Claude Debussy
<p ><b>Achille-Claude Debussy</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy#cite_note-1" >[1]</a></sup> (<small>French: </small><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_French" title="Help:IPA for French" >[aʃil klod dəbysi]</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy#cite_note-2" >[2]</a></sup> 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. Along with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Ravel" title="Maurice Ravel" >Maurice Ravel</a>, he was one of the most prominent figures associated with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionist_music" title="Impressionist music" class="mw-redirect" >Impressionist music</a>, though he himself disliked the term when applied to his compositions.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy#cite_note-3" >[3]</a></sup> In France, he was made Chevalier of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Honour" title="Legion of Honour" >Legion of Honour</a> in 1903.<sup id="cite_ref-Debussy.fr_4-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy#cite_note-Debussy.fr-4" >[4]</a></sup> Debussy was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and his use of non-traditional scales and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromaticism" title="Chromaticism" >chromaticism</a> influenced many composers who followed.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy#cite_note-5" >[5]</a></sup>
Debussy's music is noted for its sensory content and frequent eschewing of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonality" title="Tonality" >tonality</a>. The French literary style of his period was known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolism_(arts)" title="Symbolism (arts)" >Symbolism</a>, and this movement directly inspired Debussy both as a composer and as an active cultural participant.<sup id="cite_ref-Hartmann_6-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy#cite_note-Hartmann-6" >[6]</a></sup>
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