music

• impressionism - art movement in painting started in france in 1860s
• primary subject of impressionist : outdoors, such as nature landscapes
• achilles-claude debussy (1862-1918)

  • born in france aug 22, 1862
  • his first piano tutor is jean-francois marmontel
  • died at march 15, 1918 due to rectal cancer
• Claude debussy

  • 1874 - 3rd place ( Chopin's F minor )
  • 1875 - 2nd place ( Chopin's second ballade )
  • 1876 - 1st place ( L'enfant Prodigue )
  • 1884 - winner prix de rome his own composition
• claude's composition

  • prelude to the afternoon of a faun
  • la mer
  • nocturne
  • images
  • l'enfant prodigue
  • engulfed cathedral
  • clair de lune
  • pelleas et melisande (opera)
• Joseph-Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

  • born on march 7, 1875 at ciboure, france
  • 1882 - his first piano lesson under henry ghys
  • his career began on nov 04, 1889
  • 1932 - car accident
  • 1937 - brain surgery and dec 28, he died at age of 62
• arnold schoenberg

  • born September 13, 1874, Vienna, Austria.
  • Heinrich Schoenberg, the composer’s brother, and Hans Nachod, his cousin. • He studied in Vienna’s Realschule and learned to play the cello and violin • Died July 13, 1951, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
• maurice ravel's compositions:

  • bolero
  • la valse
  • ma mere l'oie
  • miroirs
• Arnold Schoenberg's Musical Compositions:

  • Three Piano Pieces 1894

  • Verklärte Nacht

  [Transfigured Night] 1899

  • Pelleas et Melisande 1902

  • String Quartet No. 1, D

  minor 1904