People don't very much like things that are beautiful - they are so far from their nasty little minds.
Musicians
Born in France in 1862, Claude Debussy opened new frontiers of harmony and timbre that reshaped Western music. Works like Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, La mer, and his Preludes for piano freed French music from German Romantic dominance and profoundly influenced twentieth-century composers. His sole completed opera, Pelleas et Melisande, offered a radical alternative to Wagnerian music drama. Though he rejected the label, he
Born in France in 1862, Claude Debussy opened new frontiers of harmony and timbre that reshaped Western music. Works like Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, La mer, and his Preludes for piano freed French music from German Romantic dominance and profoundly influenced twentieth-century composers. His sole completed opera, Pelleas et Melisande, offered a radical alternative to Wagnerian music drama. Though he rejected the label, he is widely regarded as the founder of musical Impressionism.
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