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These chords were often shifted parallel. In the melodic field the whole tone scale, the pentatonic and church tonal turns were used. The melodics were characterized by their circular melodic movements. The timbre became the stylistic device of Impressionism instead of concise themes or other traditional forms. [16] [better source needed]
Debussy c. 1900 by Atelier Nadar Achille Claude Debussy [n 1] was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born to a family of modest means and little cultural involvement, Debussy showed enough musical talent to be admitted at the ...
Ernest Fanelli (29 June 1860 – 24 November 1917) was a French composer who is known for his works which have been considered as precursing Impressionism.He gained renown when his symphonic poem Thèbes premiered in Paris; this was a work incorporating elements associated with music ahead of its time, such as unique harmonies, extended chords, and polytonality.
Joseph Maurice Ravel [n 1] (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer.
Charles Tomlinson Griffes (US: / ˈ ɡ r ɪ f ə s / GRIFF-fiss; September 17, 1884 – April 8, 1920) was an American composer for piano, chamber ensembles and voice.His initial works are influenced by German Romanticism, but after he relinquished the German style, [2] his later works make him the most famous American representative of musical Impressionism, along with Charles Martin Loeffler.
Maurice Ravel's music, also often labelled as impressionist, explores music in many styles not always related to it (see the discussion on Neoclassicism, below). Arnold Schoenberg, Los Angeles, 1948. Many composers reacted to the Post-Romantic and Impressionist styles and moved in different directions.
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Albert Roussel. Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel (French pronunciation: [albɛʁ ʃaʁl pɔl maʁi ʁusɛl]; 5 April 1869 – 23 August 1937) was a French composer.He spent seven years as a midshipman, turned to music as an adult, and became one of the most prominent French composers of the interwar period.