Important French composer (1862-1918) whose colorful, evocative works, particularly those for keyboard and for orchestra, exemplified the 'impressionist' style, and whose innovative use of harmonic and instrumental resources was a seminal influence on the emerging language of twentieth-century music. ALS in French, signed “Debussy,” one page, 4.5 x 7, March 10, 1904. Handwritten letter to a friend, in part: "I had not forgotten you. It is rather the Opéra Comique which was forgetting Pelléas…In fact, this should definitely not please the elegant subscriber. But it is better that you should have take pleasure in it." In very good to fine condition, with light edge toning and overall creasing. Debussy’s masterpiece, 'Pelléas et Mélisande,' had been created at Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1902.
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