IMPRESSIONISM MUSIC

GRADE 10 WEEK 1
 MUSIC IM A G E R Y
While listening to music, try
to sketch anything suitable to
the flow of music – it could be
A place, thing, or A dream.
Your imagination is the limit!
 Claude Debussy

“La Mer”, • IMPRESSIONISM

“The Sea” • SYMBOLISM
• JAPONISM
 Is one of the earlier forms
declaring the entry of 20th -century
music. The sentimental melodies and
dramatic emotionalism of the
preceding romantic period (their
IMPRESSIONISM themes and melody are easy to
recognize and enjoy) were being
replaced in favor of moods and
impressions. These are the
characteristic features of
impressionism:
 •  The most prominent in musical
impressionism is the use of “color” (timbre).
•  Vague in form, leading to mild
dissonances or lack of harmony, which
These are the results in tension or clash of sounds.
characteristic •  Centered on nature and its beauty,
features of lightness, and brilliance.
impressionism: •  The sounds of different chords overlapped
lightly with each other to produce new
subtle musical colors.
•  The most prominent mediums were piano
and orchestra.
CLAUDE DEBUSSY

(1862–1918)
 Compositions

CLAUDE DEBUSSY - LA MER (1905)

- CLAIRE DE LUNE
(MOONLIGHT)
(1862–1918) - PRELUDE TO THE
AFTERNOON OF A FAUN
- STRING QUARTET
MAURICE RAVEL

(1875–1937)
 Compositions
MAURICE RAVEL - PAVANE FOR A DEAD
PRINCESS (1899), A SLOW
BUT LYRICAL REQUIEM

(1875–1937) - MIROIRS (MIRRORS)

(1905), A WORK FOR
PIANO KNOWN FOR ITS
HARMONIC EVOLUTION
AND IMAGINATION.
MUSIC POETRY (5 MINS)

WRITE A SHORT POEM WHILE LISTENING TO

“CLAIRE DE LUNE” BY DEBUSSY. IMAGINATION IS
THE LIMIT.
ASSESSMENT
1. WHAT IS THE MAIN INSTRUMENT USED
IN THE PIECE?
Directions: listen to ORCHESTRA
the music “bolero” by PIANO
Maurice Ravel. Then STRING ENSEMBLE
answer the following
2. HOW CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE
by checking the box of ATMOSPHERE OF THE MUSIC?
the correct answer LIGHT AND SUBTLE
INTENSE WITH SURPRISES
VAGUE