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Mapeh 10: Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel was a French composer known for his innovative modal melodies. He was a younger contemporary of Claude Debussy, who was the foremost impressionist composer born in France in 1862. Debussy helped develop impressionistic music, which aims to capture momentary glimpses of emotions based on what the composer sees through vague scales and clouded tonality. Ernest Fanelli is considered the father of impressionistic music as he innovated the style in the early 1880s.

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Mapeh 10: Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel was a French composer known for his innovative modal melodies. He was a younger contemporary of Claude Debussy, who was the foremost impressionist composer born in France in 1862. Debussy helped develop impressionistic music, which aims to capture momentary glimpses of emotions based on what the composer sees through vague scales and clouded tonality. Ernest Fanelli is considered the father of impressionistic music as he innovated the style in the early 1880s.

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MAPEH 10 Maurice Ravel

MUSIC • Younger contemporary of


Debussy
Debussy and Impressionism
• Born in France
IMPRESSIONISM - The term “impressionism” in music was
borrowed from the field of visual arts, particularly in painting.The • Known for his innovative
aim of impressionism is to capture a momentary glimpse of a
modal melodies
subject.
• He preferred old church modes
Characteristics of Impressionistic Music

IMPRESSIONISTIC MUSIC - Is describe emotions based on what the Ernest Fanelli


composer sees and demonstrates vague-sounding scales and
• Father of Impressionistic
clouded tonality.
Music
Claude Debussy {1862-1918}
• He innovated the style in
• Foremost impressionist the early 1880s
composer

• Born in France on August


22, 1862

• At age 10, he entered the


Paris Conservatory

• Piano teacher for the


children of Madame Nadezhda von Meck, Tchaikovsky’s
patroness

• Traveled to Russia, Italy and Switzerland

• Graduated at the conservatory in 1884 and won the Prix


de Rome

• Wrote some cantatas then returned to Paris

• Graduated at the conservatory in 1884 and won the Prix


de Rome

• Wrote some cantatas then returned to Paris

• Create music that reflects the emphasis on color, mood,


and misty atmosphere.

• Debussy suffered a slow, painful death in 1918 because of


brain cancer.

Debussy’s Compositions

• Prelude to the Afternoon of a faun

• La Mer (The Sea)

• Nocturnes

• Petite Suite

• Children’s corner

• Estampes

• Images

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