The Influence of The Impressionist Era
Impressionism, one of the later eras in classical music composition.
An era where emotions are expressed vividly while still following
musical structure, where music caused much political controversy, and
where France became known for its musical talent. In this essay you
will read of how impressionism set a lasting mark in musical and
national histories, and how it influenced modern music as we know it.
The Impressionist Era all started with Claude Debussy, being tired of
the formed classical structure, and the romantic informality. Of all
of the musicians who ever lived Debussy (1862-1918) was known for his
originality and adventurous style. His influences soon spread
throughout the Western world. He, before long, became a "superstar" in
Europe, North America, and Asiatemporarily breaking the public's
fascination with the monolithic composers of the classical and
romantic eras. Because of Debussy's moving compositions Impressionism
soon spread into churches, schools, ballrooms, along with respected
theatres and concert halls. Although Claude Debussy was an amazing
orchestral composer, his works seemed to agree most with the piano.
Today, one of the most known pieces of piano repertoire is the piano
suite, Claire de Lune. Many composers started to become inspired by
Debussy and thus The Impressionist Era was born. In the later years to
come Debussy would have never guessed his music would be so powerful
and destructive.
In 1876 unrest soon came to France, and ironically held in the middle
was Impressionism. Today many would compare this to the sixties where
more liberal habits cause social disturbance. Historians to this day
are still shocked with how such an uplifting, and positive movement
could cause so much strife. Riots and political vendetta soon aroused
France, causing unofficial anarchy in which the government was
powerless. This national misfortune was actually caused by feuding
between the Socialists and Democratics using impressionism as their
weapon of war. The Impressionist Era was said by political leaders to
be expressing an opinion in France's politics, and since most
impressionists were French this point had a strong siding. Composers
like Debussy, and Satie soon unwittingly became political figureheads.
The music definitely was moving for the French people, and...
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... theatre, band and pop music techniques
and styles which were founded during Impressionism are all employed.
Even while watching a movie the background music often contains
Impressionistic styling. A prime example is Celine Dion's once popular
song, My Heart Will Go On, this song contains almost every one of
Impressionism's musical characteristics. Throughout the song harmonic
chord progressions, a drifting melodic line, classical and romantic
technique and tone, irregular chromatic intervals, and whole-tone
scales are clearly defined in the instrumental scores. Also, many
other songs are laden with Impressionistic styles; including some rock
music. Another modern day artist is Elton John who constantly uses
themes from the Impressionist Era. The influence that Impressionism
has on modern day music is actually quite phenomenal, all you have to
do is listen closely and I guarantee that you will notice some
similarity.
The Impressionistic revolution in music all started with one musician,
one composer, named Claude Debussy - who alone turned his mind's
sketches into another Era in musical history. Who knows, maybe you
will lead the way into the next musical era.
Mary was born December 8, 1542. Her parents were King James V and Mary of Guise. James, the King of Scotland, died shortly after Mary was born. He died six days after Mary was born. Mary became the Queen of Scots when she was six days old. There was lots of talk of who would take over being ruler until Mary became old enough to rule. Mary’s Uncle Henry the VIII declared that he wanted to take control of Scotland while Mary was still growing up. Mary’s mother wanted to rule while Mary was growing up. Mary’s mother acted as the regent. Mary finally became old enough and Mary’s mother had big plans for her to help the country of Scotland. (Mary, Queen of Scots Biography)
...e Crown. Queen Elizabeth Saw Mary as a dangerous threat to her position so had here on trial. Even though she was the queen of another country she was still trailed by and English court and condemned and later executed in 1587.
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Before Impressionism came to be a major movement (around 1870-1800s), Neoclassical and Romanticism were still making their impacts. Remembering last week’s lesson, we know that both those styles were different in the fact that one was based on emotion, while the other was practical and serious. However, one thing they both shared was the fact that the artists were trying to get a message across; mostly having to do with the effects of the French Revolution, and/or being ordered to do so. With Impressionism, there is a clear difference from its predecessors.
The great 19th century Impressionists were influenced by Japanese art. This influence, termed Japonisme, is seen in the art of Manet, Degas, Cassatt and others. Although often less recognized than European male Impressionists, Mary Cassatt brought unique perspective and subject matter to Impressionism. Portrayed as a detriment in Griselda Pollock’s Modernity and the Spaces of Femininity, the spaces of feminity that "limited" female impressionists in the 19th century made it possible for women artists like Cassatt to experiment with scenes of daily life and adapt the new Japonisme style, which included a centuries old technique of printmaking popular in Japan.
Mary Tudor became queen of England after she had Lady Jane Grey, known as the nine-day queen, executed (Lindbuchler). She came to the throne on July 19, 1553, and ruled for five dismal years (“Mary the Queen”). Because she was an advocate for the Roman Catholic Church, Mary never gained the support of her countrymen or nobles (Lindbuchler). At first, she seemed to be able to compromise and moved slowly toward religion; she even allowed her brother Edward to be buried with a Protestant service. But she despised the fact that her father broke away from the Church and always intended to return Catholicism to England (“Queen Bloody Mary”).
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The French Revolution, indeed, changed the structure of economics and social sphere of the old regime, and also the ideology of that time. In the years that followed the Revolution, the always increasing senses of both freedom and individuality were evident, not only in French society, but also in art. As stated by Dowd, “leaders of the French Revolution consciously employed all forms of art to mobilize public sentiment in favor of the New France and French nationalism.” In between all the artistic areas, the art of painting had a special emphasis. After the Revolution, the French art academies and also schools were now less hierarchical and there was, now, more freedom of engaging into new themes, not being the apprentices so tied up to their masters footsteps, not being so forced to follow them.
Claude Debussy is a French classical music composer. Debussy was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France in 1862. Debussy’s music was considered to fall under the impressionism study as he veered away from the traditional musical composition methods of key and pitch and worried about the different intervals in a piece. Debussy started playing the piano at the young age of seven, by age ten it was apparent that Debussy was very gifted in what he did as he was selected to attend a prestigious school for talented musicians, dancers and artists. Debussy stayed at the Conservatoire for eleven years where he perfected his talents with the help of some famous composers such as I...
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