On this day 163 years ago, August 22, 1862 (July 27, 1862 lunar calendar), the French composer Debussy was born. (Full name: Achille Claude Debussy, Achille-ClaudeDebussy, 1862-1918) Debussy, French composer. Born on August 22, 1862 in the family of a small porcelain shop owner, he began to study music at the age of 9. In 1873, he entered the Paris Conservatory of Music to study piano and composition. During his studies, he was talented and won a prize in Rome for singing "The Prodigal Son" in a chorus. Since 1890, he has met young Symbolist poets led by Malame and interacted with Impressionist painters. He was deeply influenced by their aesthetic and artistic views, forming the creative style of "Impressionist music". The works are mostly based on poems, paintings, and natural scenes, and deliberately capture the subjective feelings and impressions of a moment. In order to express the hazy, erratic, and quiet artistic conception, he broke through the traditional norms in terms of melody, harmony, orchestration, and musical form, enriching the expressive power of music. Representative works include: Chord Prelude "Faun Afternoon", Symphonic Sketch "Sea", Orchestral Suite "Nocturne", Opera "Pelias and Melisander", Piano "Prints" Collection, "Imagery" Collection (two sets), "24 Preludes", "Happy Island", etc. Died in 1918.