He created a new world of ravishing instrumental colour and constantly shifting sensations and images. He brought new breath to the art of music, said Boulez. Did modern music start with Debussy? It ...

Is it possible to write music that sounds like an icy landscape? Claude Debussy succeeded in a Prelude he called "Footsteps in the Snow," taking... Debussy: A World Revealed In Two Footsteps Composer ...

Debussy was the creator of new and seductive soundworlds that loosened the stranglehold of tradition. Is it true that Debussy heralded a new musical age? If the Romantic era was essentially the age of ...

Carmen (Bizet) One of the three most beloved operas in the world (joining Aida and La Bohème), Carmen is quite amazingly ridiculous, even by the standards of 19th century entertainment. The saga of a ...