Claude Debussy, born August 22 1862and died at the age of 56 on the 25th of March 1918. He was born in France and is known as a very influential composer of the 19th century going into the 20th century. Debussy started piano lessons when he was 7 and at age 10 he left to go study many musically related things such as: music history, harmony, and composition. Debussy was considered to change music in such a way that no one had ever heard of. He did this through the development of dissonances and intervals focusing on the beauty of each musical note that was played a great example of this can be seen in L’enfant prodigue. Later in his life he was found to develop more striking harmonies and better form for his musical notes, such as in his
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Some of these differences include the pace of the music, and the focus on each musical note, Mozart had a much faster tempo than Debussy did but Debussy had more drawn out notes focusing on the beauty of each musical note. Both however explored new ways that harmony could be used in their own respected Musical eras. These two composers did not have the same position on the traditional music of where they were from Debussy tried to stay with the traditional music while Mozart would adapt to where ever he was at or where he had been. When listening to Debussy’s L’enfant and Mozart’s Don Giovanni we can see some similarity when it comes to long drawn out notes and some differences in harmony, it can also be seen that while in these pieces there is similarity with the notes Mozart focuses on the soft melody then comes in with a loud note and a variance when it comes to the pace of the piece that can be heard changing throughout the song. While Debussy focuses on the slow notes and keeping a similar pace/ tempo through the song, he does however also focus on a soft melody a lot like Mozart did in his …show more content…
The song is a form of big band jazz and when I first listened to it immediately reminded me of the opening to and old TV show. The song includes many different instruments player different keys and a mixture of loud and soft notes, coming together for an intense chorus and a well-established role of harmony with horn/saxophone throughout the performance. Though there is none of his work on the Naxos Library I was able to find some of his work on Spotify and found his song Just A-Sitting and A-Rockin’. This song has a very similar feel to take the A Train such as the upbeat tempo that is present, however there were many differences that made this song unique such as the strong use of the piano rather than the Saxophone. The song gives a calming sensation that is more present, while Take the A Train is livelier and gives off a hint of a somewhat fast dance song. These two songs I enjoyed very much due to the calming but lively vibe that they both give off as well as the well-played saxophone in the first song. The musical notes are pretty simple but when combined create a resonance and uses a great texture that harmonizes the pitches of each
Some of these differences include the pace of the music, and the focus on each musical note, Mozart had a much faster tempo than Debussy did but Debussy had more drawn out notes focusing on the beauty of each musical note. Both however explored new ways that harmony could be used in their own respected Musical eras. These two composers did not have the same position on the traditional music of where they were from Debussy tried to stay with the traditional music while Mozart would adapt to where ever he was at or where he had been. When listening to Debussy’s L’enfant and Mozart’s Don Giovanni we can see some similarity when it comes to long drawn out notes and some differences in harmony, it can also be seen that while in these pieces there is similarity with the notes Mozart focuses on the soft melody then comes in with a loud note and a variance when it comes to the pace of the piece that can be heard changing throughout the song. While Debussy focuses on the slow notes and keeping a similar pace/ tempo through the song, he does however also focus on a soft melody a lot like Mozart did in his …show more content…
The song is a form of big band jazz and when I first listened to it immediately reminded me of the opening to and old TV show. The song includes many different instruments player different keys and a mixture of loud and soft notes, coming together for an intense chorus and a well-established role of harmony with horn/saxophone throughout the performance. Though there is none of his work on the Naxos Library I was able to find some of his work on Spotify and found his song Just A-Sitting and A-Rockin’. This song has a very similar feel to take the A Train such as the upbeat tempo that is present, however there were many differences that made this song unique such as the strong use of the piano rather than the Saxophone. The song gives a calming sensation that is more present, while Take the A Train is livelier and gives off a hint of a somewhat fast dance song. These two songs I enjoyed very much due to the calming but lively vibe that they both give off as well as the well-played saxophone in the first song. The musical notes are pretty simple but when combined create a resonance and uses a great texture that harmonizes the pitches of each