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I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it.

Claude Debussy

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Claude Debussy
Age: 55 †
Born: 1862
Born: August 22
Died: 1918
Died: March 25
Composer
Music Critic
Musician
Pianist
St. Germain-en-Laye
Claud Debussy
Debussy
Claude Achille Debussy
Achille Claude Debussy
C. Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy
Achille-Claude
Achille-Claude Debussy
Passionately
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Stifle
Love
Stifling

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