Claude Debussy 22 August 1862～25 March 1918

A famous impressionism composer (although himself was not agree w

born in France and always known as the ancestor of Impressionism. In
the war, Debussy's pregnant mother took him and his sister Adéle to li
in Cannes, where they remained until the following year. In Cannes, cla
music lesson.
Then he attended Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris for studying comp
Some of the faculty appreciated him deeply, but others thought he wa
cavalier. However, he was a fine pianist and can learn new works in ver
Then, in 1884, Debussy won France's most prestigious musical award
Gradually, he found out that he dislike Italian language and Donizetti a
1889, he attended two concerts of Rimsky Korsakov's music, the harm
non-Teutonic tone colours influenced his own developing musical style
own unique ideas emerged.
His famous orchestral works are La Mer, Prelude A L`Apres-Midi D`Un
famous piano pieces are Arabesque, the girl with the flaxen hair, Clair
was to considerable extent a reaction against Wagner. He approached
opera Pelléas et Mélisande, which is a total different form of normal op
time period, no location, no scene, just describing two associated drea
chanson are also quite well-known, such as Chanson Espagnole, Mand

George Friedrich Händel 23 February 1685~14 April 1759

He was not born in a musician family, and his father even disagreed hi
first. Following brief law studies at the local university, in 1702, Handel
Hamburg, where he became a violinst at the opera house and compos
Almira. After that, he met many Italian-style composers, who significan
work, during his tourney to Italy. In 1712, Anne the queen of Great Brita
Händel's work, so Händel decided to stay in Great Britain to continue c
years later, the Queen died and George I became the rightful king of G
Händel composed the great symphony 'Water Music' to pleased him. I
became the music director of the newly-founded Royal Academy of M
created many remarkable operas at that place, such as Radamisto, Giu
Egitto, Tamerlano and Rodelinda. In October 1727, he provided four an
celebrated the coronation of George II. After became a formal English
continued to writing various works such as Biblical oratorios. Compare
lived in the same period with Händel), Händel was quite wealthy and p
Furthermore, from summer 1737 he suffered occasional bouts of serio
illnesses, and then, he completely blinded. 14 April 1759, this remarka
in brook street, Great Britain, and were buried in Westminster Abbey.