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	Impressionist music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Impressionist movement in music is a movement in music loosely set between the late nineteenth century, up to the middle of the twentieth century.
		Like its precursor in the visual arts, musical impressionism was based in France, and the French composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel are generally considered to be the two "great" impressionists (although Debussy renounced the term, and Ravel composed many other pieces that can't possibly be identified as "Impressionist").
		Impressionist composers also made extensive use of whole tone scales to create a dreamy, "hazy" effect in their works, much like the blurred paintings of Renoir and Monet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Impressionist_music (308 words)

	Encyclopedia: Impressionist music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Musical composition has three meanings in music: an original piece of music the musical structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new piece of music // A musical composition A piece of music exists in the form of a written composition in musical notation or as a single...
		The term musical form is used in two related ways: a generic type of composition such as the symphony or concerto the structure of a particular piece, how its parts are put together to make the whole; this too can be generic, such as binary form or sonata form Musical...
		In music, a whole tone scale is a scale in which each note is separated from its neighbors by the interval of a whole step.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Impressionist-music (799 words)

	Impressionism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Characteristic of impressionist painting are visible brushstrokes, light colors, open composition, emphasis on light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, and unusual visual angles.
		Although Manet did not consider himself an impressionist, he led discussions at Café Guerbois where the impressionists gathered, and influenced the explorations of the artistic group.
		Impressionists took advantage of the mid-century introduction of premixed paints in tubes (resembling modern toothpaste tubes) which allowed artists to work more spontaneously both outdoors and indoors.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Impressionism (1429 words)

	CHAPTER 15 -- IMPRESSIONISM (1880 -- 1920) AND THE NEW MEDIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Impressionistic music is often written in direct contrast to Romantic music in its emotional tone.
		This is not to suggest that all Impressionistic music is slow and quiet--some of it is very loud and fast moving, but there is a greater tendency of its composers to concentrate on the more introspective aspects of nature, concerned with the infinite variety of subtle shadings.
		Many musical experiments were performed in the late 1800s and early 1900s, but of all of the movements that took off in their own directions, Debussy's is one of the few that are quite listenable.
	www.gprep.org /~music/musikbok/chap15.html (1409 words)

	impressionist music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Impressionist movement in music is loosely set between the late nineteenth century, up to the middle of the twentieth century.
		Like its precursor in the visual arts, musical impressionism was based in France.
		Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel are considered to be the two "great" impressionists (however, Debussy renounced the term).
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Impressionist_Music (236 words)

	The Piano Place - History - The Impressionist
		The Impressionist period in music marks a change in the European music scene.
		Impressionist rhythm do away with the regular beat of Classical rhythm, and instead used floating rhythms that has no regular beat.
		Ravel's music was criticized by audiences and critics at first, but eventually it attained acceptance and made him famous.
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/Studio/6917/history4.html (684 words)

	Impressionism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The impressionist movement is often considered to mark the beginning of the modern period in art and, to a lesser degree, in music.
		The impressionists were concerned more with the effects of light on an object than with exact depiction of form, because they believed that light tends to diffuse the outlines of the form and reflect the colors of surrounding objects into the shadows.
		The impressionist movement in music was led by the French composer Claude Debussy.
	www.members.tripod.com /~Tatiyana/impressionism.htm (1350 words)

	Claude Debussy and Impressionism
		While at Chenonceau he was required to play classical music, and no doubt, all of Tchaikovsky's chamber music, and he improvised at the piano in accordance with the tastes of his hostess.
		Debussy was no "man in an ivory tower." This is demonstrated by his delight in the music of the circus and music halls, as is clear from his cakewalks, which are closely akin to Ragtime.
		Impressionist composers juxtaposed pure chordal colors, leaving it to the ear of the listener to interpret the whole.
	www.carolinaclassical.com /articles/debussy.html (3271 words)

	Impressionistic Influences in the Music of Claude Debussy
		In music this is characterized by tonality, unresolved dissonance, and ambiguities.
		Music critics at the time were "almost unanimous in their condemnation" of the work.
		It is a "kind of music free from themes and motives, or formed on a single continuos theme, which nothing interrupts, and which never returns upon itself...." (Thompson 103) Debussy had created a music which would define the basis of French musical style for years to come.
	www.tcd.ie /Music/JF%20History/debussy.html (2904 words)

	Sarah Todd
		Similarly, impressionistic music was music that was based on a blurring of distinct harmonies, rhythms, and forms.
		The paintings often had an exotic style and in music this represents the new importance of rhythms and scales.
		This piece follows the impressionist form in that there is no clear them, extended chords are used, and parallel fifths are used.
	www.class.uidaho.edu /engl_258/Assignments/Student%20Summaries/sarah_todd.htm (1137 words)

	MONET, RENOIR AND THE IMPRESSIONIST LANDSCAPE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Music will be provided by, Nik and the Nice Guys, who have preformed at the last 10 Superbowls, the fall and spring Olympics as well as other large parties in NYC.
		In the first of a two-part explo-ration of Impressionist music, the Quadrivium Players, a musical group organized ex-pressly for the Virginia Mu-seum of Fine Arts, presents a concert of works by Debussy, Ibert and Roussel at 6 p.m.
		The museum's exploration of Impressionist paintings continues with a talk on "The French Impressionists' View of Japanese Art: A Marvelous Misinterpretation" by Dr. Rosemary Smith, assistant professor of art history at Virginia Commonwealth University, at 6 p.m.
	www.vmfa.state.va.us /monetevents.html (1619 words)

	Classics for Kids \| Past Shows
		The period called "Baroque" in music history extends roughly from 1600 to 1750.
		Baroque music is tuneful and very organized and melodies tend to be highly decorated and elaborate.
		Conflict and contrast between sections in a piece and between instruments are common, and the music can be quite dramatic.
	www.classicsforkids.com /shows/genre_baroque.asp (59 words)

	Rick Sowash \| Recordings: Chamber Music Journal Review
		Sowash has written a first rate piece of music which certainly well depicts what he set out to, and, it can stand on its own without any program.
		At times neo-classical, romantic, neo-romantic, or impressionist, the music is always original and never hackneyed or low-brow.
		Sowash's attractive music is always tonal although he does not, on occasion, hesitate to challenge his listeners by pushing tonality to its limits.
	www.sowash.com /recordings/reviews/sanctuary.html (715 words)

	Dolmetsch Online - Music Theory Online - Music of the 20th Century
		The result is that "contemporary" music by composers like Philip Glass and Arvo Pärt is often more appealing to a broad audience than earlier works by composers who claimed to be the authentic voice of the 20th century in stressing dissonance and fragmentation in their music.
		As it related to music, the movement sought "to present the musical soul of the masses, of the great factories, of the railways, of the transatlantic liners, of the battleships, of the automobiles and airplanes.
		The German music critic and sociologist, Theodor Adorno (1903-1969), expressed Ives' frustration in a more formal manner: he developed the concept of 'negative dilectic', which, as far as music was concerned, meant that music must be difficult because the undemanding acted as a mass sedative, encouraging people not to think.
	www.dolmetsch.com /musictheory40.htm (10324 words)

	Post-Romantic Music Before World War I
		The result is that "contemporary" music by composers like Philip Glass and Arvo Pärt is often is often more appealing to a broad audience than earlier works by composers who claimed to be the authentic voice of the 20th century in stressing dissonance and fragmentation in their music.
		Impressionist art often tries to capture fleeting moments in which a certain kind of light transforms the objects it shines on.
		Impressionist music often lacks the sort of strong forward drive characteristic of earlier music.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~brians/hum_303/postromantic.html (1500 words)

	Island of Freedom - Claude Debussy
		Debussy was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye and studied at the Paris Conservatoire, which he entered at the age of 10.
		His treatment of chords was radical for its time: Taking advantage of their individual colors and effects, he arranged them so as to weaken, rather than support, the illusion of any specified key.
		The lack of fixed tonality in Debussy's music gives it a dreamy quality that some critics of his time referred to as musical impressionism, after the resemblance they saw to the pictorial and understated effects achieved by artists of the impressionist school.
	www.island-of-freedom.com /DEBUSSY.HTM (677 words)

	BBC - Radio 3 - Introduction to the solo piano music of Debussy and Ravel
		His fascination with musical colour was particularly stimulated by Baudelaire's ideas on the correspondence between the arts, and Paul Dukas, composer and Debussy's friend, also affirmed that the most powerful influence on Debussy was that of writers, particularly of Edgar Allan Poe.
		Be it genuine or contrived, one of the central issues of the "Impressionist" music has always been the one of definition of the relationship between Debussy and Ravel, and of who owes what to whom.
		For his music, Ravel preferred Erard pianos, since the company was still straight-stringing pianos even into the 20 th century, thus keeping the action light and facilitating repeated notes and glissandos.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio3/classical/raveldebussy/introduction.shtml (4108 words)

	Impressionist music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel are considered to be the two "great" impressionists.
		Technically, the impressionists invented or began using a great number of new compositional techniques: Multi-modality, planing, extended tertian harmonies, and intentionally ambiguous musical forms[?].
		Thus even.html">even Hadrian and Pollux were forced to broad Canopic way that they were able to come to a stand-still.
	www.termsdefined.net /im/impressionist-music.html (199 words)

	Claude Debussy's Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although he associated little with musicians, he enjoyed the company of the leading impressionist poets and painters who gathered at the home of the poet Stephane Mallarme.
		Debussy's style was one of the most important influences on 20th- century music.
		As a student he refused to submit to the rules of traditional musical theory.
	public.srce.hr /~fsupek/debussy.html (461 words)

	Frank Levin - Composer
		A second CD of piano music entitled San Francisco Souvenirs is scheduled for release in July, 2005.
		Much of his music is available through this website as is a rare 1983 mini album of his Christmas songs recorded by Wesla Whitfield.
		He began piano lessons around the age of seven and writing music at the age of twelve after being inspired by the piano concertos of Rachmaninoff.
	www.franklevincomposer.com (371 words)

	Boston.com / A&E / Music / Zander conducts a spirited 'Petrushka'
		Stravinsky was noted for his observation that music cannot be "about" anything other than itself, but his practice tells another story -- if you want someone to put a Moor foot-juggling a coconut into music, Stravinsky is the man to do it.
		Zander entertainingly summarized the plot of the ballet, with musical illustrations, and then he showed how cross-rhythms and orchestral colors help tell the story.
		The debonair Cole bounded onstage with a calla lily pinned onto his lapel and began promisingly; he sounded lovely in the quiet opening and later in the French Impressionist water-music episode of the slow movement; he certainly didn't lack vitality in the contrasting sections.
	www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2004/11/20/zander_conducts_a_spirited_petrushka (556 words)

	Griffes, Charles -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		With the rising prestige of opera in the later 17th century, these simple Lieder declined in favour of extended virtuoso songs and concert arias, such as Handel's nine Deutsche Arien (German Arias) of...
		Impressionist painting comprises the work produced between about 1867 and 1886 by a group of artists who shared a set of related approaches and techniques.
		He was known for his husky, emotional voice and ability to perform many types of music.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9038106?tocId=9038106 (734 words)

	Classical Net Review - Debussy - La Mer, etc.
		Recently, we've heard much talk about Debussy's music as non-Impressionist, although of course the term was adapted from painting to describe the type of music Debussy wrote.
		Debussy himself cared neither for the term as applied to his music nor for the painters of that school (his favorite painter was Botticelli).
		Perhaps people have fun using the music as a soundtrack to films of the sea they run in their heads.
	www.classical.net /music/recs/reviews/d/dgg39896a.html (1389 words)

	Classical Archives Forum: Archive through August 22, 2004
		Many people dislike the music of Liszt on the grounds that it is too complex to listen to or it is too dark and depressing.
		He needed virtually no music tuition (I think he indulged in a few "token" lessons in composition and technique from I think it was either Czerny or Kalkbrenner, I can't remember).
		Yes, his music is difficult and demands technique, but it is playable, and a lot of people bought it.
	forum.classicalarchives.com /messages/2/1630.html?1093238195 (3497 words)

	French Impressionist Painting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		French Impressionist painting is currently the most popular of all European bodies of art.
		However, a reaction was bound to set in, and during the final decades of the 20th century, a number of politically oriented critics began to argue that far from being radicals, the Impressionists appealed to bourgeois tastes partly because their technique was easy to digest and their subject matter inoffensive.
		Since I find the "case" against the Impressionists rather shallow, I am supplementing the videotape you will be watching with this Web assignment, to give you a broader acquaintance with this important art movement.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~brians/hum_303/impression.html (496 words)

	Claude Debussy, Impressionist Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although he was 22 years younger than Monet, Debussy acknowledged the influence that the Impressionist artists had on his music.
		Debussy is regarded as the leader of Impressionism in music.
		He said his Nocturnes are an impression of light and shadow.
	members.aol.com /sabbeth/debussy.html (115 words)

	WMU News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		KALAMAZOO -- Drawing on family connections, the keyboard area in WMU's School of Music will present a multi-sensory experience of sound, sight and imagination featuring guest pianist Margaret Baxtresser on Wednesday, Sept. 19, beginning at 8 p.m.
		Titled "Debussy and the Impressionists," the concert explores the relationship between the music and paintings of one of the most exciting and dramatic periods in the history of the arts.
		"Debussy and the Impressionists" has been presented at the Cleveland Museum, Dallas Museum, and the Minneapolis Museum for the opening of the Monet exhibit.
	www.wmich.edu /wmu/news/2001/0109/0102-ae006.html (226 words)

	The Austin Chronicle: Music: Summer Schedule Highlights
		One Impressionist concert, one Classical, one avant-garde, one Romantic, and one Baroque: Attend every one and you'll have experienced a sweep through Western classical music.
		Together, Ravel and Debussy form almost the entire category of impressionist music, and their composition styles are reminiscent of the movement's painters.
		He was a pivotal figure both musically and socially, leaving his mark on everything he touched.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2004-06-04/music_feature3.html (873 words)

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