16. Expressionism
* highly expressive and program music, or music that contained
visual imagery.
* trend came new combinations of extended chords,
harmonies, whole tone, chromatic scales, and pentatonic scales.
attempt not to depict reality
It was meant to create an Emotional In terms of imagery,
impressionistic forms were translucent and hazy, as if
trying to see through a rain-drenched window. Mood
rather than a specific picture
17. Expressionism
- revealed the composer’s mind, instead of
presenting an impression of the
environment. It used atonality and the
twelve-tone scale, lacking stable and
conventional harmonies. It served as a
medium for expressing strong emotions,
such as anxiety, rage,
and alienation. Debusy’s, Claire de Lune