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The article examines the controversy surrounding French composer Claude Debussy's cantata for soprano, chorus, and orchestra entitled "Ode à la France." It states that the "Ode à la France," dramatized the execution of French heroine and military leader, Joan of Arc, and was based on music scholar Louis Laloy's libretto. It indicates that the cantata, which was unfinished in 1918, was premiered at a gala commemorating the tenth anniversary of the death of Debussy in 1928.