1. Post-Impressionism Music
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Post-Impressionism
Music
Industrial Revolution (music video)

2. Maurice Ravel
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Famous for being a French composer and pianist of the impressionist period
Characteristics of Music:
He relied on traditional forms and structures as ways of presenting his new and innovative harmonies.
He often masked the sections of his structure with transitions that disguised the beginnings of the motif.

3. Maurice Ravel Famous Works:
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Famous Works:
“La Valse (The Waltz)” starts with ¾ time; at the end, dissonance is used to create a feeling of chaos, representing Europe after WWI
“Boléro” - Ballet set in Spanish tavern, where a gypsy dancing on a table induces a state of ecstasy for the audience; causes a riot

4. How does Ravel’s Boléro use dynamics and timbre to reflect the Industrial Age?
“a piece lasting seventeen minutes and consisting wholly of "orchestral tissue without music — of one very long, gradual crescendo…”
--> What characteristic of the Impressionist style of visual arts does this remind you of?

5. Industrial Revolution & Art
Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin)
Factory Scene
Eating Machine Scene
Roller Skating Scene

6. Claude Debussy 1862 – 1918 (France)
Transition from late-Romantic music to early-Modern music
His two biggest influences were Richard Wagner and non-western music (specifically the instrumentation of music from the island of Java).
He had a turbulent private life – had affairs with four women, only one of which he actually married.

7. Claude Debussy
His music was thought to suggest “how sounds look and how colors sound.” or “instrumental color”
Famous Works:
- Arabesque
- Rêverie
- “Clair de Lune (Moonlight)”
is his most famous piece.

8. How does Debussy’s Clair de Lune use timbre to create mood?
“themes are blended seamlessly so that the transitions are as fluid and undetectable as possible”
--> What characteristic of the Impressionist style of visual arts does this remind you of?
Think of this quote as you watch Disney’s Fantasia – Clair de Lune

9. How Sound Looks & How Color Sounds
A Boy Named Charlie Brown (Schroeder’s Dream)
What Dreams May Come (Entering Heaven)

10. Step 1: Rhythm / Uniformity
Drawing Activity
Step 1: Rhythm / Uniformity
Create and image using geometric shapes, images in your mind or copied from real life.

11. Drawing Activity Step 2: Color & Sound
Now blend colors as you fill in your new creation.
Let the music influence your decisions!