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Six épigraphes antiques — from Debussy’s letters
by Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Source material — not a finished programme note. These are passages Gerald Larner gathered while researching, reproduced here as background; this file collects extracts from the composer’s own correspondence.
Durand 122: J’avais l’intention, jadis, d’en faire une suite d’orchestre mais les temps sont durs et la vie m’est plus dure encore.
From Gerald Larner’s files: “Épigraphes antigues NB”