The Impressionist
style in music tries to capture general
impressions of a scene, in the same manner as the impressionist school of
painting (Monet, Degas etc)
| How periods are shown | Early Music | Renaissance | Baroque | Classical |
| Romantic | Impressionist | Modern (Serious) | Popular Modern | Traditional and Timeless |
Mostly
associated with Debussy,
this Impressionist style
tries to capture general impressions of a scene, in the same manner of
impressionist school of painting (Monet, Degas etc) It overlaps the
Romantic and the Modern periods. The photo at left shows the rustic
bridge in Monet's garden at Giverney, France, which is his subject for
one of his impressionist paintings.
Impressionist music tries to capture images of water and light, of landscape, and of nature, by painting with tone colours. The titles are usually very descriptive, such as Debussy's The Afternoon of a Faun and his Sunken Cathedral.
Other composers associated with impressionism are Ravel, Bartok, and Delius.
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