Debussy Archive

Following the model of Bach and his 24 Preludes and Fugues from 1722, Debussy also wrote his own set of Préludes for the piano. Debussy began Book 1 in December 1909, finishing it 2 months …

It is often said that the era of modern music began with a single work in 1894: Claude Debussy’s Prélude à L’Après-Midi D’Un Faune for orchestra. Based on Mallarmé’s poem, Debussy considered the Prélude to be evocative …

French composer Claude Debussy was too sick to be called up for military service when World War I broke out in 1914. His private battle with cancer on top of his nation’s battle with Germany …

Simone Dinnerstein was born on September 18, 1972; she is an American classical pianist who is noted for her self-financed recording of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations, released in 2007. She studied in the pre-college …

Michael Collins is one of the most complete musicians of his generation. Continuing his distinguished career as a soloist, he has in recent years also become highly regarded as a conductor and in 2010 took …