Debussy and Modern Era Of Classical Music

Throughout this course I have learned about various styles of music and composers. Discovering how they are interrelated and how they have changed and evolved over time. For the last few weeks I have been preparing a song that was composed by Debussy and I have discovered a great deal about it. I chose to write about this song because for the entire year we have been working hard on our breathing techniques and I find that this song requires more effort on the singer’s part to prepare and understand where to breathe. Also as one of the first French songs I found this song to be most memorable in melody and style.

Claude Debussy is classified in both the romantic period and the modern period in music. He was finishing up the romantic period with his shocking new compositions and with a slight oriental influence forged ahead into the modern period. His works significantly break away from the concepts of traditional form and harmony. He is also considered the most important composer of piano music since Frédéric Chopin. Claude Debussy was fascinated by Eastern music and the whole-tone scale, and created a style of music named after the movement in French painting called Impressionism. D

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