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Debussy   /dɪbˈəsi/  /dɪbjˈusi/   Listen
Debussy

noun
1.
French composer who is said to have created Impressionism in music (1862-1918).  Synonyms: Claude Achille Debussy, Claude Debussey.





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"Debussy" Quotes from Famous Books



... factor? Folk-songs are not harmonized at all, and yet certain musicians, Cecil Sharp for example, devote their lives to collecting them, while others, like Percy Grainger, base their compositions on them. On the other hand such music as Debussy's Iberia depends for its very existence on its beautiful harmonies. The harmonies of Gluck are extremely simple, those ...
— The Merry-Go-Round • Carl Van Vechten


Words linked to "Debussy" :   Claude Debussey, composer


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