MUSIC (IMPRESSIONISM & EXPRESSIONISM) Flashcards

1
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Who is the founder of impressionist paintings incorporated the qualities of sketches, abbreviations, speed, and spotaneity. critics might call “shortcuts”

A

Claude Monet

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What year does the idea of impressionism and expressionism in music emerged?

A

late 19th and early 20th centuries

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3
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Popularly associated with English, Irish, and Scottish folk tunes as well as traditional Chinese music.

A

The Pentatonic Scale

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4
Q
In classical music, tension
was produced by voices and instruments
moving in a contrary fashion, while
impressionism used chords in a parallel
manner.
A

Parallel Motion

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5
Q

It is typical of modal
music. The music frequently emphasized
perfect intervals, octaves, fourths, and fifths
in parallel structures.

A

Modal Influence

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6
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  • Focused on mood and atmosphere rather than strong emotion or storyline
  • occured as a reaction to the execesses of the Romantic era.
A

Impressionism

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  • The tendency of an artist to disort reality for an emotional effect
  • Goals were not to create passive impressions and moods, but to strongly express intense feelings and emotions.
  • Pimary expressionist musical movement was atonality. m
A

Expressionism

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8
Q

symphonic poem for ocherstra by Claud debussy and when does it performed and who conducted it?

A

Prelude to the afternoon of a faun
December 22, 1894
Gustave Doret

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9
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Who are the 3 important expressionist that also members of Second Viennese School?

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Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, and Alban Berg

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