... MATTERS MUSICAL The Visit of M. Debussy M. Claude-Achille Debussy has been, and has gone. Previously, in England, one had understood little of his art; now one understands less. This is, of course, as it should be, for M. Debussy is a Mystic, and the test of ...

... Rhapsodie Espaguole by Maurice Ravel, one of the youngest and most daring of contemporary French com posers and a disciple of Debussy. It was like most extremely modern French works remarkable for its clever scoring and the subtlety and colour of its effects ...

... valorous he con veniently leaves to posterity the task of saying whether this is good or bad art. In the case, again, of Debussy, the French exponent of atmosphere in operatic music, Mr. Streatfield just summarises the man's theories, but essays no opinion ...