"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

22 August 2016

Happy birthday, Debussy.


Claude Debussy was born on this day in 1862.

The sound of the sea, the curve of the horizon, wind in the leaves, the cry of a bird, leave a manifold impression on us.  And then suddenly, without our wishing it at all, one of these memories spills from us and finds expression in musical language.  I want to sing my interior landscape with the simple artlessness of a child.

Claude Debussy

Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony performing La Mer ...

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