We should celebrate Debussy by assessing his real legacy

In this anniversary year, forget the concept of Debussy the musical impressionist. I want to celebrate Debussy the sonic explorer.Anniversaries. God love 'em. Yes, classical music's institutions are far too in thrall with them for their programming ideas, and yes, it would be much more interesting if we celebrated the 185th year since Beethoven's death, 327 years since Bach's birth, and 106 years since Shostakovich's birth. But when it's an anniversary year and you don't celebrate it, well, that...

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