Debussy and Wagner -Dr. David Code Monday 14th October at 18.30 Like many leading cultural figures of his generation, the French composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918) went through a phase of passionate wagnérisme, during which he undertook the so-called ‘pilgrimage’ to Bayreuth. His struggle to ‘work through’ this towering musical influence left clear traces in… Continue reading Debussy and Wagner
