MAPEH 10 NOTABLE 20TH CENTURY COMPOSERS AND MUSICIANS
NAME:___________________________ DATE:________
GRADE/SECTION:______________ P#:___________
IMPRESSIONISM
WHAT IS IMPRESSIONSIM?
- is a movement in painting that started in France in the
1860’s.
- it is characterized by visual impression of the moment in
terms of the shifting effect of colors and light.
- they painted many colors and light.
- their usual subjects are the outdoors like nature’s
landscape.
- their paintings can be very bright and vibrant.
HISTORY AND BACKGROUND OF IMPRESSIONISM
- is an art movement that started in the mid-19th century.
- there is the desire to paint modern life instead of
academic subjects of mythology and history.
ARTISTS: ROSA BONHEUR
GUSTAVE COURBET
JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET
EDOUARD MANET
CLAUDE MONET
- they painted real-life images.
- this was instrumental in the birth of Impressionism.
WHAT IS IMPRESSIONISM IN MUSIC?
- it has been said that Impressionism in Music was
adopted from Art Impressionism.
- in music, Impressionism is a style of music that makes
use of sound to let the listener feel the moods that focus
on structure of music.
- it started and developed in France in the 19th Century.
CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPRESSIONISM IN MUSIC:
1. the rhythm of impressionism music is irregular in terms
of phrases.
2. it avoids traditional harmonic progression.
3. it has unresolved dissonance.
4. it uses the whole-tone scale and modality.
WHOLE-TONE SCALE – arrangement of pitches in the scale
which are separated by a whole step which consist of half
step and various major and minor scales.
DISSONANCE – is the lack of agreement and consistency
in the progress of harmony of music.
MODALITY – refers to the original modes use in music
composition and the traditional way of composing was
abandoned.
1. CLAUDE DEBUSSY
2. MAURICE RAVEL
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-19180)
- was born in France on August 22, 1862.
- his first documented musical experience dates back
1870-1871.
- he entered the Paris Conservatoire (1872) under his
piano professor Jean-Francois Marmontel
Achievements:
1. 3rd place for solfeggio and a 2nd certificate in piano
exam in 1875.
2. 2nd place for solfeggio and a 1st certificate.
3. finally gained 1st place in solfeggio in 1876.
4. a winner of the 1884 Prix de Rome – “L’enfant
Prodigue”
- “The Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” was his
orchestral height.
- “Pelleas et Melisande” his only famous opera.
- he died due to cancer but he died with his great
compositions like “Engulfed Cathedral” and “Claire De
Lune”
MAURICE RAVEL
- born on March 7, 1875in the town of Ciboure, France.
- his earliest memories of music with his mother were the
Spanish folk melodies she sung to him.
- in 1882, he took his first piano lesson under Henry Ghys
who said that Ravel was a young pupil to be “intelligent”.
- On June 2, 1889 he performed an excerpt from
Moscheles’s Third Concerto and it was his first public
performance.
- Maurice was awarded 2nd place in the piano competition
on July 10, 1890.
- Maurice’s performance of Schumann’s Sonata resulted to
grand prize in July of 1891.
- he died at the age of 62.
- his famous work of his lifetime of compositions are :
Bolero, La Valse, Ma Mere l’oie, and Miroirs.