Claude Debussy was one of the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Viewed as a musical heretic, he jettisoned rules that had guided the composition of classical music for hundreds of years. He asked why the fundamentals of harmony and form were needed.In the...

Even though you may not know his name, you probably know his music. Edvard Grieg managed not only to establish himself as one of the leading Romantic era composers, but also to inspire a generation of 20th and 21st-century video-game players, rock and progressive music bands and filmmakers of...