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IMPRESSIONISM
Presented by: (Group 1 - Visuals)
Mrs. Dona Mabil T. Toledana

IMPRESSIONISM
A French movement in the late 19th and early 20th
century
The sentimental melodies and dramatic
emotionalism of the preceding Romantic Period were
being replaced in favor of moods and expressions.
There is an extensive use of colors and
effects,vague,melodies and innovative chords and
progressions leading to mild dissonances.

Claude Debussy (1862 Was born in St. Germain-en-Laye

1918)
in France on
Aug. 22,1862
He was the primary exponent of the
impressionist movement and the focal
point for other impressionist composers.
He won the top prize at the Prix de Rome
completion with his composition The
Prodigal Son
Got exposed to the music of Richard
Wagner specifically his opera Tristan and
Isolde

WORKS

Total of 227
Ariettes Oubliees
more or less
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
composition
String Quartet
s
Pelleas et Melisande(1895)- had extreme reactions for
its innovative harmoniesand textural treatments.
La Mer (1905)- highly imaginative and atmospheric
symphonic work for orchestra about the sea.
Images,Suite Bergamesque and Estampes- his most
popular piano compositions.
Claire de Lune(Moonlight)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Was born in Ciboure,France to a Basque mother
and a Swiss father.
He entered the Paris Conservatory at the age of 14
where he studied with the eminent French
composer Gabriel Faure.
He had composed a number of masterpieces
during his early 20s.
His compositions are mainly characterized by its
uniquely innovative but not atonal style of
harmonic treatment.
It is defined with intricate and sometimes modal
melodies and extended chordal components.

WORKS

Total of 1922
compositions,app
Pavane for a Dead Princess(1899)- a slow but lyrical requiem
roximating 60
Jeux dEau or Water Fountains(1901)
pieces for
String Quartet(1903)
piano,ballets,ope
Sonatine for Piano(c.1904)
etc.
Mirrors(1905)- a work for piano known for its harmonic evolutionra
and imagination.
Gaspard de la Nuit(1908)- a set of demonic inspired pieces based on the poems of
Aloysius Bertrand which is arguably the most difficult piece in the piano repertoire.
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales(1911)
Le Tombeau de Couperin(c.1917)- a commemoration of the musical advocacies of
Francois Couperin.
Rhapsodie Espagnole
Bolero
Daphnis et Chloe(1912)- a ballet commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev.
La Valse(1920)-a waltz with a frightening undertone.
Tzigane(1922)

QUIZ

1. What do you call to the French

movement wherein there is an extensive
use of colors,effects vague,melodies and
innovative chords and progressions
leading to a mild dissonances?

Answer: Impressionism

2. Who was the primary exponent

of the impressionist movement
and the focal point for other
impressionist composers?

Answer: Claude Debussy

3. In what composition did

Claude Debussy won Prix de
Rome?
Answer: The Prodigal Son

4. Claude Debussy got exposed

to music of
___________________________.
Answer: Richard Wagner

5. Famous operatic work that drew

mixed extreme reactions for its
innovative harmonies and textural
treatments.
Answer: Pelleas Et Melisande

6-10. Give atleast 5 works of Claude Debussy.

Answer: La Mer
Tristan and Isolde
Claire De Lune
String Quartet
Arietes Oubliees
Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun
The Prodigal Son
Images,Suite Bergamasque and Estampes

11. Maurice Ravel entered the

Paris Conservatory at the age of
_____.

Answer: 14 years old

12. Maurice Ravel have a Basque

mother and a ____________ father.

Answer: Swiss

13-15. Give atleast 3 works of

Maurice Ravel
ANSWER:

Pavane for a Dead Princess(1899)- a slow but lyrical requiem

Jeux dEau or Water Fountains(1901)
String Quartet(1903)
Sonatine for Piano(c.1904)
Mirrors(1905)- a work for piano known for its harmonic evolution and imagination.
Gaspard de la Nuit(1908)- a set of demonic inspired pieces based on the poems of Aloysius Bertrand which is
arguably the most difficult piece in the piano repertoire.
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales(1911)
Le Tombeau de Couperin(c.1917)- a commemoration of the musical advocacies of Francois Couperin.
Rhapsodie Espagnole
Bolero
Daphnis et Chloe(1912)- a ballet commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev.
La Valse(1920)-a waltz with a frightening undertone.
Tzigane(1922)

GROUP 1
Energiz
er:
Alcantar
a
Cabusas

Speaker:
Aquino
Agbayani
Ballado
Bulatao
Caintic

Music:
Arenso
l
Benga
n

Visual:
Bengan
Capones
De
Guzman