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Debussyst
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English
Etymology
From en Debussy -ist.
Adjective
Of or relating to the musical style of Claude Debussy; Debussyan.
en Debussyan
en 1946 The Encyclopedia Americana 686 https://books.google.com/books?id=pEgXAQAAIAAJ [...] the Debussyst revolution is then only a natural episode of the onward march of our musical art.
en 1949 Nicolas Slonimsky Music Since 1900 139 https://books.google.com/books?id=4DNhfCCel3wC [...] the Debussyst abuse of precious titles.
en 1986 James Harding The Ox on the Roof 123 https://books.google.com/books?id=kbJRAQAAIAAJ [...] a Debussyst prelude to Maeterlinck's play Aglavaine et Sélysette.
Translations
Debussyan
French: fr debussyste
Noun
An admirer, a supporter or a specialist of Claude Debussy; a Debussyan.
en Debussyan
en 1959 Henri Hell Francis Poulenc 17 https://books.google.com/books?id=4gYMAQAAIAAJ I have never attacked Debussy. My worry is the Debussysts.
en 1999 French Cultural Politics & Music 157 https://books.google.com/books?id=fsznCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA157 [...] the Debussysts continued to revile, even after it won some degree of legitimization at the Conservatoire.
en 2011 Gabriel Fauré 326 https://books.google.com/books?id=732p69PAG74C&pg=PA326 [...] the "Debussysts," on the other [...]
Translations
Debussyan
French: fr debussyste mfbysense
German: de Debussyst m, de Debussystin f
Russian: ru дебюссист m
Related terms
en Debussyan Debussysm
en eponyms