This document provides biographical information about several impressionist and post-impressionist painters as well as information about several modernist composers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It discusses the development of impressionist painting and lists some of the major impressionist painters. It also provides details about the lives and musical styles of composers like Debussy, Stravinsky, Bartok, and Filipino composer Dr. Molina.

2. * The impressionist style of painting developed
in the late 19th century.
* The impressionist focused on capturing the over
all impression of the scene through affects by
Using light and color in various ways.

3. * Born in St. Germain on the 22nd day of August
1862 and died 25th day of March 1918 in Paris.
* One of the first “impressionist” composers, he
preferred to the subtle to the blatant (obvious),
quiet harmonies to blaring statement and on
listener to become immersed in the artist
experience.

4. (Achilles Claude Debussy)
Completed December 15, 1899 (at 3 pm) 1st
Performance October 7, 1901 in Paris. Scored for 2 flutes,
2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3
trombones, tuba, cymbals, Snare drums, tympany, 2
harps.

5. -Recalls a summer love affair
- is a restrained yet joyous celebrating (festival)
-is a simple 2 notes motive to seduce the listener
into Debussy.

6. *Claude Monet *Armand Guillaumin
*Pierre Auguste Renoir *Frederick Bazille
*Camille Pissaro
*Edgar Degas
*Alfred Sisley *Paul Cézanne
*Berthe Marisot *Edouard Monet

7. (1874-1951)
Born in Vienna 1847. He was a self thought
musician. He abandoned the traditional system
in form of the twelve tone technique.

8. -Unusual style of vocal performances halfway
between speaking and singing.
-Literacy means speech voice
-Fear, takot, unreasonable, confused and rebellion.

9. *Born March 30, 1853 in Groot Zundert and
died on the 29th day of July 1890 (self inflected
gunshot).
*Best known as the marvelous painter who cut his
own earlobe.

10. -A Dutch impressionist painter wrote early
works such as “the potato eaters” in 1885.
*Starry Night (1889) *900 Paintings
*Self Portrait (1888) *1010 drawings/10 yrs.

11. *Born Lomonosov, 17 June 1882; died New York,
6 April 1971. Russian composer, later of French (1934)
and American (1945).
*Stravinsky was regarded as the world greatest Composer.
His once revolutionary works were modem classics.
*Like Debussy and Shoenberg, Stravinsky a composer from
Russia, was also one of the 20th century composers who
established new trends in music, instead of just using the
new trends in his music, he combined the traditional and
modern trends.

12. -Is identified, by the time signature, a fractional symbol
in which the numerator specifies the no. of beats per bar
and the denominator specifies the relative note value
assigned to one beat.
-From L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldiers Tale)
2/4 3/4 2/4 3/8 2/4

13. -The suppression of an expected rhythmic accent by
the continuation of an accented tone that begins
just before it.

14. Bela Bartok (1881-1945), a Hungarian, is considered
a famous progressive modern musical composers, a
great pianist, teacher and researcher. He was one of the
leaders of Hungarian nationalism and made use of the
Hungarian folk tunes in his music. Just like Stravinsky,
he was one of the composers who belonged to the
movement of Neo-Classicism: a return to the simplicity
of classicism and combining of modern sound with
classic form.

15. Bartok made use of the church modes in his music.
1.Dorian - d ef g a bc d - Re
2. Phrygian - ef g a bc d e - Mi
3. Lydian - f g a bc d ef - Fa
4. Mixolydian - g a bc d ef g - So

16. His style is characterized by rhythms which are
percussive and intricate because of the influence of the
Hungarian dance patterns. He use polyrhythm, which
means using two or more different rhythms played at
the same time. In some of his compositions like “Six
dances in Bulgarian Rhythm, no. 1”, you will notice
the irregular grouping beats.
Polytonality, which is the simultaneous
combination of two or more tonalities in a composition,
can also be found in Bartok’s compositions.

17. With the advancement of technology, many
composers are experimenting with new sound sources
such as electronic, environmental, and other non-tonal
sounds. Traditional instruments are used but in a different
way. Even computers, cassette tape recorder, and
synthesizers are used.

18. Dr. Molina (1894-1980) was one of the 20th century
Composers who wrote art music. He was considered
The “Claude Debussy of the Philippines” because he
Was the first to introduce several important devices,
Technically characteristics of impressionism in music.
One of Molina’s popularly known composition is
“Hatinggabi” that is similar to Claude Debussy’s “Claire
de Lune”. Another composition of Molina is “Dancing
fool.” In the composition, he made use of the whole tone
scale and used it as a descriptive device.

19. Music that requires knowledge or use of electronic
Devices to produce or manipulate sounds during its
Composition and performance.
(French Musique Concrete)- music created by
Reworking natural sounds.

21. -(1893-1934) Our foremost Kundiman composer also
showed the elements of modernism in his music. This
is heared in his “Cinderella Overture” and
“Sinfonietta for Strings”
-Neo-classicist. The music of kasilag is unique in
which she was able to combine the music of the
East and West. This is shown in her Tocatta (1958)
where she made use of the piano, clarinet, oboe
kulintang and Tiruray. The kuiliontang is very
prominent in her “Concert Divertissement.”

22. -Pioneer and exponent of avant-garde music in our
country. When he was in France, he joined the Music
Concrete movement. An example of his work is
“Ugnayan”(1947). Most of Maceda’s composition make
use of a larger no. of people and the environment.
-Another way of combining western and non western
materials and structure is shown by Dr. Ramon Santos.
He made use of asian materials in his new way of
composing.