Nom:

 

Hi, my name is Claude Debussy, and I am a famous French composer.

Bonjour, je m'appele Claude Debussy, et Je suis un celebre compositeur Francais.

 

 

Look! It is me!

 

 

 

 

Pays/Ville:

 

Paris, France

 

Details Personnels: 

 

     This is where you write an intro, a blurb about yourself, things you are proud of, or something to grab your readers' attention. 

 

One of my Songs:

          

 

Date de Naissance:

 

I was born, 22 of August, 1862. I was born in St. Germain-en-Laye.

 

Date de Mort:

 

I died of cancer on the 25th of March, 1918. I was 55.

 

Sexe:

 

I am, as far as the doctors and I can tell, a male.

 

Situation de Famille:

 

First, when I was a teenager, I had a nine year affair with Gabrielle Dupont, this was in 1889. Then I was involved with the singer, Therese Roger. After that, I married Lilly Texierin 1899. I left Lilly for Emma after five years. I married Emma in 1908, and stayed with her until I died.

 

Enfants:

 

I had one child, that was with Emma Bardac. My child was Claude-Emma ("Chou-Chou"). She diedthe 25th, of October, 1919.

 

En Cherchant:

I had four relationships, two of which were marrages.

 

Metier:

I am a Famous French Composer. I wrote many works, some of which are still in use today, some are even in movies. Like "Claire De Lune," which was in Twilight.

 

Interets/Loisirs:

 

• writing music (seeing as though I am a composer)

 

 Accomplissements:

 

• Many famous works of mine are: Nocturnes (1899), La Mer (1905),  Iberia (1908), Suite Bergamasque (1905) (contains his most celebrated single piece, Clair de lune), The Children's Corner (1908), twenty-four preludes, and twelve etudes. Pelleas and Melisande (1892-1902), Jeux (1912) and Khamma (1912).
• Grand Prix de Rome, for cantata L'Enfant prodigue, 1884.

 

Education:

 

• Paris Conservatory, 1872-80.
• Studied with Madame de Fleurville, a student of Chopin;
• Studied piano with Marmontel, solfeggio with Lavignac
• Harmony with Emile Durand at the Paris Conservatory, 1872-1880;
• Became the family piano teacher to Madame Nadezhda von Meck, Tchaikovsky's patron
• Travelled to Switzerland, Italy, and Russia with her family, 1880-82
• In Moscow, became acquainted with the music of Borodin and Mussorgsky;

  

Musique Preferee:

Classical 

 

 

 Mon Influence sur la Culture Francaise:

    

 

    I believe that I influenced French culture in a few ways. One was that I spent much of my life learning with many teachers. In that way, I took knowledge from several people and combined it into my music. I took many cultures and put them together into a peice of art that can be read by anyone from any country, that speaks any language.

     I also influenced French culture because I made music, something that speaks to many people, of many nations. Every composer has a different style of writing music, and in so doing, adds something to the culture of their country. I wrote many classical peices, many of which are still used today. So, I had a big influence, and apperently, a lasting influence also.

     So, I influenced French Culture by writing many peices of music that are still used today. I wrote in a language that is the easiest to understand, and so, by using this language, I helped people from different countries express themselves. Also, I told the world of me, and showed the world who taught me, because I put the knowledge of not only muself into the music, but also my teachers because they taught me throughout my life. That is how I influenced French Culture.

 

 

 Resources:

 

"Contemporary Authors Online", Gale, 2009. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC

 

"(Achille-) Claude Debussy." International Dictionary of Opera. 2 vols. St. James Press, 1993.

Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC