Welcome To MAPEH Class: Music Component Mr. Henricson O. Hirao www.facebook.com/ClimberMe/ • Claude debussy, in full achilleclaude debussy, (born august 22, 1862 - march 25, 1918, paris), french composer whose works were a seminal force in the music of the 20th century. • His major works include clair de lune (“moonlight,” in suite bergamasque, 1890–1905), prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (1894; prelude to the afternoon of a faun), the opera pelléas et mélisande (1902), and la mer (1905; “the sea”). • He developed a highly original system of harmony and musical structure that expressed in many respects the ideals to which the impressionist and symbolist painter s and writers of his time aspired