1.1 - IMPRESSIONISM MAPEH

• Impressionism - An art movement or style that originated in France in the late 19th century.
• 3 Characteristics of Impressionism:

  
  

  • Color
  • Atmosphere
  • Chords
• Timbre - Also known as tone color or tone quality
• Color or Timbre - distinguishes different types of sound production, such as choir voices and musical instruments.
• Atmospheric Effect - different types of sound production, such as choir voices and musical instruments create this effect.
• Atmosphere - Focuses on mood and atmosphere
• Atmosphere - It’ s as if you are being transported to another place, whether that place be real or imagined.
• Atmosphere - You can easily have an impression about the mood that it wants to suggest.
• Chords - Impressionist composers experimented with writing music by using an unusual scale.
• Whole Tone Scale - Defined as the "Unusual Scale"
• Claude Debussy - Father of the Modern School of Composition
• Claude Debussy - He was the principal exponent of the impressionist movement and the inspiration for the other impressionist composers.
• Claude Debussy - He broke the traditional rules of music theory through his harmony, rhythm, form, texture, and color.
• Claude Debussy - has overall 141 compositions.
• L'enfant prodigue (The Prodigal Son) - by Claude Debussy, a tenor, baritone, and orchestra.
• Petite suite - a composition for piano made by Claude Debussy
• Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune - (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) - a symphonic poem for the orchestra
• Pelleas et Melisande - an opera
• La mer (The Sea) - an orchestral work
• Clair de Lune - means moonlight
• Claude Debussy's 7 significant works:

  • L'enfant prodigue
  • Petite Suite
  • String Quartet in G minor
  • Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
  • Pelleas et Melisande
  • La mer
  • Claire De Lune
• Maurice Ravel - His works are defined with extended chordal components that demand considerable technical virtuosity or skill of a virtuoso.
• Virtuoso - a person who is exemplary in musical technique or execution
• Works of Maurice Ravel

  • Rapsodie Espagnole
  • Bolero