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    He [Debussy] is said to have failed in the harmony class because of his persistent use of unorthodox (and hence unpermitted) forms. To those who remonstrated with him he exclaimed: "Why are you so shocked? Are you not able to listen to chords without wishing to know their origin and their destination? ... What does it matter? Listen; that is sufficient. [...]

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He [Debussy] is said to have failed in the harmony class because of his persistent use of unorthodox (and hence unpermitted) forms. To those who remonstrated with him he exclaimed: "Why are you so shocked? Are you not able to listen to chords without wishing to know their origin and their destination? ... What does it matter? Listen; that is sufficient. [...]

-Madeleine Goss

 

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