Claude Debussy: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Achille-Claude Debussy
Born	August 22, 1862 • Saint-Germain-en-Laye • France
Died	March 25, 1918 (aged 55) • Paris • France
Awards And Honors	Prix de Rome
Notable Works	“Clair de lune” • “Nocturnes” • “Pelléas et Mélisande” • “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” • “Suite bergamasque” • “The Children’s Corner” • “Voiles”
Movement / Style	Impressionism

Debussy started receiving piano lessons at age 7.
Debussy revised the famous composer Chopin's work for Durand.
Debussy could not have a public funeral because Paris was being heavily bombed at the end of World War I.