Impressionism Flashcards
Impressionism year
1870-1920
Impressionism
A movement established by french painters in the late 19th century.
the use of notes foreign to the mode or diatonic scale
Chromaticism
Whole-Tone scale
A scale in which each note is separated by the interval of a whole note
Pentatonic scale
also called five-note scale contains 5 different tones
type of musical scale coupled with a set of characteristic melodic and harmonic behaviors.
Modal scales
rhythmic elements of impressionistic music can be best described as
Buoyant, with concealed beats, and the absence of clear metrical patterns
textures of Impressionistic
homophonic and may move in parallel patterns
the most important composer of the early 20th century
Claude Debussy
2 works from claude debussy
reflections in the water, The sunken cathedral
A french known for his styles and combinations .
Maurice Ravel
two works from maurice
Miroirs, daphnis et chloe