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Post-Impressionism Music. Industrial Revolution (music video). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAIZPCc-hmw&app=desktop. Maurice Ravel. 1875 - 1937 Famous for being a French composer and pianist of the impressionist period Characteristics of Music:
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Post-Impressionism Music • Industrial Revolution (music video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAIZPCc-hmw&app=desktop
Maurice Ravel • 1875 - 1937 • Famous for being a French composer and pianist of the impressionist period • Characteristics of Music: • He relied on traditional forms and structures as ways of presenting his new and innovative harmonies. • He often masked the sections of his structure with transitions that disguised the beginnings of the motif.
Maurice Ravel • Famous Works: • “La Valse (The Waltz)” starts with ¾ time; at the end, dissonance is used to create a feeling of chaos, representing Europe after WWI • “Boléro” - Ballet set in Spanish tavern, where a gypsy dancing on a table induces a state of ecstasy for the audience; causes a riot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du-f9TmGNjc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ2chcGOJgY
How does Ravel’s Boléro use dynamics and timbre to reflect the Industrial Age? “a piece lasting seventeen minutes and consisting wholly of "orchestral tissue without music — of one very long, gradual crescendo…” --> What characteristic of the Impressionist style of visual arts does this remind you of? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KgpEru9lhw
Industrial Revolution & Art • Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin) • Factory Scene • Eating Machine Scene • Roller Skating Scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPSK4zZtzLI&sns=em https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_1apYo6-Ow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPcEFHA3X0c
Claude Debussy • 1862 – 1918 (France) • Transition from late-Romantic music to early-Modern music • His two biggest influences were Richard Wagner and non-western music (specifically the instrumentation of music from the island of Java). • He had a turbulent private life – had affairs with four women, only one of which he actually married.
Claude Debussy • His music was thought to suggest “how sounds look and how colors sound.” or “instrumental color” • Famous Works: - Arabesque - Rêverie - “Clair de Lune (Moonlight)” is his most famous piece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fle2CP8gR0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRjllL-MP0U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fvo_iOuSck
How does Debussy’s Clair de Lune use timbre to create mood? “themes are blended seamlessly so that the transitions are as fluid and undetectable as possible” --> What characteristic of the Impressionist style of visual arts does this remind you of? Think of this quote as you watch Disney’s Fantasia – Clair de Lune http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcpamvLB2JU&feature=related
How Sound Looks & How Color Sounds • A Boy Named Charlie Brown (Schroeder’s Dream) • What Dreams May Come (Entering Heaven) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYzRk5bIPsw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYonzhFT_z4
Drawing Activity Step 1: Rhythm / Uniformity • Create and image using geometric shapes, images in your mind or copied from real life.
Drawing Activity Step 2: Color & Sound • Now blend colors as you fill in your new creation. • Let the music influence your decisions!