the Trocadro（特罗卡德洛）.His wife and daughter are buried with him.About his music管弦乐牧神
7、午后前奏曲(Prelude a lapres-midi dun faune)（1894年）夜曲(Nocturnes)（1899年）大海(La Mer)（1905年）意象(Images)（1912年）竖笛与管弦乐的狂想曲(premiere rapsodie pour orchestre avec clarinette principale)（1910年）舞台作品佩利亚斯与梅丽桑德（歌剧，1902年）圣塞巴斯蒂安之殉难（神剧，1911年）室内乐弦乐四重奏（1893年）大提琴奏鸣曲（1915年）长笛、中提琴和竖琴奏鸣曲（1915年）小提琴奏鸣曲（1916年-1917年）钢琴曲两首阿拉贝斯克（另译：华
8、丽曲）（1888年1891年）梦（1890年）贝加马斯克组曲（1890年）版画（1903年）快乐岛（1904年）映像 第1集（1905年）映像 第2集（1907年）儿童天地（1906年1908年）合唱浪子（1884年）中选的小姐（1888年）Lets go into Debussys worldInfluence on later composers Claude Debussy is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the 20th century.His harmonies,considered radical in his day,were influential to almost every major composer of the 20th century.
