Impressionist music

Debussy, born Claude Achille Debussy at Saint Germain-en-Laye, France on August 22, 1862, was a profound composer of the twentieth century. Because of the similarities his compositions share with impressionist art, many refer to Debussy as an impressionists. Impressionist, according to the online Webster dictionary, is defined as “one who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism in art; especially, a painter who paints in the impressionistic style; as, the skyrocketing prices of paintings by the French impressionists.” This is a designation Debussy was not particularly fond of. In his opinion, all variety of color and light could be representing with music in one performance, while only a single moment is captured in a painting.…

romanticism reached its limit in arts. Especially in music, Romanticism seems overextended which means music can no longer be longer, grander, more expressive. Because of this reason, the ‘modernist’ movement driven by pessimism for change in the early 20th century and it aimed to move away the ideas of romanticism. The emergence of modernism, which rejects traditional values and embraces the new and progressive, is the reaction against romanticism and modernist music contributed to develop…

Claude Debussy’s, Igor Stravinsky, and Arnold Schoenberg, helped push the transformation of music in the 20th century. Tired of the tender melodies and the emotional tone of the romantic era,these composers experimented with tone, rhythm, and melody eventually defining news styles of music. The purpose of this paper to identify the similarities and the differences between Debussy’s La Mer, Stravinsky’s Right of Spring, and Schoenberg’s Erwartung. Claude Debussy’s La Mer is an orchestral…

Debussy's Musical Impressionism "I have no hobbies...They never taught me anything but music." ––Claude Debussy. He brought an entirely new musical style into the public eye; he expressed visual phenomena by appealing to auditory senses; he stepped outside of the grasp of Romanticism, yet still followed its pathways; he paved the road for nearly all modern music to be composed after him; he altered music history. Claude Debussy was nothing if not an absolute master of the art of composition,…

I am writing in response to your appalling review of Mr. Debussy's music. I for one am a tremendous fan of Mr. Debussy's stunning and marvelous works. You claim his music is inconsequential and would never last through the ages. I am writing to you from the 21st century and I comprehend Mr. Debussy's name and yet know nothing about you. The chords which you claim are “musical dust and mosaic” are some of the utmost profound and recognizable chords in this world. The fluidity and grace of his…

Art is truly experienced in the senses of the beholder. The same painting, movie or piece of music can evoke a wide array of emotions in many different people, or even in one person alone. The desire to express ourselves thorough our creativity is a characteristic shared by most people. Letting our imaginations run free to create, manipulate, and incorporate our vision into something that lasts caries deep meaning. The word ‘Art’ itself encompasses so many mediums; paintings, drawings,…

which influenced the expression of nationality in music. Ever since the days of the early Classical Period, musical styles, forms, and languages were largely influenced by traditional standards of Austria and Germany. However, around the middle of the 19th century, composers from many other countries around the world began trying to establish distinctive national styles that represented their own nation by using traditional forms of dance, folk songs and history. Many expressionist composers…

In this essay I will discuss the incredible works of the composers that have contributed to the music world and compare Program Symphony to Symphonic Poems and Impressionism to Expressionism music created by these composers. Program Music and Symphonic Poems are similar in that they play onto the imagination of the listeners of the mental pictures of the scenes or characters as they listen. Both genre are based on telling a story or poem. Although they have these similarities…

Claude Debussy was born in the year 1862 near Paris, France. His birth name was Achille-Claude Debussy. When Debussy was a young boy, his aunt Clementine set up his first piano lessons with Jean Cerutti. In 1871, his father was arrested and he was sent to live with Antoinette Maute. While living with Maute, Debussy was enrolled in the Paris conservatory and began attending classes in 1872. While he was there he studied under Antoine Marmontel and Albert Lavignac. Even though he was a skilled…

When Debussy was 10 and studied at the Paris Conservatory, Nadezhda von Meck hired him as a teacher for her young ones and during his years with her, gained much of his musical experience. While working for Von Meck, Debussy was exposed to the works of Russian composers, such as Borodin and Mussorgsky. Some other influences on Debussy included Asian Gamelan music, which he heard at the Paris International Exposition in 1889, and ideas of writers and poets like Stéphanie Mallarmé, Paul Verlaine,…