Chopin’s Nocturne no.20 in C-sharp minor‚ Opus Posthumous was a nocturne written by Frederic Chopin. This piece first major phrase revolves around a simple progression of V6/5‚ i‚ ii4/3‚ V4-3‚ and V in the key of c# minor. The second theme has modulations and interesting approaches to come back to its home key. The introduction gives hints of what to expect on the piece and the closing theme could be debatable. The first 4 measures are the introduction of the piece where it starts with the tonic
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Claude Debussy: Piano Preludes - La fille aux cheveux de lin Lucinda Nicholls‚ 10.1 Part 1 La fille aux cheveux de lin is the eighth piece in Book 1 of Debussy’s Preludes. It is a typical example of his impressionist composition style‚ impressionism in this case meaning a type of program music which aimed to evoke moods and impressions through tone colour and harmony. Impressionism also relies on allusion and suggestive understatement to convey its subtle meaning. La fille aux cheveux de lin
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Place of Birth: Paris‚ France The piano was Debussy’s favorite instrument and in Claire de Lune‚ he achieved his most sensitive speech with it. At one point‚ in help financially‚ Debussy became a music critic under the pen name M. Croche. He became well known for his unrivaled wit within his critiques. Debussy has been described by various handles such as unsociable‚ catlike‚ sensual‚ hedonistic‚ and rebellious. However he was extremely indifferent to the opinion of others‚ in fact he preferred
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MUS09100 Essay Plan (3000 words) 2. “If modern music may be said to have had a definite beginning‚ then it started with (the) flute melody‚ the opening of the Prélude à ‘L’ après-midi d’un faune’ by Claude Debussy. Paul Griffiths‚ Modern Music: A Concise History from Debussy to Boulez Why is Debussy’s Prelude considered such an important work of musical modernism? Section 1: (Introduction) Brief outline of the methodology you intend to employ and an overview of the works
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Analysis of Selected Works by Claude Monet Claude Oscar Monet‚ the famous impressionist painter was born on November 14‚ 1840. Even though his birthplace was Paris‚ he grew up in Le Havre‚ a port town located in North Western France. In his childhood phase‚ he didn’t have any contact with anyone who would play a significant role as an artistic influence in Monet’s life. Monet’s parents were completely against the arts‚ and because of that‚ he had to deal with a lot of sacrifices in life‚ from earning
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Claude Monet Claude Monet was a French painter. Monet was born in Paris on November 14th 1840. He spent his youth in Le Havre as his father worked as a grocer there. Claude Monet was the leader of the 19th century impressionist art movement. Monet preferred to paint outside‚ directly from nature. Nearly all of his work shows his admiration to capture on canvas the changing effects of lights. Impressionism‚ as developed by Monet‚ sought to capture the fleeting‚ momentary aspects of nature‚ especially
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Similarities between the music of Debussy and the painting of Turner The music of Claude Debussy and the painting of J.M.W. Turner are‚ in most people’s minds‚ two entirely different things. However‚ each man was considered the founder of impressionism in his own artform. Impressionism was a movement in late 19th century European art‚ which was a reflection of the realizations in physics about the properties of light. Turner’s atmospheric paintings and Debussy’s tone poems‚ although different
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Brushwork and Use of Color in Claude Monet’s Bathing at La Grenouillere Born in Paris‚ France‚ Claude Monet began to develop as a young and inspiring artist in the town of Le Havre. After briefly serving in the military‚ Monet returned to Paris and continued to explore different forms of art‚ as well as‚ developing friendships with painters including Édouard Manet‚ Frédéric Bazille‚ and Auguste Renoir. After marrying his wife‚ Camille in 1870‚ the two were constantly traveling until they settled
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Claude McKay was born in Jamaica‚ West Indies‚ in 1889 (there has been much confusion over whether McKay was born in 1889 or 1890‚ but his birth certificate has been discovered showing that he was born in 1889 [See Winston‚ Footnote 8] ). Educated by his older brother‚ McKay published his first work entitled Songs of Jamaica in 1912‚ the same year he left his homeland for the United States. There he attended Tuskegee Institute‚ although his enrollment was short-lived. He left after just a few
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the arts‚ I wasn’t exactly sure what I was being asked. I turned around to look at the painting on my grandparents’ wall and saw the writing "Claude Monet 1903" in the bottom right-hand corner. I politely answered my aunt’s question‚ "Yes‚ I believe so." After we both looked at the painting for a few moments‚ she commented on its beauty and praised Claude Monet as a "great artist." I liked the painting myself. The different shades of yellow‚ orange‚ red‚ and violet were very appealing‚ but I questioned
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