String Quartet (Debussy): Difference between revisions

Its sensuality and [[Impressionism in music|impressionistic]] tonal shifts are emblematic of its time and place and its cyclic structure constitutes a divorce from the rules of classical harmony into a new style. After its premiere, composer [[Guy Ropartz]] described the quartet as "dominated by the influence of young [[Russia]]; there are poetic themes, rare sonorities, the first two movements being particularly remarkable."<ref name=":0" /> Debussy wrotesaid that "Any sounds in any combination and in any succession are henceforth free to be used in a musical continuity."<ref>{{Cite book |title=Modernism and Music: An Anthology of Sourcescitation needed|date=October |publisher=University of Chicago Press |others=Edited by Daniel Albright |year=2004 |isbn=0226012670 |location=Chicago |pages=191 |oclc=528457452024}}</ref>