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    The

    Art Movement in Europe :

    IMPRESSIONISM
    (1875-1925)
    v Impressionism is a movement
    that started in 1860’s.

    v Desire to paint modern life


    instead of academic subjects of
    mythology and history
    The Paris Salon or
    “Exhibition of Living Artists”
    C laude Pierre-Auguste Edgar Degas Berthe
    M onet Renoir M orisot

    Paul A lbert Sisley


    The Art Movement in Europe :

    IMPRESSIONISM
    IN MUSIC
    (1875-1925)
    Impression, Sunrise (1872)
    Claude Monet
    AR
    M
    T

    US
    IC
    Musical Impressionism was
    based in France, and the French
    composers Claude Debussy and
    Maurice Ravel are generally
    considered to be the two “great”
    Impressionists.
    Claude Debussy Maurice Ravel
    (1862-1918) (1875-1973)
    • A very talented
    musician

    • Went to French
    Academy in Rome
    to broaden his
    education
    Claude Debussy
    (1862-1918)
    “I love music passionately. And because I
    love it, I try to free it from barren traditions
    that stifle it. It is a free art gushing forth, an
    open-air art boundless as elements, the
    wind, the sky, the sea. It must never be shut
    in and become an academic art.”

    - Claude Debussy
    • Arabesque No. 1

    • Prélude à l'Après-
    midi d'un faune
    • lisle Joyeuse

    Claude Debussy
    (1862-1918)
    • A French composer,
    pianist and
    conductor

    • Went to French
    Academy in Rome
    to broaden his
    education
    Maurice Ravel
    (1875-1973)
    • Jeux d'eau
    • Bolero

    Maurice Ravel
    (1875-1973)
    WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF
    IMPRESSIONISM IN MUSIC?

    1. The rhythm of impressionism is irregular in terms


    of phrases.
    2. It avoids the traditional harmonic progression.
    3. It has unresolved dissonance.
    4. It uses the whole-tone scale, uses the 9th chord,
    and also frequently uses modality and exotic scales.
    INSTRUMENTS USED DURING THE
    IMPRESSIONIST PERIOD
    • The Impressionist composers two favorite mediums
    were the orchestra and the piano.
    Within the orchestra, flutes and clarinets were used in
    their dark lower registers.
    Violins reached for upper sonorities while trumpets
    and horns were muted. There was much use of harp,
    celeste, triangle, glockenspiel, and cymbal which was
    usually brushed with a drumstick.
    INSTRUMENTS USED DURING THE
    IMPRESSIONIST PERIOD
    • Impressionistic musical pieces were performed by
    pianists, string quartets, symphonies, and orchestras

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