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Music begins where words are powerless to express. Music is made for the inexpressible. I want music to seem to rise from the shadows and indeed sometimes to return to them.
Claude Debussy
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Claude Debussy
Age: 55 †
Born: 1862
Born: August 22
Died: 1918
Died: March 25
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St. Germain-en-Laye
Claud Debussy
Debussy
Claude Achille Debussy
Achille Claude Debussy
C. Debussy
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