In somewhat of a defense, the
purpose of the beginning was to emphasize the same clustered harmony, with very slight variations, derived from some sort of modal basis (between B dorian and D lydian, I think B dorian makes more sense) with certain other characters (a C major chord with a suspended aug. 4th and second appears sometimes). The whole point of that was to set up contrasts with the second half, moments like the angry E minor or the tangent in D minor, and then finally the large recapitulation with (gasp!) moving bass lines and a better sense of tonal center. I can't argue with the Debussy influence though, it was definitely in there.
Heck, a vote's a vote...
Tight vote, I feel so obnoxious now... I came here after quite a bit of time at Newgrounds where the audio portal is plagued by zero-voters intent on climbing the charts. It becomes a regular habit to take advantage of one's one-vote-per-piece. Sigh... Hands would understand...