\'My chief objection to the music of Debussy," said Mme. Bloomfield Zeisler. the, accomplished pianist, is that he lacks definiteness. His music is elu-. sive, shadowy, fleeting. He paints moods. Ho suggests, j• He hints, He is too persistently vague, shifting, mysterious. Vitality and intrinsic musical purpose are missing. He is' more of a tonal painter than a composer." This is a sound'summing up without any buttering superfluities There are prettinesses in Debussy's pianoforte pieces, but even these arias light and Iranslently beautiful as a stray white cloud in a summer sky, which changes form and dissolves ere one can say — "Cookl Look!" 1 Cakes to mate—scones to bake—how easy, pleasant and 6iire is the work when you use SHAHLAND'S Baking Powder.— Advt.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2630, 27 November 1915, Page 13
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123Page 13 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2630, 27 November 1915, Page 13
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