While trying to finish a term paper in the late 60s, I listened to a certain passage of The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian hundreds of times. It’s just part, I suppose, of my obsession with music. Debussy ...

Flutes and fauns, dreams of the sea, Clair de Lune, and more. We’re celebrating the 150 th of composer Claude Debussy. Claude Debussy at the piano, 1893 Claude Debussy composed in the time of the ...

Happy Birthday today to Claude Debussy, born on this date in 1862! Since childhood Debussy had a fascination with the sea. For his three symphonic sketches collectively titled “La Mer” (The Sea), he ...

Since childhood Claude Debussy had a fascination with the sea. For his three symphonic sketches collectively titled “La Mer” [The Sea], he took inspiration from literature and art including the iconic ...

Claude Debussy was tired of writing the same type of music in the 1890s. The grand Romantics -- Camille Saint-Saens, Antonin Dvorak, Giacomo Puccini and Guiseppe Verdi -- were still the style. Debussy ...

Experts have created a playlist of songs guaranteed to cure writer’s block featuring Elton John, The XX – and Mozart. Psychologist Dr Becky Spelman has put together the list of concentration-boosting ...

It begins with one of the most famous flute lines in history… and played deftly by the Principle flute of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Samuel Coles. [Music sample of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun] ...

I’ve always loved Claude Debussy’s music. From the first time I heard “Afternoon of a Faun” when I was around 19 or twenty, his music has exerted a strong emotional pull on me. For me, Debussy–and ...