Debussy wanted to distance himself from what he considered the emotional excess of the Romantics and instead wanted to write music that, through sound, created an ambience similar to that of the Impressionist painters and Symbolist poets of his day.
All books initially copyrighted in the US from 1964 through 1977 have had their copyrights automatically renewed (by law) and the copyrights are still in force. The initial copyright term was 28 years; the renewal was for 67 more years.
You will know that the work has been copyrighted if it includes a copyright notice, which is marked either by a c in a circle (Â©) or the word copyright followed by the date of first publication and the name of the copyright owner. 1  If the work is a book, look for a copyright page. If the work is a CD or LP, look for a reference to the copyright on the packaging. 2  If the work is a magazine, the copyright will likely be found near the Table of Contents at the beginning of an issue.