Debussy's inspiration for The Isle of Joy (translated from French) was Watteau's painting L'Embarquement de Cythère.This painting depicts a group of people arriving at the island of Cythera which, in mythology, is the birthplace of Venus.Indeed, in 1904, Debussy travelled to the Island of Jersey with Emma Bardac, his second wife, where some of this work was written.Karén Hakobyan
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Claude Debussy
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Debussy's inspiration for The Isle of Joy (translated from French) was Watteau's painting L'Embarquement de Cythère. This painting depicts a group of people arriving at the island of Cythera which, in mythology, is the birthplace of Venus. Indeed, in 1904, Debussy travelled to the Island of Jersey with Emma Bardac, his second wife, where some of this work was written. Karén Hakobyan
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