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Jalon

Composer Research Assignment

Music In Our Lives I

Number: 11  Jalon Jones 11/26/12

 

 

  1. Name of Composer Claude Debussy

  2. Date of Birth August 22, 1862- Date of Death March 25, 1918

  3. Place of Birth Saint-Germain-en-Laye Place of Death Paris

  4. What time period is your composer from? Describe this musical period.

        Romantic Period

 


  1. What was this composer’s childhood like? Talk about his family and if they affected his/her decision to become a composer.

        Claude Debussy was the eldest of five children. His father, Manuel-Achille Debussy, owned a shop where he sold china and crockery; his mother, Victorine Manoury Debussy, was a seamstress. The family moved to Paris in 1867, but in 1870 Debussy's pregnant mother sought refuge from the Franco-Prussian war with a paternal aunt of Claude's in cannes. Debussy began piano lessons there at the age of seven years with an Italian violinist in

 

 

 

  1. How old was your composer when he/she started to compose?

          Claude Debussy was seven years old when he first started to compose.

  1. Who were his/her teachers/mentors? Say a little about these people and their influence on his/her work.

  

   8.  What composers influenced his/her work?

____Borodin and Mussorgsky

  1. List 3 things that you find interesting about this person’s life and musical accomplishments!

  2. three nocturnes

  3. jeux

  4. one of the leading composesres of impressionistsic music 

 

 

 

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  2. Why is this composer considered famous? (Give some reasons

   In 1884 Debussy won the Prix de Rome, a competition for composers, for his cantata called The Prodigal Son. A cantata is a poem set to musicChoose 2 pieces of music that your composer wrote.

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  2. Describe the musical elements of each piece (Instruments/voices, style, melody, rhythm, tempo, dynamics, harmony, form, etc.) This will take some research! Compare your findings to the recordings and be able to illustrate/explain/point out these in your presentation. Be able to cite examples of how the composition demonstrates elements of a particular style period. ( Music must be played for the presentation no exceptions! You may load it on the presentation in mp3, mov, flv, as long as it will play on a computer. You may also use your phone, ipod, itouch, ipad, etc. (no phone if you have lost that privilege in my class)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66hX8Ms0FwE&feature=player_detailpageo

 

 

u'd swear that he wrote the music at the beachday long.

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  3. What did you enjoy the most in these two pieces?the songs made me feel happy

  4. Was there a reason/inspiration for these works?no

  1. What are the major points in your composer’s career?In 1884 Debussy won the Prix de Rome, a competition for composers

  2. Tell about the composer’s personal life. Marriage, children, etc. He married Rosalie Texier in 1899 but left her five years later for wealthy Emma Bardac who he later married he had one daughter emma archille debussy

  3. What instruments did your composer play? Write for? How did he/she learn them?

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  1. Names of other important figures with which the composer is associated (poets, artists, arrangers, performers, the person who catalogued the composer’s works, etc)