Question

How does the "representation" of people, places, or events differ in Romantic music and Impressionist music?

Answer 1

In Romantic music, the representation focused on expressing powerful human emotions, while in Impressionist music, it aimed to capture the movement of life and quick moments.

Step-by-step explanation:

In Romantic music, the representation of people, places, or events focused on expressing powerful human emotions and experiences, including anger, passion, joy, and pleasure. Composers aimed to create a dramatic and emotional impact on listeners by using intense melodies and harmonies. On the other hand, in Impressionist music, the representation of people, places, or events aimed to capture the movement of life and quick moments, similar to snapshots. The focus was on painting a vivid picture through the use of light, changing qualities of light, and ordinary subject matter.

Answer 2

s. And the 20th Century has come up with a new tonal music that swept the world, with roots in Impressionism, folk and African music, and even a little Classical - namely, Jazz, Swing, Blues, and eventually, Rock.

In the realm of symphonic music, the beginning of the 20th Century was a watershed time, when major composers were taking chromaticism (the slippery slope between keys) to extremes, mixing tone-colors so thickly it was blurring the lines of harmony, with the consequence of new works becoming bigger, but not really all that different - and every composers likes to feel "unique", for whatever reason.