Renowned French Composer, Claude Debussy

The set analyzed will be set B which includes: “Clair de Lune” from the Suite Bergamasque by Claude Debussy, “Somewhere over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz sung by Judy Garland and written by Harold Arlen, and finally, Piano Concerto in C minor, No. 2, second movement by S. Rachmaninoff. Each piece is unique and have distinct qualities which differentiate themselves from each other. The first song analyzed will be “Clair de Lune” or moonlight. Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” is an iconic piece of piano music which is recognized by many people. The form of the piece is ternary which means there are three distinct sections which follow an ABA form.

In the 19th century, there was an artistic transition from realism to a new form called impressionism. This change originated in France, as the world underwent a transition to industrialization. The impressionist was able to understand how light and color operate hand in hand in a painting. Instead of seeing an image as a whole work, impressionist would see smaller images making up the entire piece. The style was primarily made of the use of intense colors, open composition, light and movement and brush strokes. They were mainly

“My composer is Guillaume De Machaut. People believe that he was born around the year 1300 but yet they don’t know what day he was born on. He died on April 13, 1377. He was both born and died in Reims, France. Very little is know for Guillaume but he was employed by John of Luxembourg, who was the king of Bohemia. He was named canon (a canon is someone that can play two or more instruments of something) of Verdun in 1330, Arras in 1332, and Reims in 1337. We don’t know too much about him because he was in the 1300’s where no one wrote any information about Guillaume De Machaut.

French history is filled with an amazing culture that consists of beautiful architecture and delicious food. One aspect of French culture that stands out is its Art. Among the famous artists that have contributed over the years, one artists name stands out among the rest, Claude Monet. Claude Monet is known for being one of the influential artists to introduce impressionism. In a style not previously before painted, impressionism depicted a landscape or scene by creating illusion through the use of shading and coloring. Traditional painting was produced in an art studio, but impressionism was a unique. It allowed the artist to shed the use of a studio and step out into nature. Monet and other famous artists launched this new style of art that challenged traditional painting and would forever change French culture and influence art for many years to come.

Achille-Claude Debussy or Claude Debussy was a French 20th century composer known for his prominent role in impressionistic music. Debussy never described his pieces as impressionism as he disliked the term when it was associated with his music. Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, he and his family left for Paris in 1867 only to move to Cannes in 1870 to escape the Franco-Prussion war. Claude Debussy learnt to play piano from an Italian violinist by the name Jean Cerutti and later studied under a woman, by the name of Marie Mauté de Fleurville, who claimed to have been a pupil of Frédéric Chopin. In 1872 he was enrolled in the Paris Conservatoire and remained there to develop musically over the next 11 years. Debussy was infamous for his experimental nature breaking

The Art Story Foundation (ASF) (2015) discusses Claude Monet (1840-1926) as one of the leaders of French Impressionism of the late nineteenth century. With Edouard Manet (1832-1883) as an inspiration, Monet developed his own distinctive style in the 1860s. He blurred the clarity of forms and linear perspective with bold colors emphasizing on qualities of light and atmosphere going against traditional artistic precision.

Nicholas Turchiano MU-106 Professor Murphy 2/27/18 Achille-Claude Debussy better known as just Claude Debussy was a French pianist and composer from the 1800s. Claude was known to be a major force in the music world. Claude was known to use his own unique style when writing his pieces that helped shape modern music. Claude was known to change the style of his pieces throughout his career so that no two pieces would sound the same.

Jacques Offenbach was born on June 20, 1819, in Cologne, Prussia (present-day Germany). His original name was Jacob Offenbach. He was the seventh child of Isaac Juda Eberst; a cantor at the Cologne Synagogue. When he was 6 years old he was taught the violin, then as it says in the book, “Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of His Time” “He was accidentally discovered to have been secretly and successfully practicing the cello, for which his arms were not yet long enough.” Thanks to this discovery he was taken to the good cellist Herr Alexander where he learned all the techniques that Herr Alexander could offer him.

Popular music during the 1890’s to the 1920’s reflected on the attitudes, beliefs, values, and behavior of the American population. Ranging from sentimental ballads to ragtime, the entire world was soon overcome with the power and complexity of the revelations happening in music. The interruption of World War II seemed to be a distraction; however it introduced the true twentieth century culture. Claude Debussy’s, the face of impressionism, career began in the mid-to late 1880s was at its peak of influence. Although Debussy saw competing composer Richard Wagner’s music as too aggressive and absurd, his style was respected for its impact on the Romantic period.

In the 20th-century, romantic was the style in music. Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss and Jean Sibelius were pushing the bounds of Post-Romantic Symphonic writing. Claude Debussy lead the Impressionist movement that was developed in France at the same time. Many composers reacted to the Post-Romantic and impressionist styles and moved in different directions. Widespread break was the single most important moment in expounding the course of music throughout the century. It effected different composers in diverse ways in the first decade of the century. In Vienna, Arnold Schoenberg developed atonality out of the expressionism that arose in the early 20th-century. Arnold later developed the twelve-tone technique which was developed further by

Neoclassicism taken literally is new classical which can be understood as a return to the classical style. The neoclassical idea of returning to the classics in a new style is one that moved through several art forms starting from the scholastic community in the mid-18th century. The essence of neoclassical was that it brought many scholars and artists back to Grecian classics which came to be part of their classics. Music was one of the last art forms touched by the neoclassicism idea, and even then it only occurred several decades into the 19th century. Of all the neoclassical composers, Igor Fyodorvich Stravinsky is the one that is the most well known in the music world for his contributions to the creation of the style. Stravinsky’s

Reality comes from creating an imagined thought - whether that thought stemmed from something that someone has seen to what someone has heard, or even felt. The first composer that will be discussed throughout this essay composed Protest in 1908, this composer is none other but Philip Glass. Glass was always looking to present his music in a very bizarre, but different and in a unique way since the 80’s. In contrast, the second composer who will be discussed is Arnold Schoenberg, he was a composer who told a story through the pieces he had composed; for example Schoenberg composed Gebet an Pierrot No. 9 in 1912 which is expressed in a distinct and narrative way. Both Glass and Schoenberg contributed a great deal of music that till this day

It is not uncommon in music that a particular style or genre may share similar traits with another completely different musical genre. In fact, this happens quite often, and much like other forms of art, different types of music influence each other regularly and co-exist to create newer forms of music. A brilliant example of this is demonstrated through the music of Claude Debussy and his widespread influence on 20th century music. Considered one of the fathers of “impressionistic music” (a title he personally disapproved of), Debussy’s selection of harmony opened an entirely new realm of harmonic possibilities that hadn’t existed previously. Through the implementation of extended harmonies and flowing non-diatonic melodies (among other techniques) he carved a unique sound completely different from his contemporaries. One of the genres his music inspired was Jazz. Debussy’s usage of harmony and modulation was highly influential on many of the Jazz greats including Duke

For many music is a way to communicate and express someone’s emotions. This is one of the many beauties people find in this art form. This researcher paper is about the life and work of Anton Bruckner, a great composer of the romantic period. The research paper will be focus from Bruckner’s early life to his last moments.

Impressionism as an historical art period is best described as a shift in thinking and focus. This paradigm shift, away from realism and toward individualism, began a centuries long transformation of self-expression in art as a whole. Impressionism is generally considered a French movement and is typically defined as spanning from approximately 1867 to 1886. Impressionism is best embodied by and was perhaps initiated by Claud Monet in such world-renowned works as Impressions: soleil levant which lent its name to the style and subsequently the art period as a whole.