Nocturnes
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Debussy: 20 facts about the great composer
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10. Nocturnes
The three movements of Debussy’s Nocturnes, Nuages (Clouds), Fêtes (Festivals), and Sirènes (Sirens) were inspired by a series of impressionist paintings by James Abbott McNeill Whistler. He finished the work in December 1899.