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Post-Impressionism Music

Explore how composers like Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy used dynamics and timbre to mirror the Industrial Revolution in their music. Discover the link between Impressionist visual arts and musical transitions. See how timbre in Debussy's "Clair de Lune" creates mood, reminiscent of fluid impressions. Engage with the harmonies and structures that characterized Ravel's innovative compositions. Unveil the imaginative connection between sound and color in a drawing activity influenced by music.

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Post-Impressionism Music

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  1. Post-Impressionism Music • Industrial Revolution (music video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAIZPCc-hmw&app=desktop

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Drawing Activity Step 1: Rhythm / Uniformity • Create and image using geometric shapes, images in your mind or copied from real life.

  11. Drawing Activity Step 2: Color & Sound • Now blend colors as you fill in your new creation. • Let the music influence your decisions!

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