Claude Debussy (1862- 19 18) is an outstanding French composer. 1873 entered the Paris Conservatory of Music. He has been an excellent student for more than ten years, and the chorus "The Return of the Prodigal Son" won the Rome Prize. Later, he became very close to the small group of poets and painters headed by Malamei, and created a lot of acoustic music with their poems as lyrics. He also composed an orchestral overture "Afternoon of the Faun" based on Malarme's poem of the same name, and an opera "pelias and Melisand" based on the Belgian poet maeterlinck's play of the same name.