Claude Debussy was a French composer known for developing his own musical style independent of Wagner. He was born in 1862 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France to a family with five children. Some of his most famous compositions include Clair de Lune, as well as many works for piano. He spent much of his childhood in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the town 19 km from Paris where he was born.

1. Debussy -By: David Barrientos, Óscar Lapuente and Víctor Luri.

2. Index -Who was Debussy. -Family. -Works. - Saint-Germain-en-Laye . -Curiosities. -Questions.

3. Who was Debussy? -Achille-Claude Debussy was one of the best composers of the romanticism. -He was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the 22 of August of 1862 and he died the 25 of March of 1918. -He was the eldest of five children.

4. Family Manuel- Achille Debussy Victorine Manoury Debussy -Claude -Adele Clementine -Emmanuel -Alfred. -Eugene Octave (1)

5. Family (2) -His father owned a china shop and was a salesman. -His mother was a salesman. -Claude Debussy had a very hard childhood , because his father spend in prison great part of his infancy. -His brothers and sisters weren't famous at all, and there are very few information about them. -He married Emma Moyse Bardac, the wife of a banker, and he had with her his only son, a girl. -Debussy with his daughter.

6. Works -He developed his own musical language largely independent of Wagner style. -The most important composition of Debussy was Clair de Lune. - He wrote a lot of compositions for the piano. -He wrote some compositions with the help of André Caplet, one of his best friends. -Other compositions: Gardens in the rain, Romance and Reverie. -Debussy and Caplet.

7. Saint-Germain-en-Laye -Is a commune located in the western suburbs of Paris. -It distance 19.1 km from the centre of the French capital. -It has 38.000 inhabitants. -The church of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. - The castle of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

8. -He used to sleep in the day, and work in the night, in one word, he was nighthawk -Before marrying he had two girlfriends, and the two tried to commit suicide. curiosities -His song Claire de Lune appears in two movies: The mechanical orange and twilight.

10. the end -Debussy's grave at Cimetiere de Passy.