Debussy

American  

[deb-yoo-see, dey-byoo-, duh-byoo-see, duh-by-see] / ˌdɛb yʊˈsi, ˌdeɪ byʊ-, dəˈbyu si, də büˈsi /

noun

1. Claude Achille 1862–1918, French composer.

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Debussy British  

/ ˈdeɪbjuːsɪ, dəˈbjuːsɪ, dəbysi /

noun

1. ( 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

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Other Word Forms

• Debussyan adjective

Example Sentences

Puccini died in 1924 before finishing “Turandot,” which represented a new direction for the composer, away from melodrama and, instead, embraced a new air in music, be it from Mahler, Debussy, Schoenberg or Stravinsky.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024

He never did, but his late recordings of Debussy and Beethoven have their moments of the quiet, slow-moving, time-stopping quality of Feldman’s late piano scores.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024

His family was replete with amateur artists and musicians, including his mother, who played the music of Debussy and other impressionist composers on the piano.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2023

He writes his deepest thoughts to me On Swift, Vermeer and Debussy.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023

The invigorating newness of Mussorgsky, whose art, thought Debussy, was 'free from artifice and arid formulae’, was but one of the extraordinarily fruitful imports to the Exposition Universelle.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall