Previous posts for August 22nd are here: Claude Debussy; Karlheinz Stockhausen (2019), Claude Debussy (2020)., Claude Debussy; Sergius Kagen (2021), and Claude Debussy (2022)
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Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was one of the great innovators of his time, and remains a concert staple.
A Good Influence
Debussy is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. Roger Nichols writes that "if one omits Schoenberg [...] a list of 20th-century composers influenced by Debussy is practically a list of 20th-century composers tout court." – Wikipedia
Claude Debussy wondered aloud
If the musical field that he plowed
Would result in a style
That would linger awhile,
Or vanish in air like a cloud.
As it happens his music took hold
And was quarried by young and by old,
And works by the dozens
Were the cultural cousins
Of Debussy's musical mold.
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