Impressionism vs Expressionism Classical Music of the 20

Impressionism vs Expressionism Classical Music of the 20 th Century

Impressionism

Impressionism Claude Monet - Soleil levant

Claude Monet - Water Lilies

Impressionism o Goal of Impressionism n Movement n NOT “Capturing the subject”

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

Impressionism The Great Impressionist of Music Claude Debussy 1862 -1918

Impressionism The Great Impressionist of Music Maurice Ravel 1875 -1937

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

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

Expressionism

Expressionism Germany France

The Scream Munch

Sunflowers Van Gogh

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

Expressionism Musical Example: Pierrot Lunaire - Schoenberg

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

Expressionism Musical Example: Five Pieces for Orchestra Schoenberg

Expressionism ü Musical Characteristics: ü Atonal (no key center) ü Dissonance (represents inner turmoil) ü Primal

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

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