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Debussy - Coggle Diagram
Debussy
Impressionism
Adjectives
Alluring, atmospheric, delicate, colourful, dreamlike, elegant, luminous, hypnotic, sparkling, shimmering, evocative, exotic, misty, radiant, gentle, fluid, poetic, free structure
Features
Parallel harmony, atmosphere and colour, chromatiscism, pentatonic, una corda, whole tone scale, chord extensions
Harmonic innovation
Unconventional chord structures (chords built from multiple unrelated triads), parallelism, modal harmony, cluster chords, whole tone scales, avoid cadences, avoid tonic-dominant relationships
Influence of non-musical sources
Debussy often drew inspiration from poetry, art, and nature, wanting to envoke those sensory experiences in his music
Use of Tone Colour and Orchestration
Articulation, una corda, sustain pedal, different orchestral colourd and timbre
Scales
Modal, pentatonic, whole tone, octatonic, quadratonic
Structure
Free flowing, episodic, flexible, blur boundaries, continuous development and evolution
Dynamics
Nuances dynamics (lot of them and fine control).
Estampes - 1. Pagodes
1909
Context??
The Russian Mighty Five
Mily Balakirev
Pieces to listen to
Balakriev - oriental fantasy