{"id":2801,"date":"2018-06-28T13:07:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T13:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ripm.org\/cnc\/?p=2801"},"modified":"2018-06-28T13:07:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T13:07:37","slug":"debussy-and-saint-saens-as-seen-by-viafora-in-musical-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnc.ripm.org\/?p=2801","title":{"rendered":"Debussy and Saint-Sa\u00ebns as Seen by Viafora in Musical America<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today from Viafora\u2019s \u201cGallery of Celebrities in Musical America<\/em> we present the artist\u2019s caricatures of the distinguished French composers Claude Debussy and Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns. We also include several interesting and amusing texts about them from Musical America<\/em>. Why was Debussy \u201cthe most misunderstood man in the artistic world\u201d? Why did Saint-Sa\u00ebns insist on bringing his toothbrush to an evening soir\u00e9e? Read on to find out!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nClaude Debussy<\/span>
\nVol. 24 No. 26 ( 28 October 1916): 7; Vol. 18 No. 23 (11 October 1913): 2.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"\u201cKeeping in Touch with World\u2019s Music Growth Through the Piano,\u201d<\/span>
\nVol. 13 No. 13 (4 February 1911): 13.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Vol. 13 No. 22 (8 April 1911): 7.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The following article was written by the soprano Maggie Teyte, whom Debussy personally chose to replace Mary Garden in the role of\u00a0M\u00e9lisande for his opera, Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\"\"Vol. 18 No. 23 (11 October 1913): 2.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more from this article by clicking here: Maggie Teyte Corrects Some False Ideas About Debussy<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Below, Mary Garden, who originated the role of\u00a0M\u00e9lisande, speaks about her relationship with Debussy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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