The Artist:
Among the most important 20th century composers, and the most influential. Often dubbed a musical impressionist, but his music always has a strong sense of form.
Info:
Debussy never published Danse bohémienne during his lifetime. The reason may have been the rather curt response from Tchaikovsky, to whom he sent the work for perusal. Tchaikovsky wrote of the piece "It is a very pretty piece, but it is much too short. Not a single idea is expressed fully, the form is terribly shriveled, and it lacks unity."
