How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd Edition Season 1 Episode 46 Early 20th-Century Modernism
- November 1, 2023
- 45 min
This lecture explores early 20th-century modernism with an examination of the life and music of Claude Debussy. We discuss the increasing French cultivation of the French language in the arts, both visual and musical. We observe and analyze the music of Claude Debussy, a French-language-inspired music that represented an extraordinary break with the past in compositional and expressive content.