Impressionism Flashcards
What does impressionism aim to evoke?
A mood, feeling or atmosphere
Some impressionist artists include…
Monet (Waterlilies), Renoir, Pissaro and Manet
What exotic scales does it use?
Pentatonic and whole tone
What does it use to create colour?
Instrumental timbre
What kind of chords?
Large, unresolved, extended chords
9ths, 11ths and 13ths
blur conventional harmonic progressions
How is the motion like train tracks?
Parallel motions
How are melodies not straight?
Circular melodies
What was it influenced by?
Balinese Gamelan and Spanish Dances
Impressionist composers wanted to create music of detached observation as opposed to…
Expressing a deeply felt emotion or telling a story like Late Romanticism
Composers allowed they ideas to unfold and refresh themselves rather than..
stick to a structure or develop a theme
