Estampes

• Context: Debussy breaking away from the Romantic Traditional Music
• The first movement, Pagodes (Pagodas), depicts the beauty and mystery of pagodas in China.
• Estampes is an orchestral suite consisting of three movements
• The second movement, La soirée dans Grenade (Evening in Granada) portrays the tranquil atmosphere of the Alhambra palace at night.
• Styles that are fused together: Javenese Gamelan, Impressionist, Flamenco, Moorish Lament
• Rhythm of Pagodes: Triplets, demisemiquavers, cross rhythms, slow trills and syncopation,
• Harmonic Features: Diatonic, parrellel chords, pentatonic, added notes
• Structure of Pagodes: Loose ternary Form
• La Soiree dans Grenade: Introdution, habanera
• Performing Forces: Sustained Pedal, crossing hands, contray motion, stacatto spread chords
• Melodic Features: Scallic Counter and modal melodies, pentatonic, whole tone scale, conjunct, dissonance
• Rhythm of La Soiree Dans Grenade: 2/4, dotted quavers, improvisation, flamecno rhyhtm
• The tempo is in Free Time and Rubato
• Ornaments used: Appogitura, acciactura
• A spread chord is use
• There is improvisation
• The type of pedal is used is an inverted pedal
• He Died on March 25th 1918
• Was influential during the 19th and 20th century
• Was prevalent during the wars and revolutions
• Influenced by


  • Chopin
  • Tchaikovsky
  • Wagner
• Influenced by Russian and Far Eastern Music
• Style


  • Adopted non traditional scale and tonal structures which were paramedic
• Started learning piano in Paris Conservatory


  Age 11