To complete a work is just like being present at the death … - Claude Debussy

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To complete a work is just like being present at the death of someone you love.

Claude Debussy

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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.

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

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It is necessary to abandon yourself completely, and let the music do as it will with you. All people come to music to seek oblivion.

Un artiste est par définition un homme habitué au rêve et qui vit parmi des fantômes.

There is no theory. You merely have to listen. Pleasure is the law.

To complete a work is just like being present at the death of someone you love. - Claude Debussy

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