Music Of 20th Century Flashcards
It is an art movement in painting that started in France in 1860.
IMPRESSIONISM (in art)
It is characterized by visual impression of the moment in terms of the shifting effect of color and light.
IMPRESSIONISM (in art)
Impressionist artists paint with many colors and their usual subjects are the outdoors: for example, _____ landscape.
IMPRESSIONISM (in art)
- nature’s
The name of the style was derived from the title of _______ work, Impression, soleil Levant.
IMPRESSIONISM (in art)
-Claude Monet
It was adapted from Art Impressionism.
IMPRESSIONISM (in music)
The French turned against Germans Romantic Music because for them Romantic music was ____, too _____ and ______.
IMPRESSIONISM (in music)
- too heavy
- too pretentious
- too bombastic
IMPRESSIONISM in music started and developed in _____.
France
What style of music is impressionism music?
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 .
MUSICAL ELEMENTS (Impressionism)
• Rhythm
• Melody
• Form
• Harmony
• Texture
• Dynamics
MUSICAL ELEMENTS (Impressionism)
Rythm
• Vague and Free
• irregular phrases
MUSICAL ELEMENTS (Impressionism)
Melody
use of whole tone scales and
use of modality
MUSICAL ELEMENTS (Impressionism)
Form
use of short forms such as nocturne and prelude
MUSICAL ELEMENTS (Impressionism)
Harmony
use of primary intervals
MUSICAL ELEMENTS (Impressionism)
Texture
sonority (group of notes sounded simultaneously)
MUSICAL ELEMENTS (Impressionism)
Dynamics
written in French rather than Italian
IMPRESSIONISM COMPOSERS
• Claude Debussy
• Maurice Ravel
COMPOSERS
Born in St. Germain en Laye, France
Impressionism:
Claude Debussy
COMPOSERS
Born on August 22, 1862
Impressionism:
Claude Debussy
COMPOSERS
His Parents were Manuel Achille Debussy and Victorine Manoury.
Impressionism:
Claude Debussy
COMPOSERS
His first formal school was the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 10.
Impressionism:
Claude Debussy
IMPRESSIONISM COMPOSERS
Enumerate Claude Debussy’s works/creation
Fetes
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn
Nuages
Pelleas et Melisande
La Mer
Claire de Lune (Moonlight)
COMPOSERS
Fetes
Claude Debussy
COMPOSERS
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn
Claude Debussy
Impressionism
COMPOSERS
Nuages
Claude Debussy
Impressionism
COMPOSERS
Pelleas et Melisande
Claude Debussy
Impressionism
COMPOSERS
La Mer
Claude Debussy
Impressionism
COMPOSERS
Claire de Lune
Claude Debussy
Impressionism
COMPOSERS
Moonlight
Claude Debussy
COMPOSERS
He was born on march 7, 1875
Maurice Ravel
Impressionism
COMPOSERS
Born in Ciboure, France to a Basque mother and a Swiss father.
Maurice Ravel
Impressionism
COMPOSERS
He entered the Paris Conservatory at the age of 14
Maurice Ravel
Impressionism
IMPRESSIONISM COMPOSERS
Enumerate the works/creations of Maurice Ravel
• Bolero
• Daphnis et Chloe
• Pavane for a Dead Princess
• Water Fountains
• Sonatine for Piano
• Miroirs (Mirrors)
COMPOSERS
Bolero
Maurice Ravel
Impressionism
COMPOSERS
Daphnis et Chloe
Maurice Ravel
Impressionism
COMPOSERS
Pavane for a dead princess
Maurice Ravel
Impressionism
COMPOSERS
Water fountains
Maurice Ravel
Impressionism