One hundred and fifty years after his birth in the Paris suburb of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Claude Debussy remains one of the most significant composers in the history of Western music. An innately creative individual who was contemptuous of the academicism of such institutions as the Paris Conservatoire and the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Debussy epitomized modernism’s commitment to innovation. … Continue reading Claude Debussy