In this short film Howard Goodall examines Claude Debussy and the transition away from traditional composition methods. Debussy was influenced by Russian composers such as Modest Mussorgsky, to ...

Debussy was among the most influential of all the 20th century’s composers. His lyrical gift, idiosyncratic harmonies, colours and rhythms, his preference for suggestion rather than direct statement, ...

What we now call impressionist music is a style introduced in late 19th Century France. It was a move away from the long, dramatic and emotional works of romanticism. Instead, the focus was on ...