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Debussy and Impressionism in Music: A Detailed Exploration

Dive into the world of impressionism in music with a focus on Claude Debussy's innovative compositions and unique style. Learn about the impact of French impressionist painters on music and the Symbolist poets' influence. Discover Debussy's use of color, nuance, and orchestral effects in his works.

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Debussy and Impressionism in Music: A Detailed Exploration

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  1. The Enjoyment of Music 10th Shorter Edition The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  2. Part 8 The Twentieth Century and Beyond The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  3. Transition IVThe Post-Romantic Era Post-Romanticism -Germany -Austria • Impressionism • France The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  4. Unit XXIThe Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Eras “For we desire above all–nuance, Not color but half-shades! Ah! Nuance alone unites Dream with dream and flute with horn.” —Paul Verlaine The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  5. 63. Debussy and Impressionism • The Impressionist Painters • French • Monet • Manet • Degas • Pisarro • Renoir Light and color Reaction to Romanticism Claude Debussy The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  6. The Symbolist Poets “Symbolism…. The secret of this movement is nothing other than this…. We were nourished on music, and our literary minds only dreamt of extracting from language virtually the same effects that music caused on our nervous system.” —Paul Valéry • Literary response • Charles Baudelaire • Stéphane Mallarmé • Paul Verlaine • Arthur Rimbaud • Sound of a word as well as its meaning The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  7. Impressionism in Music Machaut: modally based • Impressionistic music characterized by ancient scales (church modes of the Middle Ages) exotic scales (chromatic, whole tone) unresolved dissonances parallel chords, ninth chords orchestral color free rhythm • Short lyric forms (preludes, nocturnes, arabesques) Debussy. “Voiles” (whole tone scales) Debussy. “La cathédrale engloutie” (parallel scales) Faure. Pelleas et Mélisande, “Sicilienne” The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  8. Claude Debussy (1862–1918) • French composer • Impressionist • Paris Conservatory • Prix de Rome • Opera Pelléas and Mélisande(1902) • Died in 1918 “I am more and more convinced that music is not, in essence, a thing which can be cast into a traditional and fixed form. It is made up of color and rhythms.” Debussy: Pélleas et Mélisande, Act I, Scene 3 The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  9. Debussy’s output: • Orchestral works: • La mer, three nocturnes • Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun” • Piano works: • Clair de lune • Evening in Granada • Reflections in the Water • The Sunken Cathedral • French songs • Chamber music The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  10. Debussy: Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun” (Listening Guide) • Mallarmé pastoral poem • Mythological faun • Free ternary form • Chromatic melody Listening Guide PDF The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  11. www.wwnorton.com/enjoy The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

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