{"id":9012,"date":"2012-08-20T14:06:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T04:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=9012"},"modified":"2012-08-20T14:06:01","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T04:06:01","slug":"under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the impression – the sesquicentenary of Debussy’s birth."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wednesday August 22nd 2012 is the sesquicentenary of the birth of Claude Debussy. Whilst the music world plans for the anniversaries next year for Britten, Verdi and Wagner, the acknowledgement of Debussy’s 150th birth\u00a0anniversary has been distinctly underwhelming. Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times investigates:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/19\/arts\/music\/debussys-150th-birthday-gets-little-notice.html?_r=1&ref=music<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Wednesday August 22nd 2012 is the sesquicentenary of the birth of Claude Debussy. Whilst the music world plans for the anniversaries…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"sls_format":[],"class_list":["post-9012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"deck":"","is_featured":false,"media_type":"standard","audio_embed":"","video_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nUnder the impression - the sesquicentenary of Debussy's birth. - Sounds Like Sydney<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Under the impression - the sesquicentenary of Debussy's birth. - Sounds Like Sydney\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"  Wednesday August 22nd 2012 is the sesquicentenary of the birth of Claude Debussy. Whilst the music world plans for the anniversaries…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sounds Like Sydney\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-08-20T04:06:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DEBUSSY1-articleInline.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"190\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"279\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0a3852eddeb5f8e3971a7ee828b5176e\"},\"headline\":\"Under the impression – the sesquicentenary of Debussy’s birth.\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-20T04:06:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":71,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/DEBUSSY1-articleInline.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\\\/\",\"name\":\"Under the impression - the sesquicentenary of Debussy's birth. - Sounds Like Sydney\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/DEBUSSY1-articleInline.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-20T04:06:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/DEBUSSY1-articleInline.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/DEBUSSY1-articleInline.jpg\",\"width\":190,\"height\":279},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Under the impression – the sesquicentenary of Debussy’s birth.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sounds Like Sydney\",\"description\":\"Connecting with Music\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sounds Like Sydney\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/SLS-LOGO.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/SLS-LOGO.png\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":361,\"caption\":\"Sounds Like Sydney\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0a3852eddeb5f8e3971a7ee828b5176e\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/25547aeb88bd329b67e6faa3eceee732614589699ca47c42b4e7638f39d89257?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/25547aeb88bd329b67e6faa3eceee732614589699ca47c42b4e7638f39d89257?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/25547aeb88bd329b67e6faa3eceee732614589699ca47c42b4e7638f39d89257?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundslikesydney.com.au\\\/author\\\/admin_2plt3rl9\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Under the impression - the sesquicentenary of Debussy's birth. - Sounds Like Sydney","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Under the impression - the sesquicentenary of Debussy's birth. - Sounds Like Sydney","og_description":"  Wednesday August 22nd 2012 is the sesquicentenary of the birth of Claude Debussy. Whilst the music world plans for the anniversaries…","og_url":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/","og_site_name":"Sounds Like Sydney","article_published_time":"2012-08-20T04:06:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":190,"height":279,"url":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DEBUSSY1-articleInline.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/0a3852eddeb5f8e3971a7ee828b5176e"},"headline":"Under the impression – the sesquicentenary of Debussy’s birth.","datePublished":"2012-08-20T04:06:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/"},"wordCount":71,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DEBUSSY1-articleInline.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/","url":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/","name":"Under the impression - the sesquicentenary of Debussy's birth. - Sounds Like Sydney","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DEBUSSY1-articleInline.jpg","datePublished":"2012-08-20T04:06:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DEBUSSY1-articleInline.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DEBUSSY1-articleInline.jpg","width":190,"height":279},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/under-the-impression-the-sesquicentenary-of-debussys-birth\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Under the impression – the sesquicentenary of Debussy’s birth."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/","name":"Sounds Like Sydney","description":"Connecting with Music","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/#organization","name":"Sounds Like Sydney","url":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SLS-LOGO.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SLS-LOGO.png","width":1000,"height":361,"caption":"Sounds Like Sydney"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/0a3852eddeb5f8e3971a7ee828b5176e","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25547aeb88bd329b67e6faa3eceee732614589699ca47c42b4e7638f39d89257?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25547aeb88bd329b67e6faa3eceee732614589699ca47c42b4e7638f39d89257?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25547aeb88bd329b67e6faa3eceee732614589699ca47c42b4e7638f39d89257?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au"],"url":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/author\/admin_2plt3rl9\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9012"},{"taxonomy":"sls_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sls_format?post=9012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}