Debussy wanted to distance himself from what he considered the emotional excess of the Romantics and instead wanted to write music that, through sound, created an ambience similar to that of the Impressionist painters and Symbolist poets of his day.
All books initially copyrighted in the US from 1964 through 1977 have had their copyrights automatically renewed (by law) and the copyrights are still in force. The initial copyright term was 28 years; the renewal was for 67 more years.
As soon as a work is published, it is protected. A copyright protects an original artistic or literary work. Any work created after January 1, 1978, is automatically protected from the moment of its creation and is ordinarily given a term enduring for the authorâs life plus an additional 70 years after the authorâs death.