Impressionism Flashcards
Is a French movement in the late 19th and 20th
centuries.
Impressionism
Impressionism uses a scale called ________.
Whole tone scale
was one of the most
influential and leading composers of the
20th century.
Claude Debussy
He was the principal exponent
of the impressionist movement and the
inspiration for other impressionist
composers.
Claude Debussy
He was known as the “Father of the Modern School
of Composition”
Claude Debussy
was born in Ciboure,
France, to a Basque mother and a Swiss father.
At age 14, he entered the Paris Conservatory,
where he was musically nurtured by a prominent
French composer, Gabriel Faure.
Joseph Maurice Ravel
His works are defined with intricate and
sometimes modal melodies and extended
chordal components.
Joseph Maurice Ravel
__________ was an attempt not to depict reality,
but merely to suggest it.
Impressionism
New combinations of extended chords, harmonies,
whole tone, chromatic scales, and pentatonic scales
emerged.
Impressionism
The use of _____ or in musical terms, timbre,
which can be achieved through orchestration,
harmonic usage, texture, etc.
color
