17.10.07

[DEBUSSY AND IMPRESSIONIST MOVEMENT]

Debussy's Prelude Book 1 No.7

CLAUDE DEBUSSY...

Born: August 22, 1862. St. Germaine-en-Laye, France

Died: March 5, 1918. Paris, France.

In his own words...


"A symphony is usually built on a melody heard by the composer as a child. The first section is the customary presentation of a theme on which the composer proposes to work; then begins the necessary dismemberment; the second section seems to take place in an experimental laboratory; the third section cheers up a little in a quite childish way, interspersed with deep sentimental phrases during which the melody recedes, as is more seemly; but it reappears and the dismemberment goes on... I am more and more convinced that music is not, in essence, a thing which can be cast into a traditional and fixed form. It is made up of colors and rhythms."

French composer and critic. Debussy's music is often associated with the contemporary impressionist movement in painting, and his approach shares some characteristics of this style...

in http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/composer/debussy.html

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