Expressionism

• Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and

painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century.
Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective
perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to
evoke moods or ideas.[1][2] Expressionist artists have sought to
express the meaning[3] of emotional experience rather than physical
reality.
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: CLAIR DE LUNE
(Midnight Run)
French composer. He is
sometimes seen as the first
Impressionist composer,
Arnold Schönberg - A Survivor from Warsaw
• considered one of the most
important and influential
composers of the 20th century.
• associated with the expressionist
movement in German poetry
and art, and leader of the
Second Viennese School