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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