MUSI 1001 Lecture 5: l5
Document Summary
Monet and others held their own art show. Claude monet (1840-1926), edgar degas (1834-1917), auguste renior (1841-1919) Spots of colour create movement and fluidity. 1st time a style of painting was based upon characteristics of technique rather than form. Varies form short dabs of sound to long, flowing lines. Triad expanded to seventh and ninth chords. Chords frequently move in parallel motion (non-functional harmony) Varies from thin and airy to heavy and dense. Avoids traditional forms with clear-cut sections and repetitions. Form adapted to the needs of each particular composition. His most famous compositions written between 1894 and 1914. Cancer = virtually ceased composition from 1914 until his death. Compositions established the impressionist style in music. Prelude to the afternoon of a faun (1894) Composed to precede a staged reading of mallarme"s poem. Music is not closely tied to the text. One of the compositions on preludes, book i, a collection of piano music.
