Claude Debussy was slow to develop as a composer for the piano, despite the fact that it was his instrument of choice. But the piano works he did write are extraordinarily important. In their ...

Flex your piano fingers with these 7 easiest Debussy preludes and piano pieces. Claude Debussy is one of the greatest pianists of all time and one of the most prominent composers connected with ...

On Sunday, French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet returned to Orchestra Hall with an invitation to wade in a single great work: Claude Debussy’s Préludes. Considering the Préludes a “work” is a ...

Debussy's curiosity spans thousands of years, from ancient Egyptian funerary vessels to blackface American minstrels in Eastbourne - where, incidentally, the Channel views may have inspired the ...

In the western suburbs of Paris 150 years ago today, a boy was born to an unassuming couple, proprietors of a china shop who had no great taste for music. But that little boy felt otherwise, and grew ...

A soft flute solo opens Claude Debussy’s “Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune” — “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.” One by one, the remaining wind sections join the flute and a dream-like fantasy ...

With the sesquicentennial of Claude Debussy's birth coming up fast on Aug. 22, you'd think there would be a small blizzard of new Debussy releases. This year, not so much; maybe it's a sign of the ...

La fille aux cheveux de lin or The Girl With the Flaxen Hair is the eighteenth piece from Debussy’s First Book of Preludes and has a two and a half minutes play time. The piece also happens to be one ...