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Claude Debussy was born on August 22nd, 1862, in Saint Germain en Laye France.
克劳德·德彪西1862年8月22日出生于法国圣日耳曼昂莱。
He grew up in a suburb of Paris where his parents ran a china shop.
他在巴黎郊区长大，父母在那里经营一家瓷器店。
At the age of 10, Debussy entered the Paris Conservatoire to study music.
德彪西10岁时进入巴黎音乐学院学习音乐。
Despite his unique improvisational style of playing, Debussy was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1884.
尽管他的即兴演奏风格独特，但他在1884年荣获罗马大奖。
This honor awarded him with a three-year fellowship to study in Rome.
这项荣誉授予他在罗马学习三年的奖学金。
Upon completion Debussy returned home to Paris and was introduced to the music of Richard Wagner.
完成学业后，德彪西返回巴黎的家，随后了解到理查德·瓦格纳的音乐。
He was inspired by Wagner's works initially.
他最初受到瓦格纳作品的启发。
However became more nationalistic and some would say even anti-German as his career progressed.
然而，随着职业生涯的发展，他变得更加民族主义，一些人甚至说他是反德国派。
This was due to the mounting tensions in the pre-world War one nations of Europe.
这是源于第一次世界大战前，欧洲各国日益紧张的局势。
In addition to Wagner, Debussy was also heavily influenced by Japanese and Spanish music,
除了瓦格纳外，德彪西还深受日本和西班牙音乐，
impressionistic painters Monet, Pissarro, Degas and Cezanne and his beloved city of Paris,
以及印象派画家莫奈、毕沙罗、德加、塞尚和他深爱的巴黎的影响，
which was a hub of the bohemian lifestyle.
巴黎是波希米亚生活方式的中心。
It was here we're surrounded by artists and fellow musicians even laundresses and prostitutes,
艺术家和音乐家们聚集于此，这里甚至还有洗衣女和妓女，
Dussy composed his Suite Burgamasque in 1890, which features the famous piece Clair de Lune.
德彪西就是在这样的环境下于1890年创作出组曲《贝加莫组曲》，其中包括著名的作品《月光》。
Debussy married and had a daughter in 1905 and composed the Children's Corner Suit as a gift to her.
德彪西于1905年结婚，育有一女，并创作了《儿童乐园组曲》作为礼物送给女儿。
His work is characterized by subtle, shifting harmonies and melodies based on chromatically enriched minor and major modes,
德彪西的作品以微妙变化的和声和旋律为特色，配以音色丰润的大调和小调音乐，
as well as whole tone pentatonic and irregular modal constructions.
以及全音阶五声调式和不规则的调式结构。
Claude Debussy passed away on March 25th 1918, due to colon cancer during a German bombardment in Paris at the age of 55.
1918年3月25日，克劳德·德彪西因结肠癌去世，享年55岁。
