Claude Debussy

Question 1

When did he live

Answer 1

1862-1918

Question 2

Reason of death

Answer 2

Cancer

Question 3

Date of death

Answer 3

May 25th

Question 4

Parent’s careers

Answer 4

Father, China shop owner

Mother, seamstress

Question 5

Early achievements

Answer 5

Entered Paris conservatoire
Awarded gold and silver medals
Won prix de Rome for l’enfant prodigique

Question 6

Related terms

Answer 6

Impressionism 
Exoticism 
Antique symbols
Symphonic poem
Program symphony
Symbolism
Glissando

Question 7

Style and contributions

Answer 7

Invented Impressionism in music
Used pentatonic, whole tone and modal scales
Programmic elements
Drawn to mythological themes

Question 8

Name three works

Answer 8

Pelleas et mesilande
Clair de lune
Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune

Question 9

first wife?

Answer 9

Rosalie Texier, he later left her.

Question 10

When was he exposed to music from other cultures?

Answer 10

Paris World Exposition 1884

Question 11

2nd wife

Answer 11

Emma Bardac

Question 12

He died prior to the end of which war?

Answer 12

World War 1

Question 13

Daughter’s name?

Answer 13

Chou-Chou , Claude-Emma

Question 14

He lived a ___________

Answer 14

Private turbulent life

Question 15

Began piano at age __

Answer 15

7

Question 16

Interacted with…

Answer 16

Igor Stravinsky, Maurice Ravel, Ernest Chausson, Erik Satie, Gabriel Faure.

Question 17

Set whose poems to music?

Answer 17

Stephanie mallarme, Pierre louys, Paul Verlaine, Charles Baudelaire