Every sound perceived by the acute ear in the rhythm of the… - Claude Debussy

" "
Every sound perceived by the acute ear in the rhythm of the world about us can be represented musically. Some people wish above all to conform to the rules, I wish only to render what I can hear.

Claude Debussy

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Claude Debussy

Achille-Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer, prominent in the style commonly referred to as Impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Debussy • Claude Achille Debussy • Achille Claude Debussy • C. Debussy • Claude-Achille Debussy • Achille-Claude • A. Cl. Debussy • Achille-Claude Debussy

All quotes from Claude Debussy Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Claude Debussy:

John Cage Dmitri Shostakovich Ludwig van Beethoven Igor Stravinsky Morton Feldman

Additional quotes by Claude Debussy

What I am trying to do is something different — an effect of reality, but what some fools call Impressionism, a term that is usually misapplied, especially by the critics who don't hesitate to apply it to Turner, the greatest creator of mysterious effects in the whole world of art.

The music I desire must be supple enough to adapt itself to the lyrical effusions of the soul and the fantasy of dreams.

Proust is long-winded, precious, and a bit of an old woman

Every sound perceived by the acute ear in the rhythm of the world about us can be represented musically. Some people wish above all to conform to the… - Claude Debussy

About Claude Debussy

Also Known As

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI

Additional quotes by Claude Debussy