How do you express X

The title of this work is a simple description of the notion which, in the field of semantics, is referred to as onomasiology - the description of a concept by words other than that concept's name. In diachronic linguistics, an onomasiological description may only be considered accurate on condition that sufficient information about the time and context associated with a given concept is also present. In writing for this ensemble, so perfectly-suited to Debussy's musical language and seemingly so poorly-suited to my own, the question of how to evoke and sustain my musical language demanded considerable reflection.