Koven Smith quoted Debussy by Stephen Walsh
A beautifully written and original biography of one of the greatest and most popular of …
The persistent slow music occasionally drags its heels, and the choral final act, in Paradise, has that slight flatness that often afflicts the music of Heaven by composers who have no particular desire to go there.
— Debussy by Stephen Walsh (Page 221)
Love this quote, but it points up a problem with the book: Walsh’s writing is far more pointed and enjoyable when discussing Debussy’s failures than it is when it attempts to assess his successes.