Saturday 25 February 2012
Claude Debussy is a French musician and one of
my personal favorites. He was born in August 22nd, in the year of 1862 and died
in March 25th of 1918, consumed by cancer and by the effects of the first world war that he would never see come to an end.
Debussy is known by his innovative music which
is defined in the words of Cocteau as vague and made to listen with the head
resting on both hands.
Claude Debussy, was very criticized back in his days, his music was too literal for some, mainly because of the connection with symbolic poetry and impressionist art. Debussy walked away from the classical harmony and gave more importance to isolated strains, the sounds, the pauses and the contrast between the records???. His magic was in the freedom of the melody and the result was a new and weird sonority that took some time to be accepted.
Claude Debussy, was very criticized back in his days, his music was too literal for some, mainly because of the connection with symbolic poetry and impressionist art. Debussy walked away from the classical harmony and gave more importance to isolated strains, the sounds, the pauses and the contrast between the records???. His magic was in the freedom of the melody and the result was a new and weird sonority that took some time to be accepted.
His work is very versatile and it is really
hard to define because of the many different types of music he wrote. I guess we can recognize Debussy’s works by the strange and melancholic sound that breaks into
our souls and minds.
I leave
you with some of my favorite songs written by this amazing artist!
Claude Debussy - Revêrie
Claude Debussy - Beau Soir
(In the movie you can also read the poem "Before Wars" by Spadecaller.)
Hope you enjoy it!
Inês Ribas Dias
