You can hear every flickering element in Debussy's complex textures. From Wordnik.com. [Unreconstructed Modernist] Reference
Not the most subtle or elegantly set up, but it's gotta be the Tristan quote in Debussy's Golliwog's Cakewalk. From Wordnik.com. [Salvati dunque e scolpati] Reference
And someone needed to tell Rob how to pronounce "Debussy" -- Edward would never have flubbed that name ... sigh. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider] Reference
He called the Debussy "quintessentially impressionistic.". From Wordnik.com. Reference
Your Debussy is a bad man, however great he may be as an artist. From Wordnik.com. [Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House] Reference
Other American writers such as Peter de Vries, Clifton Fadiman -- who dubbed Debussy fans "Debussybodies". From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 1] Reference
Your Debussy is the genius of good taste. From Wordnik.com. [Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House] Reference
His view of Debussy is uncomplicatedly direct, too. From Wordnik.com. [Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Debussy: Estampes; Liszt, etc] Reference
So I tested some Bach, Chopin, Debussy and a bit of jazz. From Wordnik.com. [For a Steinway,] Reference
Debussy composed his quartet in 1893, Ravel a decade later. From Wordnik.com. [Dante Quartet: Stirring Up Impressionist Energy] Reference
Essentially, it is yes to Bach and definitely no to Debussy. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
"A Chopin waltz, Clair de lune by Debussy, a lot of pieces.". From Wordnik.com. [Laurence Vittes: Breaking News: Lang Lang Will Stick With Piano] Reference
It's the Debussy violin concerto -- but Debussy never wrote one. From Wordnik.com. [Tweety And Sylvester, Meet Mozart And Eigar] Reference
Stacy was referring to Beiderbecke's Debussy-like composition for keyboard. From Wordnik.com. [When Carnegie Hall Swung] Reference
And she says she has been in touch with her family, there in Debussy, Haiti. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2010] Reference
Then he pushed PLAY and the strains of Debussy whirled up into the starry night sky. From Wordnik.com. [Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas]
Debussy pressed his lips together and looked as though he needed to yell, scream, speak. From Wordnik.com. [Today the Smell of Worms and Wet Pennies] Reference
Mallarmé and Debussy for instance, in quest of those rare, whiter proportions of experience. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
'A clear pass in your final grade, with the Debussy especially showing real innate musicianship. From Wordnik.com. [yanxious Diary Entry] Reference
In amongst Gershwin, Jobim and Debussy, we have three elegant pieces by Sergio's daughter, Clarice. From Wordnik.com. [Assads Mix Classical Guitar, Brazilian Heritage] Reference
IBIS CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETYT, performances of works by Handel, Vivaldi, Debussy and Mendelssohn. 4 p.m. From Wordnik.com. [Loudoun community calendar April 22-29, 2010] Reference
In the hands of a less skilled practitioner than Debussy, it would risk degenerating into sound effects. From Wordnik.com. [Hans Graf conducts Jean-Yves Thibaudet, National Symphony in Ravel, Debussy] Reference
And who wants a snickering, chuckling vampire, no matter how poetically he drinks in the music of Debussy?. From Wordnik.com. [The Twilight Zone] Reference
Sure, Edward's vampy gaze seemed more silly than sultry, and when he and Bella danced to Debussy, I laughed. From Wordnik.com. [Love At First Bite] Reference
Debussy, is properly styled an oratorio, seeing that it was recently given in London on the stage as an opera. From Wordnik.com. [Style in Singing] Reference
Whether it's the Beatles or the Wiggles (yes, I'm a fan), Debussy or Dvorak, Usher or 3 Doors Down, R.E.M. or T. From Wordnik.com. [I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT MY DARLING IPOD] Reference
Debussy gave to several of his compositions titles sug - gesting visual imagery, such as Reflections in the Water. From Wordnik.com. [IMPRESSIONISM IN ART] Reference
Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Ravel I like -- Gershwin of course -- Ligeti, some of his pieces are cool, very sophisticated. From Wordnik.com. [Keys to Success] Reference
Lately, Mr. Andsnes had to battle presenters in Paris who thought Debussy piano pieces too recherché for the French. From Wordnik.com. [The Manager as Double Agent] Reference
Dureon, of Debussy and artichokes, in little laughing sentences that sprang like fire out of the dimness of the mist. From Wordnik.com. [Our Mr. Wrenn] Reference
He got a little fussy (he HATES Claude Debussy ... go figure) so I tried a trick that my ob/gyn buddy told me yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
"I'm looking for music on the edge," she says, "the kind of music Debussy would write for piano if he were alive today.". From Wordnik.com. [A Pianist Evolves With Her Instrument] Reference
My favorite moments of hers happen when she sits at the piano and lets loose her billowing, Debussy-esque waves of chords. From Wordnik.com. [James Gavin: Judy Collins: Singing for the Privileged Few] Reference
Maeterlinck, transposed into music by Debussy, that the snail vendor, in one of those pathetic finales in which the composer of. From Wordnik.com. [The Captive] Reference
It plays with astonishing precision, nuance and insight, illuminating the filigree of Debussy as well as the starkness of Schoenberg. From Wordnik.com. [The Making Of An Ensemble] Reference
The piano writing in the middle of the piece is particularly engaging, at times channeling the atonal alter-egos of Ravel and Debussy. From Wordnik.com. [Both Challenging and Cool] Reference
He excels in the standard repertoire with Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Debussy, but he has a special love for the music of the 20th century. From Wordnik.com. [Finding Life in Precision] Reference
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