Debussy, Claude Achille
(1862–1918)> COMPOSER
Debussy, Claude Achille (22 August 1862, St.-Germain-en-Laye; 25 March 1918, Paris), composer, will always be remembered for providing the answer to Wagnerism in France with his impressionistic score for Pelléas et Mélisande . The young musician moved to Paris with his family after his father went bankrupt running a gift shop in Claude’s native city. In the capital, the youth attended classes at the Conservatoire between 1873 and 1884; Durand , César Franck , Guiraud , and Jules Massenet were…