Achille-Claude Debussy (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918) was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he is considered one of the most prominent figures working within the field of Impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions.^[1] Debussy is not only among the most important of all French composers; he was also a central figure in all European music at the turn of the twentieth century.   (More...)