Impressionism

Impressionism in music is an artistic movement that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, largely influenced by the French Impressionist painters who sought to capture the essence of a subject through light and color. In the musical realm, Impressionism is characterized by a focus on atmosphere, texture, and mood rather than on traditional harmonic progression and form. Composers like Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel championed this style, emphasizing timbre, unconventional scales such as the whole tone, modal, and pentatonic scales, and complex chords to evoke specific images or moods. The music often exhibits a sense of fluidity, with an emphasis on lyrical melodies, ambiguous tonality, extended harmonic language, and inventive orchestration to conjure scenes of nature, dreams, and exotic locales.

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Albert Huybrechts
Albert Roussel
Alexander Krein
Alf Hurum
Alvaro Cassuto
Amparo Iturbi
Andrea Lam
André Caplet
Arie Vardi
Arthur Moreira Lima
Black Oak Ensemble
Bruce Liu
Carlos Salzedo
Carol Rosenberger
Charles Koechlin
Claude Debussy
Connie Shih
Cristian Sandrin
Cyril Scott
Daniel del Pino
Dmytro Choni
Donald Berman
Déodat de Séverac
Edward Leung
Egle Januleviciute
Elizabeth Sombart
Elodie Vignon
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru
Emanuele Delucchi
Eric Lu
Ernest Chausson
Florent Schmitt
Frederick Delius
Fritz Schmidt
Geirr Tveitt
Gentiane MG
Geoffrey Paterson
Germaine Tailleferre
Gonzalo Soriano
Hyekyung Lee
Hélène Couvert
Ivan Yanakov
Jacques Ibert
Jan Sedlák
Jean Cras
Jean Fournet
Jehan Alain
Jerome Kaltenbach
Joanna Goodale
John Ireland
John Powell
Jonathan Floril
Joseph Jongen
Julian Riem
Katherine Tinker
Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort
Magali Mosnier
Manfred Gurlitt
Manuel de Falla
Marcel Tournier
Margaret Fingerhut
Marie Jaell
Marie Jaëll
Martha Thomas
Mary Dawood Catlin
Max Pommer
Michel Béroff
Michèle Courbis
Minsoo Sohn
Miquel Farre
Myron Michailidis
Nikolai Tcherepnin
Ottorino Respighi
Paul Dukas
Pavel Lyubomudrov
Philip Chiu
Philipp Scheucher
Philippe Gaubert
Piero Coppola
Quatuor Zahir
Samuel Kummer
Saskia Giorgini
Selim Palmgren
Steven Osborne
Tatiana Samouil
The Debussy Trio
Theo Brandmüller
Thomas Ospital
Tom Poster
Trio Paian
Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch
Vannina Santoni
Vesko Stambolov
Vladimir Rebikov
Xiayin Wang
Yuko Mifune
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Claude Debussy
John Powell
Ottorino Respighi
Frederick Delius
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru
Pavel Lyubomudrov
Carol Rosenberger
Jerome Kaltenbach
Steven Osborne
Bruce Liu
Germaine Tailleferre
Manuel de Falla
Charles Koechlin
Michèle Courbis
Paul Dukas
Julian Riem
John Ireland
Cyril Scott
Jacques Ibert
Jean Fournet
Ernest Chausson
Eric Lu
Selim Palmgren
Philippe Gaubert
久末 航
Elizabeth Sombart
Yuko Mifune
Max Pommer
Arthur Moreira Lima
Vladimir Rebikov
Carlos Salzedo
Connie Shih
Michel Béroff
Magali Mosnier
Andrea Lam
Ivan Yanakov
Déodat de Séverac
Jonathan Floril
Fritz Schmidt
Hélène Couvert
Marcel Tournier
Geirr Tveitt
Jean Cras
Saskia Giorgini
Marie Jaëll
Albert Roussel
Katherine Tinker
Nikolai Tcherepnin
Emanuele Delucchi
Jehan Alain
Florent Schmitt
Alvaro Cassuto
Joseph Jongen
Tom Poster
Minsoo Sohn
Thomas Ospital
Gonzalo Soriano
Philip Chiu
Xiayin Wang
Marie Jaell
Daniel del Pino
Elodie Vignon
Margaret Fingerhut
Vannina Santoni
Dmytro Choni
André Caplet
Joanna Goodale
Quatuor Zahir
Tatiana Samouil
Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch
Mary Dawood Catlin
Geoffrey Paterson
Miquel Farre
Donald Berman
Cristian Sandrin
Samuel Kummer
Gentiane MG
Martha Thomas
Black Oak Ensemble
Manfred Gurlitt
Hyekyung Lee
Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort
Piero Coppola
Arie Vardi
Jan Sedlák
Alf Hurum
Alexander Krein
Myron Michailidis
Egle Januleviciute
Philipp Scheucher
Theo Brandmüller
The Debussy Trio
Vesko Stambolov
Amparo Iturbi
Trio Paian
Albert Huybrechts
Edward Leung