MUSIC WEEK 1

2. MUSIC OF
THE 20TH
CENTURY

3. 20th Century

4. M
 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.

5. IMPRESSIONIS
M
desire to paint
modern life instead of
academic subjects of
mythology and history

6. Claude Monet, Impression

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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.

10. BEST
COMPOSERS OF
IMPRESSIONISM
 CLAUDE
DEBUSSY
 MAURICE RAVEL

12. 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.

13. 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

14. 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

15. MAURICE RAVEL

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. PRELUDE TO THE
AFTERNOON OF A FAUN
BY:CLAUDE DEBUSSY
BOLERO
BY:MAURICE RAVEL

20. 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?

22. 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.

23. 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

24. 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.

25. 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?