Debussy “La Mer” manuscript offers tantalizing mystery

In October, students and faculty at the Eastman School of Music will kick off a major festival to celebrate the sesquicentennial of the birth of French composer Claude Debussy.  Rochester is an important destination for Debussy fans and researchers because of a single, rare document, a document that presented scholars with an unexpected puzzle.  WXXI's Brenda Tremblay and Marty Kauffman prepared our report.