debussy and stravinsky
... Debussy wanted his music to sound improvised. Like Chopin, he revolutionized the technique of piano playing. He created a subtle pianist style that made new demands on performing technique, and the shifting sonorities of the style were achieved by a new use of the damper pedal. “ Clair de lune” or Moonlight is probably his best-known composition. This composition had such a value that still remembered today, it was used in the soundtrack of the movie “Ocean’s Eleven”. This music is so beautiful and touching, actually I’m listening while I write this paper. It just makes you forget about everything and think about nature and the universe. His music was criticized, but these people were judging him far too generally. They overlooked the fact that Debussy was capable of powerful, but controlled tunes in his music. Like the impressionist painters, Debussy didn’t seek to express a feeling or a story, but to show a mood or an atmosphere. Like Debussy, the Russian Igor Stravinsky changed the future of music. His style can be marked by its changing face. His music was primitive and offbeat, something never heard before. His early works that made him an internationally known composer, were ballet scores on Russian themes, and Russian elements remained strong in his music until after the ...