Intro Flashcards
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Composer
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• Debussy was leading French composer of end of 19th and early 20th centuries
• Usually described in impressionist style
-wasn’t happy for term to be used for his works
• Music marks a break from nineteenth-century Romantic tradition
2
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Influences
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- Impressionist painters & musicians fascinated by art from Far East
- Debussy shows similar interest in ‘Pagodes’
- Search of exotic and new - different sound worlds
- Establish style less closely related to German nineteenth-century Romanticism
3
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Compositions
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• Most are miniatures
-Eg short piano pieces Préludes
• Titles placed at end of music
-musician (or listener) not influenced by titles
4
Q
French heritage
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- Proud
- Break away from Germanic Romantic tradition
- Using French directions
-Modérément animé (moderately animated)
5
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Estampes
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• Prints
• Set of 3 pieces for piano
-1903
• First began to explore main elements of new impressionist style
6
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Pagodes
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- Profoundly influenced by Javanese gamelan music
- Heart at great international exhibition of 1899
- Recreated aspects of oriental style
