Claude Debussy

piano (compositeur) · 1862–1918 · Saint-Germain-en-Laye

French composer born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, died in Paris, whose approach to harmony and form shaped 20th-century music. Golliwogg's Cake-walk, the last piece of Children's Corner (1908), imitates the cakewalk and the banjo.

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Styles

• Quadrille and cakewalk

Landmark tracks

• Golliwogg's Cake-walk (1908)

Sources

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