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Claude Debussy on Valentine's Day

1862–1918 France

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Music should humbly seek to please; within these limits great beauty may perhaps be found.

French Music : From the Death of Berlioz to the Death of Fauré (1951)

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

Before the passing sky, in long hours of contemplation of its magnificent and ever-changing beauty, I am seized by an incomparable emotion...

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Claude Debussy (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.