Impressionism Flashcards

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An art movement or style that originated from France in the late 19th century

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Impressionism

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Music focuses on suggestion and atmosphere rather than depicting reality

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Impressionism

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Music focuses on _ and _ rather than depicting reality

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suggestion and atmosphere

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Is the counter effect of Romanticism, which is expressive of emotion

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Impressionism

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Ideologies/movement

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“ism”

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Characteristics of Impressionism

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Color
atmosphere
chords

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Also known as tone color or tone quality

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Timbre

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distinguishes different types of sound production

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Color

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focuses on mood and atmosphere

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Atmosphere

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its as if you’re being transported to another place. whether that place may be real or imagined

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Atmosphere

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Impressionist Composers experimented with writing music by using an unusual scale called whole tone scale

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Chords

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Composers experimented with writing music by using an unusual scale called _

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Whole tone Scale

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2 leading composers of the impressionist period

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Claude Debussy
Maurice Ravel

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He was born on Aug 22 1862 at saint - germain-en-laye in France

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Claude Debussy

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He paved the way for the 20th century music

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Claude Debussy

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He is the Father of the modern school of composition

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Claude Debussy

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he was the principal exponent of the impressionist movement and the inspiration for the other impressionist composers

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Debussy

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He broke the traditional rules of music through harmony, rhythm, form, texture, and culture

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Debussy

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has approximately 141 compositions

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Debussy

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Born in Ciboure, France on March 7 1875

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Maurice Ravel

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His works was defined with extended chordal components that demand considerable technical virtuosity or skill of virtuos

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Ravel

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Exemplary in musical technique or execution

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Virtuoso

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He died on Dec 28 1937

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Ravel