Achille-Claude Debussy
“印象主义鼻祖”阿希尔·克劳德·德彪西

Achille-Claude Debussy (1862-1918) was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures associated with Impressionist music, though he himself disliked the term when applied to his compositions. In France, he was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1903. Debussy was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and his use of non-traditional scales and chromaticism influenced many composers who followed. Debussy's music is noted for its sensory content and frequent usage of atonality. The French literary style of his period was known as Symbolism, and this movement directly inspired Debussy both as a composer and as an active cultural participant.
阿希尔·克劳德·德彪西(1862—1918)，法国作曲家。他与莫里斯·拉威尔一样，是最著名的印象主义音乐家之一，尽管他自己很不喜欢用印象主义一词描述他的作品。1903年，德彪西在法国被授予“骑士荣誉军团勋章”。他是19世纪晚期和20世纪早期最具影响力的作曲家之一，他对于非传统音阶和半音音阶的使用影响了后来很多作曲家。德彪西的音乐因其感官内容和频繁使用的无调性而著称。德彪西处在法国文学史上的象征主义时期，这一运动直接启发了德彪西的作曲，并使他积极参与到文化运动中来。

Claude Debussy was born on 22 August 1862 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, the eldest of five children. His talents soon became evident, and in 1872, at age ten, Debussy entered the Paris Conservatoire, where he spent the next eleven years. During his time there he studied composition with Ernest Guiraud, music history/theory with Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray, harmony with Émile Durand, piano with Antoine François Marmontel, organ with César Franck, and solfège with Albert Lavignac, as well as other significant figures of the era. He also became a lifelong friend of fellow student and distinguished pianist Isidor Philipp.
德彪西于1862年8月22日生于法国圣日耳曼昂莱，在家里五个孩子中排行老大。德彪西很快表现出了音乐天赋，并在1872年10岁时进入巴黎音乐学院学习，在那里度过了十一年。在那里学习期间，德彪西跟随欧内斯特·古伊劳德学习了作曲，跟随路易斯-艾伯特·布尔高特-杜蔻翟伊学习音乐史和理论，跟着埃米尔·迪郎学习和声，跟着安托万·弗朗索瓦·马蒙泰尔学习钢琴，跟萨尔·弗兰克学习管风琴，跟艾伯特·拉维尼亚克进行视唱练习，他的老师还有那个时代的其他知名人物。德彪西与当时的同学伊西多尔·菲利普结下了终生的友谊，后者是著名钢琴家。