Fantomas72

I love Debussy and Chopin they are absolutely my favourite Composers !
"La beauté insaisissable" ,“La bellezza inafferrabile”, "The elusive beauty"
Their sensitive, subtle piano music touches audiences in a profound way.




“I love great music – it has no color, it has no boundaries.” M.J

OccultHawk

I still consider Debussy superior but I’ve learned a lot about Chopin this past year and my respect has skyrocketed.

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Fantomas72

Fryderyk Chopin was one of the great masters of Romantic music, sometimes called "the poet of the piano" whose poetic genius is based on a professional technique that is unmatched in his generation.

De gustibus non est disputandum.., "In matters of taste, there can be no disputes"..
In his writing for the piano Debussy proved himself a successor to Chopin, who had died in Paris thirteen years before Debussy's birth. His own debt to Chopin was overtly expressed in his two books of Etudes (Studies), completed in 1915.

Poet and Painter: Connections Between Chopin and Debussy

“Many of the musical textures that Debussy explores develop out of Chopin’s compositional style,” .
“Chopin was a master of piano composition and helped to develop the full range of its expressive possibilities, something that Debussy continues to explore in his preludes for piano...”

https://middleburycampus.com/43180/a...n-and-debussy/

Psychedelic Revolution

Both of these guys are highly influential to a lot of today's contemporary musicians.

Debussy to NIN.
Chopin to Jay.