Debussy contemporary (5)
I believe the answer is:
satie
'debussy contemporary' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for satie that I've seen before include "French composer (Trois Gymnopedies)" , "posed by yours truly close to stage" , "Erik -, nineteenth to twentieth century French composer" , "French avant-garde composer, Erik, d. 1925" , "creative Frenchman" .)