Research Paper On Claude Debussy

Pierre de la Rue was the head composer at the court of Burgundy which where a group of composers during the golden age of Franco-Flemish polyphony. “He makes the third stage of the three-step advance the musical form lead by his generation, following upon the work of Obrecht and then Josquin”(Todd M. McComb, September 09,2017). Most people say that he could possibly have been the oldest of the three by just a few years. “While La Rue did not achieve the subsequent fame of Josquin, it was he who perfected the formal innovations of the era, reinjecting them with a refined and subtle sense of variety”(Todd M. McComb, September 09,2017). He was the most influential composer of his generation but the downfall was that he did now work in Italy.

Known as the founder of the Renaissance, Leonardo De Vinci was an astonishing man. Born on April 15th, 1452, he later died in 1519. Leonardo left behind beautiful art, wonderful ideas and eccentric concepts of science and nature. His art focused on realizing contrast, he focused on the understanding of where peace resides, so does destruction. He introduced many ideas to art that were new for his time, for example, his technique of smoky backgrounds brought life to his paintings. By the age of twenty, he was a master artist. As he included mathematics to his art, he precisely incorporated his beliefs about nature. His most known pieces include The Last Supper and The Mona Lisa. Leonardo De Vinci is considered to be one of the greatest artists and naturalists to ever live.

Eugene Debs has an outstanding history. He takes the things he believes in and goes after them head first. He began his career as a Labor organizer. He led the Pullman strike when the Pullman company decided to lay off workers and lower wadges. This resulted in his being sentenced to 6 months in jail. this shows he's not afraid to stand up for what he believes in despite the consequences.

Achille-Claude Debussy (known as Claude Debussy) was born in 1862 to Manuel-Achille and Victorine Debussy. He lived a difficult life as a child and seemed to travel often. It is known that he did not grow up in the best circumstances, and Edward Lockspeiser writes that:

Coming into this Art Appreciation class, I knew very little about who Vincent Van Gogh was as an artist, and as a person. I feel I’ve learned a great deal about him after just a few short classes, especially after listening to the heartfelt song written to him by Don Mclean, titled Vincent. I now realize that the struggles Vincent experienced from his mental disorders were communicated through his many paintings, and there’s much more to the artwork than the painting itself, of which I already find very impressive. I think Don Mclean does a phenomenal job at capturing these feelings in his song. Even though I’m already a fan of his music, Vincent really moved me on more of an emotional level.

We have seen his works and have marveled at their beauty but the man behind the paintings was just as complex as the brush strokes he used. Vincent Van Gogh lived a life of tragedy, beauty and loneliness. Vincent Van Gogh was a man who craved love and after a few complex relationships he caved and cut his ear off and gave to a brothel prostitute named Rachel, for safe keeping. Van Gogh was made famous well after his death for such works as “Starry Night”, which he painted while being admitted into a mental asylum. Before his death Van Gogh attempted to take his own life, failing he spent his last days with his brother. After his death, his sister-in-law discovered over two thousand works which now can be seen all over the world. Many of his

Vincent Van Gogh is one of the world's best known post impressionist artists. He did not have money to pay for models so he painted his own portrait in hopes of developing his skills as an artist.

When one thinks of impressionistic composers, it is only natural for Claude Debussy to be part of the subject. However, it is rare that impressionism and classical form are mentioned within the same breath. For that reason, it is necessary to remind oneself that the free-flowing music of the contemporary only exists by standing on the shoulders of the rigidly methodical music that came before it. Claude Debussy’s First Violin Sonata exemplifies this beautifully. Though the harmonic language is that of parallelisms and unstable key centers, motivically, the piece is balanced around the same Sonata Principal that governed Debussy’s forefathers, going back to Beethoven and Haydn.

Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch painter, he was a post-impressionist whose work is remarkable for its beauty, color, and emotion. He suffered from epilepsy, bipolar disorder, sunstroke, acute intermittent porphyria, lead poisoning and Meniere’s disease. Van Gogh was also fond of absinthe (Highly alcoholic beverage) that would later worsen his mental illness. Plagued with mental illnesses Van Gogh committed suicide on 1890. Theo his younger brother was his support economically and emotionally.

Frédéric François Chopin, also known as Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, was the Polish composer and pianist of the Romantic era. He was born on March 1st, 1810 at Żelazowa Wola, a village in east-central Poland. However, in his baptismal certificate, his birthday was recorded as February 22nd. His father, Mikolaj Chopin was a Frenchman from Lorraine. When he first came to Paris, he worked as a bookkeeper and when Frédéric Chopin was born, he tutored families in Warsaw. His mother, Tekla Justyna Krzyanowska was the housekeeper of the Skarbek family. She introduced Chopin to music at his young age and by the age of six, he was already able to play piano and compose tunes. The musical talent of young Chopin became apparent and he started learn piano

Felix Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg on February 3, 1809, in Germany. In 1819, he joined the Singakademie music academy and began composing non-stop. At age 9, he made his public debut in Berlin. At Singakademie, he also became a conductor, but continued to compose prolifically. Mendelssohn founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843. He died on November 4, 1847, in Leipzig. He was a great composer and changed music for ever. In 1829 Mendelssohn also became a conductor. He conducted a performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion. The performance's success led to other great opportunities which included a chance to conduct the London Singing Society that same year.

Frederic Chopin, the Polish composer and pianist, was born on March 1,1810, according to the statements of the artist himself and his family, but according to his baptismal certificate, which was written several weeks after his birth, the date was 22 February. His birthplace was the village of Zelazowa Wola, part of the Duchy of Warsaw.

Achille-Claude Debussy or Claude Debussy was a French 20th century composer known for his prominent role in impressionistic music. Debussy never described his pieces as impressionism as he disliked the term when it was associated with his music. Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, he and his family left for Paris in 1867 only to move to Cannes in 1870 to escape the Franco-Prussion war. Claude Debussy learnt to play piano from an Italian violinist by the name Jean Cerutti and later studied under a woman, by the name of Marie Mauté de Fleurville, who claimed to have been a pupil of Frédéric Chopin. In 1872 he was enrolled in the Paris Conservatoire and remained there to develop musically over the next 11 years. Debussy was infamous for his experimental nature breaking

A great artist once wrote, “If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced”. This artist was Vincent van Gogh, soon to be an appraised artist known all around the world for his works, such as Starry Night. He is one of the very first artists of the post-impressionist style than is now adored in every continent. However, there is much more to the man than one painting. Creating a full timeline that stretches beyond Gogh’s life, this paper will discuss the life of Vincent van Gogh and the impression he made on the world.

Peter Tchaikovsky was born May 7, 1840 in Votkinsk, Russia. His family was in the upper middle class. He was the second eldest of six children. His father, Ilya, was a mine inspector and metal works manager. At age four he made his first recorded attempt at composition, a song written with his