More composers of Programme music:
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) wrote the song: Les Grands Vents Venus d' Outre-Mer
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) wrote the choral and orchestral piece: Le Printemps / Salut Printemps
Absolute music, in contrast, is purely abstract and is not meant to have any represent anything.
Follow these links to read more about this topic:
English: www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0019055.html German: www.klassika.info/Begriffe/Programmmusik/
Exercise:
- Which instruments would you use to imitate the wind. - Which orchestral instruments would you use to represent a storm?
Log on to the following website:
http://www.classicalarchives.com/debussy.html
Select: *Preludes *Preludes Book 1 from the Debussy section and then listen to: Le vent dans la plaine (D. Worrall)
Can you hear the wind?
Or choose this link:
http://www.classicalarchives.com/artists/bachauer.html
and listen to No 7: Ce Qu'a vu le vent d'ouest (What the West Wind Saw)
What different aspects of the wind can you hear?
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