Debussy's opinion of Stravinsky?

[relm1]

I am listening to Debussy's "The Fall of the House of Ushers" and it reminded me of the stylistic similarities to Stravinsky's contemporaneous works such as "The Firebird" given that Stravinsky was an admirer of his.  Since Stravinsky had such an incredible trio of ballets during this time, I am curious if anyone knows what Debussy thought of Stravinsky's musical style?  I believe they were friends and know they overlapped in the Parisian musical circles but any writings or letters showing his opinion of Stravinsky and his evolution?

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

I just found this:

In December 1911 Claude Debussy wrote to his Swiss friend Robert Godet:

“Are you aware that a young Russian musician named Igor Stravinsky with an instinctive genius for color and rhythm lives near you in Clarens? I’m sure that both he and his music will give you infinite pleasure. […] His music is full of feeling for the orchestra […]. He is afraid of nothing nor is he pretentious. It is music that is child-like and untamed. Yet the layout and the co-ordination of ideas is extremely delicate. If you have an opportunity of meeting him do not hesitate!” (Quoted from Edward Lockspeiser: Debussy: his life and mind (Cambridge University Press, 1978), p. 180.)

http://petruschka-klavierfestival.de/index.asp?level1=5&level2=1&page=0&pdt=4&lang=2

It's always so lovely to read one composer's enthusiasm for another composer

[relm1]

I just found this:

In December 1911 Claude Debussy wrote to his Swiss friend Robert Godet:

"Are you aware that a young Russian musician named Igor Stravinsky with an instinctive genius for color and rhythm lives near you in Clarens? I'm sure that both he and his music will give you infinite pleasure. [...] His music is full of feeling for the orchestra [...]. He is afraid of nothing nor is he pretentious. It is music that is child-like and untamed. Yet the layout and the co-ordination of ideas is extremely delicate. If you have an opportunity of meeting him do not hesitate!" (Quoted from Edward Lockspeiser: Debussy: his life and mind (Cambridge University Press, 1978), p. 180.)

http://petruschka-klavierfestival.de/index.asp?level1=5&level2=1&page=0&pdt=4&lang=2

It's always so lovely to read one composer's enthusiasm for another composer

Wow, that was fantastic!  It is also fantastic when one great composer reacts positively to another great composer who users their style in a very unique way!  Thanks for posting this interesting correspondence.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Wow, that was fantastic!  It is also fantastic when one great composer reacts positively to another great composer who users their style in a very unique way!  Thanks for posting this interesting correspondence.

And thank you too, for indirectly letting me know there are recordings of Debussy's Edgar Allan Poe operas! I am going to listen sooner or later!

[relm1]

And thank you too, for indirectly letting me know there are recordings of Debussy's Edgar Allan Poe operas! I am going to listen sooner or later!

This is what I am listening to:
https://www.amazon.com/Debussy-Edgar-Allen-Poe-Operas/dp/B01DTBDGR0/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Let me know what you think.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

This is what I am listening to:
https://www.amazon.com/Debussy-Edgar-Allen-Poe-Operas/dp/B01DTBDGR0/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Let me know what you think.

I looked it up just before and I am thinking of buying it

[Mahlerian]

Wow, that was fantastic!  It is also fantastic when one great composer reacts positively to another great composer who users their style in a very unique way!  Thanks for posting this interesting correspondence.

It should be noted that he was also somewhat hesitant in regards to Stravinsky's evolving style, saying (in relation to the Three Japanese Lyrics, perhaps) that he "inclined too closely to the Schoenberg camp."

[Monsieur Croche]

Stravinsky dedicated two works to Debussy.

Zvezdolikiy (Le Roi des étoiles, 1912)
https://www.youtube.com/v/P53EcsefehY

Igor Stravinsky - Symphonies d'instruments à vent (1920)
The work is dedicated to the memory of Claude Debussy, who died in 1918
https://www.youtube.com/v/YiAWGWfWUHs

[Mahlerian]

Stravinsky dedicated two works to Debussy.

Zvezdolikiy (Le Roi des étoiles, 1912)
https://www.youtube.com/v/P53EcsefehY

Igor Stravinsky - Symphonies d'instruments à vent (1920)
The work is dedicated to the memory of Claude Debussy, who died in 1918
https://www.youtube.com/v/YiAWGWfWUHs

And they're both excellent works too!