Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht was a conductor and composer. His friendship with Claude Debussy began in 1911 (although they had met previously), and he soon became one of the Master's closest friends. This book is the first publication, in the original French and in English translation, of the correspondence between these two musicians. Beginning rather formally in 1912, with the salutation -Mon cher Inghelbrecht, - the correspondence soon became much more intimate, with Debussy addressing Inghelbrecht as -Mon cher ami- or -Cher Inghel.- Although Debussy had a reputation for being cold and...