Lecture 21 Musical Impressionism and Exoticism Debussy Ravel and Monet

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Listening to Music (MUSI 112) • In this lecture, Professor Wright teaches the students about musical Impressionism. While his discussion focuses on the music of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, he nonetheless draws examples from other composers, as well as painters and poets who worked with a similar aesthetic style during the same time period. The class concludes with a performance of Ravel's Ondine by guest pianist Naomi Woo. • 00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction to Musical Impressionism • 09:00 - Chapter 2. Debussy's Musical Responses to Mallarme's Poetry • 27:00 - Chapter 3. La Cathedrale Engloutie -- Interactions between Impressionist Painters and Musicians • 35:18 - Chapter 4. Ravel's Ondine: A Violin Performance by Naomi Woo • Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu • • This course was recorded in Fall 2008.

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