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