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Exploring Impressionism and Expressionism in 20th Century Music

Dive into the contrasting worlds of Impressionism and Expressionism in classical music, exploring the innovative styles of Debussy, Ravel, and Schoenberg. Witness the atmospheric and non-emotional beauty of Impressionism, juxtaposed with the primal and atonal dissonance of Expressionism.

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Exploring Impressionism and Expressionism in 20th Century Music

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  1. Impressionism vs Expressionism Classical Music of the 20th Century

  2. Impressionism

  3. Impressionism Claude Monet - Soleil levant

  4. Claude Monet - Water Lilies

  5. Impressionism • Goal of Impressionism • Movement • NOT “Capturing the subject”

  6. Impressionism Musical Example: La Mer mov. II - Claude Debussy

  7. Impressionism The Great Impressionist of Music Claude Debussy 1862-1918

  8. Impressionism The Great Impressionist of Music Maurice Ravel 1875-1937

  9. Impressionism Musical Example: La cathedrale engloutie - Debussy “The Sunken Cathedral”

  10. Impressionism • Musical Characteristics • Atmospheric • Non-emotional (Opposite of Romantic music) • Explored other scales (e.g. whole tone)

  11. Expressionism

  12. Expressionism Germany France

  13. The Scream - Munch

  14. Sunflowers - Van Gogh

  15. Expressionism • Goals of Expressionism • Capture “being alive” • Express emotional experience… not physical reality • Expressionism also in dance, architecture, and movies

  16. Expressionism Musical Example: Pierrot Lunaire - Schoenberg

  17. Expressionism Notable Composer: Arnold Schoenberg 1874 - 1951 Students: Alban Berg Anton Webern

  18. Expressionism Musical Example: Five Pieces for Orchestra - Schoenberg

  19. Expressionism • Musical Characteristics: • Atonal (no key center) • Dissonance (represents inner turmoil) • Primal

  20. Expressionism Impressionism • Non Traditional harmony • “New Sounds” • Atonal • Dissonant • Inner emotions • Tonal • Non-emotional • “Color”

  21. Other 20th Century Classical Musical Styles • Post Romantic/Nationalism - Mahler, Sibelius • Free Dissonance - Ives • 12 Tone - Schoenberg, Berg, Webern • Neoclassicism - Stravinsky, Hindemeth, Ravel • Minimalism - Glass, Reich, Le Monte Young • Post Modernism/Electronic - Cage • Jazz Influenced - Gershwin, Copland, Milhaud

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