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Lesson 1 Impressionism

The document discusses the musical style of Impressionism that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was pioneered by French composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel through their use of extended chords, scales, and focus on suggesting moods rather than depicting reality. Key works discussed include Debussy's Claire de Lune and La Mer and Ravel's Bolero which helped establish Impressionism's innovative approach to harmony, rhythm, and timbre.

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Lesson 1 Impressionism

The document discusses the musical style of Impressionism that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was pioneered by French composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel through their use of extended chords, scales, and focus on suggesting moods rather than depicting reality. Key works discussed include Debussy's Claire de Lune and La Mer and Ravel's Bolero which helped establish Impressionism's innovative approach to harmony, rhythm, and timbre.

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Grade 10

Music

MUSIC OF THE
20th CENTURY

Lesson 1:
Impressionism
Feby Jesuah I. Andoyo
The styles of modern songs can be traced back from the
Introduction 20th Century. The innovative and experimental styles of the
Whatmusicdoyouusually listento?Areyou into Rock? Pop? Or 20th Century Music are the influences of the genius
Hip-hop music? I'm sure that youenjoy composers such as Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Arnold
listeningtothesegenresofmusic. Like any other product of Schoenberg, Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofieff,
modernization, these songshavegonethroughseveral and George Gershwin. Coming from different nations such
phasesof development. Come, let'sgodownthememory lane as France, Austria, Hungary, Russia, and the United States,
and discover the roots of today's music. these composers clearly reflected the growing globalization
of musical styles in the 20th century.

What's In?

Direction: Try to recall the


characteristics of music in the following
periods:
1. Middle Ages
ANSWER
ANSWER:Pope Gregory I
2. Renaissance
ANSWER:Monteverdi
3. Baroque Period

4. Classical Period
__________________________________________
5. Romantic Period

Impressionism

As the world entered the 20th century, a new era


in music was introduced, and impressionism was
one of the earliest musical forms that paved the
way to this modern era. Impressionism is a French
movement in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. The sentimental melodies and dramatic
emotionalism of the preceding Romantic Period,
whose themes and melody are easy to recognize
and enjoy, were being replaced in favor of moods
and impressions.
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)

Claude Debussy was one of the most


influential and leading composers of the
20th century. He was the principal
exponent of the impressionist movement
and the inspiration for other impressionist
composers. He reformed the course of
musical development by eradicating
traditional rules and conventions into a
new language of possibilities in harmony,
rhythm, form, texture, and color.

He was born on August 22, 1862 in a small


town called St. Germain-en-Layein in
France.
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)

He composed a total of more or less 227


masterpieces, which include orchestral music,
chamber music, piano music, operas, ballets, songs,
and other vocal music.

He was known as the "Father of the Modern School


of Composition" and made his impact on the styles
of the later 20th-century composer like Igor
Stravinsky. Debussy's mature creative period was
exemplified by the following works:
• String Quartet
• La Mer (1905)-a highly imaginative and
atmospheric musical work for orchestra about the
sea
• Première Arabesque
• Claire de Lune (Moonlight)-The third and most
famous movement of Suite bergamasque.
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)

In the field of visual arts, Debussy


was influenced by Monet,
Pissaro, Manet, Degas, and
Renoir; and from the literary arts
by Mallarme, Verlaine, and
Rimbaud. Most of his close
friends were painters and poets
who significantly influenced his
works. On March 25, 1918, he
died of cancer at the height of the
First World War in Paris.
MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
Joseph Maurice Ravel was born in
Ciboure, France, to a Basque mother
and a Swiss father. At age 14, he
entered the Paris Conservatory, where
he was musically nurtured by a
prominent French composer, Gabriel
Faure. The compositional style of Ravel
is mainly characterized by its
distinctively innovative but not atonal
style (music that is written in a way that
is not based on any particular key) of
harmonic treatment.
MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)

His works are defined with


intricate and sometimes modal
melodies and extended chordal
components. It demands
considerable technical virtuosity
from the performer, which is the
character, ability, or skill of a
virtuoso—a person who is
exemplary in musical technique
or execution.
MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)

Ravel's works include the following:


• Pavane for a Dead Princess (1899) •
String Quartet (1903)
• Sonatine for Piano (c.1904)
• Rhapsodie Espagnole
• Bolero
Ravel was a perfectionist and every bit a
musical craftsman. He strongly adhered to
the classical form, specifically its ternary
structure. A strong advocate of Russian
music, he also admired the music of
Chopin, Liszt, Schubert, and Mendelssohn.
He died in Paris in 1937.
Features of Impressionism music are as follows:

The use of "color," or in musical


terms, timbre, which can be
achieved through orchestration,
harmonic usage, texture, etc.
(Timbre is known as the tone
color or tone quality)
New combinations of extended
chords, harmonies, whole tone,
chromatic scales, and pentatonic
scales emerged.
Impressionism was an attempt
not to depict reality, but merely to
suggest it.
CLAIRE DE
LUNE
1.
What musical instrument is being played?
2.
How did the music affect your mood or feelings in terms of the
general atmosphere of the piece?
BOLERO
1.
What specific dance form can be performed with Bolero as
music?
2.
What feelings or emotions does the music evoke?
What I Have Learned
WRITING ACTIVITY. Which among the compositions of Impressionism
inspired you most? Why?

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