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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
REWARD CARD.
TEINTURERIE ROGIER
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Birthplace
COIFF
T. PRESSER CO., Phila.
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Born August 22, 1862.
Claude Debussy
Died March 26, 1918.
NCE in a while one is born with a natural sus-
ceptibility to bells and their overtones; hence,
many of the harmonic combinations of Debussy, not
agreeable to all, but even now considered old-fashioned
by some of the "moderns." Many find an allure,
however, in this fascinating atmospheric coloring.
When, in 1873, Debussy entered the Paris Conserva-
toire as a piano student, he proved eccentric; as
Marmontel (his teacher) remarked to Lavignac, "That
little rascal; he doesn't care much for the piano, but
how he loves music!" In 1880, however, after a severe
test, he took the first prize for accompanying.
During his study with his American-born teacher,
Guiraud, and after winning the Prix de Rome (1884),
he began writing songs; in 1888 he produced the Ara-
besques for piano. These are still played. His chief
popularity nowadays seems to rest upon his famous
Clair de lune, heard so frequently; published in 1890, this
piece was slow in starting. Of his less serious numbers
Golliwogg's Cake-Walk, from the "Children's Corner",
has had great success; and, of his later period, Reflec-
tions on the Water and Submerged Cathedral have
attained wide use. Girl with the Flaxen Hair is likewise
proving popular. The Nocturnes and Afternoon of a
Faun are heard frequently.
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