debussy, from class Flashcards
1
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philosophy
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ancient classicism, greek logic, proportional, not excessive, man controls nature,
2
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general characteristics of his style.
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new uses of traditional harmony, pentatonic, whole tone, octatonic, revolutionary element, passages that are tonal, tonal by insistance, some low note keeps being repeated, influence of asia, no element repeated. he preferred symbolist to impressionist. for example, thinks of the object in vague terms.
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preludes,
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didn’t want titles, but put them at the end.