debussy

Question 1

debussy birth and death

Answer 1

1862 - 1918 (age 56)

Question 2

debussy’s era

Answer 2

modern

Question 3

modern era

Answer 3

composers at the dawn of the 20th century were eager to establish a different musical path. They challenged the concept of tonality and left behind the established practice of writing music “in a key.”
1900 - PRESENT

Question 4

debussy’s composition

Answer 4

Prelude a l’apres midi d’un faune

Question 5

impressionism in music (debussy)

Answer 5

paralleled the French movement in visual art
employs expanded harmonic vocabulary:
whole-tone, modal, pentatonic scales
parallel chords
suggests images rather than directly depicting them
features innovative orchestral colors, including individual treatment of instruments and use of muted instruments
metric pulse is frequently obscured

Question 6

symbolism (debussy)

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a French literary movement of the late 19th century
symbolist writers include Paul Verlaine and Stéphane Mallarmé
authors sought to suggest subject matter rather than depict it specifically
stressed the beauty of the word itself

Question 7

symphonic poem (debussy)

Answer 7

one of the most important forms of orchestral program music
a single-movement work, generally free in form, with literary or pictorial associations
invented by Franz Liszt