This Powerpoint presentation is all about the Impressionism Music, one of the period during the early 20th century.

1. Impressionism Music

2. Impressionism
 It is a movement that occur during
the late 19th century and early 20th
century.

3. Impressionism
 The term “impressionism” comes
from the painting of Monet
“Impression, Sunrise”.

4. Impressionist Music
 The most prominent in musical
impressionism music is the use of
‘color’ or in musical terminology,
‘timbre’.

5. Impressionist Music Composers:
 Claude Debussy
 Maurice Ravel
 Ernest Fanelli

6. Ernest Fanelli
 Said to be the “Father of Impressionist
Music”
 Innovated the style in the early 1880’s.

7. Claude Debussy
 1862-1918
 French composer
 One of the leading figures of the
Impressionist Music
 His music is noted for its sensory
content and frequent usage of atonality.

8. Maurice Ravel
 1875-1937
 French composer
 One of the leading figures of the
Impressionist Music
 Ravel was named as the “France’s greatest
living composer” during the 1920’s or 1930’s.
 His music is noted for its sensory content and
frequent usage of atonality.