Debussy

Examples

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• The students in both the band and poetry class explored the meaning of the word "reverie" and listened to Debussy's representation of this meaning through the composition.

  Academic text (2005)

• She still plays that little Debussy piece, do you remember?

  Atonement (2007)

• And I also used to listen to a lot of Debussy.

  'Round Midnight (1986)

• When I played the concert circuit I always opened with Debussy.

  Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)

• In Movements II and III, describe the programmatic elements that Debussy uses to represent the sea.

  Academic text (2007)

• Forms and colors, rocks and moodscapes blend seamlessly to the music of Debussy, Holst, and Sergei Rachmaninov.

  Academic text (1996)

• Julin Ocoa, beneath an evergreen tree, has picked up his violin and is playing: Debussy's Petite Suite.

  Academic text (2007)

• For a holiday concert, our high school band performed an arrangement of Claude Debussy's "Reverie."

• Soon enough she'd fallen in love with Debussy, whose delicacy spoke to her heart.

• When I played the concert circuit I always opened with Debussy.

Synonyms

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Debussy, Claude Achille

vsDebussy

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A famous French person who wrote music with dreamy, picture-like sounds

is considered the creator of Impressionist music rather than one among major influences

Surface Forms

Etymology