This is completely subjective and irrational. I am not trying to make a judgement about a composer who revolutionized early post-tonality, reinvented musical structure in a way that heavily affected twentieth century music, is a great melodist, arranger, orchestrator and overall a great composer when I look into the score.
And this is not a rant about more recent french music, or even impressionism. I have never had trouble getting into the heavier stuff (Webern is my favourite composer, really like Boulez, Busotti, Schoenberg, Nono, Xenakis, etc.), into any modal composers contemporary with debussy (really like faure, like most of Ravel) or into any of those that explore somewhat similar types of sonorities from then on (Murail, Grisey, Dufourt, Scelsi...), with a somewhat similar management of structure and economy of musical material.
However, for some strange reason, after years trying I really, really dislike (almost) all of Debussy for no reason. I've tried to hear la mer several times, bored to death, same with suite bergamesque, same with faun prelude (whatever it's long french name is xD), and the list goes on.
Only thing I really like from him is the string quartet op. 10, which I really like.
Can't pinpoint why this is the case and I believe it has got something to with myself, but I can't explain it or articulate it in any manner. You know what can be that I find so boring? Have you ever felt something like that with any composer?
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