Debussy

[ deb-yoo-see, dey-byoo-, duh-byoo-see; French duh-by-see ]

noun

1. Claude A·chille [klawd , uh, -, sheel, klohd , a, -, sheel], 1862–1918, French composer.

Debussy

/ ˈdeɪbjuːsɪ; dəˈbjuːsɪ; dəbysi /

noun

1. Debussy(Achille) Claude18621918MFrenchMUSIC: composerWRITING: critic ( Achille ) Claude (klod). 1862–1918, French composer and critic, the creator of impressionism in music and a profound influence on contemporary composition. His works include Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894) and La Mer (1905) for orchestra, the opera Pelléas et Mélisande (1902), and many piano pieces and song settings

Other Words From

• De·bus·sy·an [dih-, byoo, -see-, uh, n], adjective

Example Sentences

Debussy is a man of unhampered and clairvoyant imagination, a dreamer with a far-wandering vision.

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I am quite aware that such praise of Debussy's lyric-drama as is spoken here will seem to many preposterous, or at best excessive.

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From this she suddenly turned to Debussy—she played a most difficult thing of his—I can't remember its name—then she stopped.

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Inez interrupted one of these communions, when Helen supposed herself alone with Debussy.

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The Debussy opera, wonderful as it is, does not begin to make the vocal demands that such a work as Trovatore does.

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