It's so fatuous!" Debussy conformed to the expected up to the point necessary for him to win the coveted Prix de Rome in 1884, at his third attempt, but he considered the compulsory two-year stay ...
Debussy was among the most influential of all the 20th century ... During 1881-84 he prepared himself for the Prix de Rome and won the much-coveted prize at the second attempt with the cantata ...
La Puerta del Vino was Debussy's musical reaction to a picture postcard sent to him by de Falla. It is one of the gates to the 13 th -century Alhambra , a palace in Granada , then under the ...