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  “The Music Lesson“ (1917) 

          Henri Matisse

              _________

here are two sets of contemporary 

études

      the first, Book 2 of Debussy’s 
          “Études pour piano“,  
            published in 1915

       the second, Rachmaninov’s
           “Études-tableaux“, Opus 39,
            of 1917

note the similarities

note the differences

R ! chard

psst: I found Rachmaninov to be still
          caught  up in the Romantic
          Period – identifiable melodies,
          less eccentric tonalities – the
          better to, still, pull at your
          heartstrings, Debussy, is more
          clinical, cerebral, pointing the
          way towards, I think, jazz

          but you tell