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.
How long does a copyright last for books? In the US, works by individual authors published since 1978 are protected for the life of the creator plus 70 years (in most other countries, it is protected for the life of t â¦ he creator plus 50 years). Corporate works are protected for 95 years after publication or 120 years after creation, whichever comes first.