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Claude-Emma “Chouchou” Debussy

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Claude-Emma “Chouchou” Debussy

Birth
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Death
14 Jul 1919 (aged 13)
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Burial
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France Add to Map
Plot
Division 14, in the grave of her father, Claude Debussy
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Folk Figure. She was the only child of composer Claude Debussy. She was the inspiration and dedicatee of his famous 1908 piano suite, "Children's Corner." A year after her father's death, Chouchou died from complications of diphtheria at 13. She was the subject of a 1995 French film, "Chouchou: Music of Love."
Folk Figure. She was the only child of composer Claude Debussy. She was the inspiration and dedicatee of his famous 1908 piano suite, "Children's Corner." A year after her father's death, Chouchou died from complications of diphtheria at 13. She was the subject of a 1995 French film, "Chouchou: Music of Love."

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Bobb Edwards
  • Added: Oct 20, 2004
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9680661/claude-emma-debussy: accessed ), memorial page for Claude-Emma “Chouchou” Debussy (30 Oct 1905–14 Jul 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9680661, citing Passy Cemetery, Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France; Maintained by Find a Grave.