Impressionist music
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| Impressionist music | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Reaction to 19th century Romanticism |
| Cultural origins | Late 19th century in Paris, France |
| Typical instruments | woodwind, strings, harp, piano, small chamber |
| Mainstream popularity | ca. 1890 to 1940 |
The impressionist movement in music was a movement in Europen classical music. It was mostly in France. It began in the late nineteenth century and ended in the middle of the Twentieth Century. There were two very famous composers of this movement, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. Debussy actually did not like the term 'Impressionist' in his works.
