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Claude Debussy Quotes

French classical composer (1862–1918)

Achille-Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer, prominent in the style commonly referred to as Impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term.

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Alternative Names: Debussy • Claude Achille Debussy • Achille Claude Debussy • C. Debussy • Claude-Achille Debussy • Achille-Claude • A. Cl. Debussy • Achille-Claude Debussy

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Similar: John Cage 55.6% Dmitri Shostakovich 53.2% Ludwig van Beethoven 52.9% Igor Stravinsky 51.9% Morton Feldman 50.9% Andrew Sega 49.6% Richard Strauss 49.0% Jean Cocteau 49.0% Franz Liszt 48.7% Paul Gauguin 48.7%
La musique doit humblement chercher à faire plaisir, l'extrême complication est le contraire de l'art

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