This vintage hardcover volume from the acclaimed "Master Musicians" series offers a comprehensive biographical and critical study of the French Impressionist composer Claude Debussy. Authored by Edward Lockspeiser, a world-renowned authority on Debussy and a recipient of the Légion d'honneur for his musical research, the book provides an authoritative analysis of the composer's life, his revolutionary musical style, and his deep connections to the Symbolist poets and Impressionist painters of his era. This specific copy is the revised 1963 edition, reprinted in 1966 by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, and features evocative black-and-white plates, including the famous portrait of Stéphane Mallarmé by Manet. The book is in good vintage condition, featuring its original orange and yellow dust jacket which shows some light shelf wear and minor chipping at the top of the spine, while the internal pages remain clean, tightly bound, and free from significant foxing or inscriptions.