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Research on Debussy Impressionist Harmony

Author: TanJiao
Tutor: WangRiChang
School: Northeast Normal University
Course: Musicology
Keywords: Debussy Impressionist harmony full-scale Alban Berg
CLC: J614.1
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2009
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Abstract

Claude Debussy was an important French Impressionist composer, his cantata "prodigal son" won the Rome Prize. The the emotion of his works which include "afternoon Faun", "Nocturne" and "Iberia" and so on, show favorite images of Impressionist painters.In nineteenth century, the development of Western music aesthetics reach to an unprecedented prosperous period. There was emerged Romantic Music Aesthetics which placed as dominant position in the nineteenth century and ideological self-discipline of music aesthetics which emerged after the middle of the nineteenth century in the minds of music aesthetics. Impressionism, enlightened Debussy greatly, harmony become the most important way to create his unique performance. The formation of full-scale also has its historical inevitability, we can not simply think it is fabricated artificially. We could find obviously there are full-scale parts and even all of the phonemes in Natural mode, major, minor, integrated mode.Debussy’s creations, which are descriptions of natural phenomena, or performances of folk customs and life, as well as images of the screen myths and legends of fantasy and images of the screen. He is the musical bridges of the nineteenth century and twentieth century.Alban Berg, the represent of twentieth century representative forms of music, as well as the important figure of new music in Vienna, but some of their works have in common.

Research on Debussy Impressionist Harmony

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