Claude Debussy really had a double first name: Achille-Claude. He was born in a suburb of Paris, and it was his aunt who first noticed how musical he was. She got him started taking piano lessons. When he was only ten, Debussy started studying at the very strict Paris Conservatory.
As a child, Debussy was fascinated by visual art, and as he grew up, he loved the style called "Impressionism." Instead of painting realistic, lifelike paintings with hard outlines, Impressionists used thousands of dots, or many different shades of color to create the "impression" of what hey wanted to depict. Debussy took that idea and applied it to music, creating Impressionism in music.
One of Debussy's most famous pieces is Clair de Lune. Clair de Lune is a movement in The Suite Bergamasque. Clair de Lune means moonlight. Follow the link below to watch a video of Clair de Lune played by Paul Barton. (Parents, this is a You Tube video. Please be advised that it may have a commercial prior to the video. Please watch along with your children.)
Clair de Lune
Debussy's biography was taken from classicsforkids.com.
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