Music Flashcards
It was adapted from Art Impressionism.
Impressionism
The French turned against Germans Romantic Music because for them Romantic music was too heavy, too pretentious and too bombastic.
Impressionism
It also started and developed in France.
Impressionism
It is a style of music that makes use of sound to let the listener feel the moods that focus on the structure of music .
Impressionism
Rhythm
Vague and Free, irregular phrases
Melody
use of whole tone scales, use of modality
Form
use of short forms such as nocturne and prelude
Harmony
use of primary intervals
Texture
sonority (group of notes sounded simultaneously)
Dynamics
written in French rather than Italian
Born in St. Germain en Laye, France on August 22, 1862.
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His Parents were Manuel Achille Debussy and Victorine Manoury.
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His first formal school was the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 10.
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Fetes
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Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn
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Nuages
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Pelleas et Melisande
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La Mer
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Claire de Lune (Moonlight)
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He was born on March 7, 1875 in Ciboure,France to a Basque mother and a Swiss father.
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