When Claude Debussy studied at the Paris Conservatory from age ten to age twenty-two, many considered him a rebel because of his… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
When asked by a grumpily puzzled professor what "rules" he followed, Debussy is said to have retorted, mon plaisir "whatever I please"… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
Claude Debussy was a rare phenomenon a composer profoundly and subversively revolutionary. — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
Peter Townsend Music is the silence between the notes.. So could it be said that dance is the stillness between the steps? — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
But music, don't you know, is a dream from which the veils have been lifted. It's not even the expression of a feeling, it's… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
There is nothing more musical than a sunset. He who feels what he sees will find no more beautiful example of development in all… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is always the hope that… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
Composers aren't daring enough. They're afraid of that sacred idol called 'common sense', which is the most dreadful thing I know - after all,… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
If we look at the works of JS Bach ... on each page we discover things which we thought were born only yesterday, from… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
the colour of my soul is iron-grey and sad bats wheel about the steeple of my dreams. — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
