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I had no idea Stravinsky disliked Debussy so much as this.

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Ernest Newman
Age: 90 †
Born: 1868
Born: November 30
Died: 1959
Died: July 7
Composer
Music Critic
Music Historian
Musicologist
City of Liverpool
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Debussy
Stravinsky
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