Q1: Lesson 2 | Debussy and Impressionism Flashcards
an idea, feeling, or opinion about something or someone, especially one formed without conscious thought or on the basis of little evidence
impression
initially introduced in french painting school headed by claude monet
impressionism
objective is to bring moods and sensuous impression through harmony and tone color, which also relates to music
impressionism
is a kind of program music
impressionistic music
characterized by the modification of major - minor tonality by the use of church modes or of new modes
neomodality
having fifths, and octaves but without third
open chords
a scale having a six whole steps to the octave
whole tone mode
two or more melodies moving simultaneously in the same direction and by the same intervals
parallelism
less use of regular rhythms
free rhythms
leaping melodic contour and extreme registers like in a piano music
wide intervals
first european composer who deviated from the old system of tonality
debussy
he organized his music around sound patterns
debussy
he did not appreciate grand themes, heavy, pompous, style of Germans
debussy
he felt that music should be created to appeal to one’s senses and must be pleasurable
debussy
who said “i love music passionately, and because i love it, i try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it”
debussy
