MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY

20th Century

IMPRESSIONISM is a movement in that started in France in the 1860s is a characterized by visual impression of the moment in the terms of the shifting effect of color and light.

IMPRESSIONISMdesire to paint modern life instead of academic subjects of mythology and history

Claude Monet, Impression Sunrise

IMPRESSIONISM IN MUSIC adapted from Art Impressionism is a style of music that makes use of sound to let the listener feel the moods that focus on the structure of music started and developed in France in the 19th century

CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPRESSIONISM IN MUSIC

The rhythm of impressionism music is irregular in terms of phrases It avoids the traditional harmonic progression It has unresolved dissonance Frequently uses modality

DISSONANCE is the lack of agreement and consistency in the progress of harmony of music.MODALITY --refers to the original modes --used in music composition, meaning that the traditional way of composing was abandoned in Impressionism music.

BEST COMPOSERS OF IMPRESSIONISM

CLAUDE DEBUSSY MAURICE RAVEL

CLAUDE DEBUSSY

Best composers of Impressionism

Born in France on the 22nd of August 1862.His parents were Manuel-Achille Debussy and Victorine Manoury.Debussy`s first documented musical experience dates 1870-1871, during the visit of his aunt Clementine in Cannes.

CLAUDE DEBUSSY

On the 25th of October 1872, Debussy attended his first Conservatoire piano class under Jean-Francois Marmontel, who was a highly regarded piano professor during that period from 1848. 1874 he won third place for solfeggio and a second certificate of merit in the piano exam, playing Chopin`s F minor piano concerto.1875 he won second place first solfeggio and a first certificate in playing Chopin’s ballade

CLAUDE DEBUSSY

in 1876 he finally gained the first place in solfeggio a winner of the 1884 Pix de Rome with his composition, Lenfant Prodigue all of His musical pieces were instrumental In the development of this classical music until this age Died on the 25th of March 1918 due to rectal cancer, but he died with his great compositions like the Engulfed Cathedral and Claire De Lune

MAURICE RAVEL

MAURICE RAVEL

Best composers of Impressionism

Born on March 7, 1875 Ravel’s deepest emotional tie of his entire life was his attachment to his mother Through his mother, he inherited a love of Basque Country, its people and its folklore as well a the deep sympathy for the music of Spain

MAURICE RAVEL

Took his piano lesson under Henry Ghys June 2, 1889 was his first public performance, he performed an excerpt from Moscheles’s Third Concerto July 10, 1890 piano competition, 2nd place

MAURICE RAVEL

July of 1891, His performance of Schumann’s Sonata resulted to grand prize He died on December 28, at the age of 62 in Paris The famous works of his lifetime of compositions are Bolero, La vaise, Ma mere l’oie and Miroirs

PRELUDE TO THE AFTERNOON OF A FAUN

BY:CLAUDE DEBUSSY

BOLERO BY:MAURICE RAVEL

1. How do you find the flow of the music?2. How will you defined impressionism based on what you have heard?3. If you are going to compose a song, would you consider adapting this genre of music? Why or why not?

PRELUDE TO THE AFTERNOON OF A FAUN BY:CLAUDE

DEBUSSY-inspired by the poem L'après-midi d'un faune by Stéphane Mallarmé. -later provided the basis for the ballet Afternoon of a Faun, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky.

Prelude to the afternoon of a faun by:CLAUDE DEBUSSY

-considered a turning point in the history of music; Pierre Boulez considered the score to be the beginning of modern music, observing that "the flute of the faun brought new breath to the art of music

BOLERO BY:MAURICE RAVEL-Originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian actress and dancer Ida Rubinstein- the piece, which premiered in 1928, is Ravel's most famous musical composition.

1. How do you find the flow of the music?2. How will you defined impressionism based on what you have heard?3. If you are going to compose a song, would you consider adapting this genre of music?