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Exploring Impressionism and Expressionism in 20th Century Music

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Dive into the contrasting worlds of Impressionism and Expressionism in classical music, exploring the innovative styles of Debussy, Ravel, and Schoenberg. Witness the atmospheric and non-emotional beauty of Impressionism, juxtaposed with the primal and atonal dissonance of Expressionism.

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Exploring Impressionism and Expressionism in 20th Century Music

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  1. Impressionism vs Expressionism Classical Music of the 20th Century

  2. Impressionism

  3. Impressionism Claude Monet - Soleil levant

  4. Claude Monet - Water Lilies

  5. Impressionism • Goal of Impressionism • Movement • NOT “Capturing the subject”

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

  7. Impressionism The Great Impressionist of Music Claude Debussy 1862-1918

  8. Impressionism The Great Impressionist of Music Maurice Ravel 1875-1937

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

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

  11. Expressionism

  12. Expressionism Germany France

  13. The Scream - Munch

  14. Sunflowers - Van Gogh

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

  16. Expressionism Musical Example: Pierrot Lunaire - Schoenberg

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

  18. Expressionism Musical Example: Five Pieces for Orchestra - Schoenberg

  19. Expressionism • Musical Characteristics: • Atonal (no key center) • Dissonance (represents inner turmoil) • Primal

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

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

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