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-title: A review of Spicelab's "A Day on Our Planet"
+title: A review of Spicelab's A Day on Our Planet
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+id: 1896
+title: Top 10 Impressionist Piano Albums of All Time
+facebookcomments: true
+date: 2008-09-01T00:00:57+00:00
+author: delton137
+layout: post
+permalink: /2008/09/01/impressionist-piano/
+categories:
+  - music
+tags:
+  - music
+---
+
+<p>Criteria: personal taste / experience, popularity, originality. </p>
+<br>
+<p><b>What is impressionism? </b><br>
+Impressionism was a movement in classical music which occurred 
+during the transition from romanticism to modernism. It was in part a reaction 
+to the intense, drawn-out pieces of the romantic era. It was also a period of 
+heavy experimentation with minor keys and dissonance. Impressionist pieces are 
+relatively short, and usually are meant to represent a specific scene (such as 
+&quot;the old castle&quot;, &quot;the swan&quot;, &quot;the tempest&quot;, etc). <br>
+<br>
+<b>1. Children's Corner<br>
+</b>by Claude Debussy<br>
+Children's Corner is my favorite album of impressionist music. It perfectly 
+conveys the simple joys and amusements of childhood. All of the pieces have 
+interesting uses of dissonance, diminished chords, and whimsical ornamentation. 
+The most famous is probably &quot;Golliwog's Cakewalk&quot;, which is commonly 
+heard at 
+piano recitals. The first piece, &quot;Doctor Gradus ad Parrssanum&quot; is also&nbsp;aimed at poking fun at Gradus ad Parrssanum, the textbook on classical 
+counterpoint. <br>
+<br>
+<b>2. Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)<br>
+</b>by Mussorgsky, later orchestrated by Maurice Ravel and others<br>
+Pictures at an exhibition is a textbook example of impressionism. It is based on 
+a Russian art exhibit given during Mussorgsky's time. It consists of ten pieces, 
+and has a unique semi rondo type form, since it (randomly) alternates between a 
+main theme, &quot;The Promenade&quot;, and the pictures. The promenade is supposed to 
+represent strolling through the art gallery. The Old Castle is my favorite 
+piece, and probably the most well known. It is also one of the most relaxing 
+pieces of piano music ever made. Other movements are, The Gnome, A Polish cart 
+on enormous wheels, drawn by oxen<span xml:lang="ru">, </span>
+<span xml:lang="ru" lang="ru">Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks</span><span xml:lang="ru">,
+</span>Two Jews: Rich and Poor, French women quarreling violently in the market,<i>
+</i>The Catacombs, etc. <br>
+<br>
+<b>3. Bergamasque Suite<br>
+</b>by Claude Deubssy <br>
+Contains the famous &quot;Claire de Lune&quot; (&quot;moonlight&quot;). <br>
+<br>
+<b>4. Six Gnossiennes<br>
+</b>by Erik Satie <br>
+<b><br>
+5. Trois Morceaux En Forme de Poire (&quot;Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear&quot;)<br>
+</b>by Erik Satie <br>
+Pure Satie. One of his most original works. </p>
+<p><b>6. Trois Gymnopedies <br>
+</b>by Erik Satie, later orchestrated by Debussy<br>
+Marked to be played as &quot;Lent et Trieste&quot;, (slow and sad), Satie's most popular 
+work. Also a contender for most relaxing piano music of all time. </p>
+<p><b>7. Preludes <br>
+</b>by Claude Debussy <br>
+Contains &quot;Dance of the Dolphins&quot; and some more abstract dissonant works.
+<br>
+<br>
+<b>8. La Mer (Three Symphonic Sketches)<br>
+</b>by Claude Debussy<br>
+&quot;The Sea&quot; for piano and orchestra</p>
+<p><b>9. Carnival of the Animals (The Zoological Fantasy) <br>
+</b>by Camille Saint-Saëns<br>
+Carnival of the animals is a collection of delightfully short pieces for piano 
+and orchestra. Probably the most famous song is &quot;The Swan&quot;. &quot;The Swan&quot; captures 
+the grace and relaxed composure of swans. The Aquarium piece is also very cool. 
+Jokingly, there is also a piece called the &quot;The Pianist&quot;. <br>
+<br>
+<b>10. Furniture Music <br>
+</b>by Erik Satie<br>
+This is Satie's experimental background music for orchestra. It is not 
+particularly great sounding but is important because it is essentially 
+minimalism decades before its time. I have it ripped from vinyl if anyone is 
+interested. I also have very rare electronic renditions.&nbsp; <br>
+&nbsp;</p>
+<p><b>Quotes by Eric Satie: </b><font size="3"><b><img border="0" src="www.moreisdifferent.com/assets/pictures/satie.jpg" width="344" height="697" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="6"></b></font></p>
+<p><font size="3"><b>&quot;What I am&quot;</b><br>
+Everyone will tell you I am not a musician. That is correct.<br>
+From the very beginning of my career I class myself a phonometrographer. My work 
+is completely phonometrical. Take my <em>Fils des Étoiles</em>, or my <em>
+Morceaux en forme de Poire</em>, my <em>En habit de Cheval</em> or my <em>
+Sarabandes</em> - it is evident that musical ideas played no part whatsoever in 
+their composition. Science is the dominating factor.<br>
+Besides, I enjoy measuring a sound much more than hearing it. With my phonometer 
+in my hand, I work happily and with confidence.<br>
+What haven't I weighed or measured? I've done all Beethoven, all Verdi, etc. 
+It's fascinating.<br>
+The first time I used a phonoscope, I examined a B flat of medium size. I can 
+assure you that I have never seen anything so revolting. I called in my man to 
+show it to him.<br>
+On my phono-scales a common or garden F sharp registered 93 kilos. It came out 
+of a fat tenor whom I also weighed.<br>
+Do you know how to clean sounds? It's a filthy business. Stretching them out is 
+cleaner; indexing them is a meticulous task and needs good eyesight. Here, we 
+are in the realm of pyrophony.<br>
+To write my <em>Pièces Froides</em>, I used a caleidophone recorder. It took 
+seven minutes. I called in my man to let him hear them.<br>
+I think I can say that phonology is superior to music. There's more variety in 
+it. The financial return is greater, too. I owe my fortune to it.<br>
+At all events, with a motodynamophone, even a rather inexperienced 
+phonometrologist can easily note down more sounds that the most skilled musician 
+in the same time, using the same amount of effort. This is how I have been able 
+to write so much.<br>
+And so the future lies with philophony.<br>
+-Erik Satie <br>
+&nbsp;</font></p>
+<div class="datawrap">
+<ul id="p7menubar">
+<ul id="p7menubar">
+<ul id="p7menubar">
+<ul id="p7menubar">
+  <b>Conservatory Catechism </b><br>
+  <br>
+  1. Debussy alone shalt thou adore<br>
+  And copy most perfectly.<br>
+  <br>
+  2. Melodious never shalt thou be<br>
+  In deed nor in consent,<br>
+  <br>
+  3. From plan shalt thou always abstain<br>
+  More easily to compose<br>
+  <br>
+  4. With greatest care shalt thou violate<br>
+  The ancient rudimentary rules<br>
+  <br>
+  5. Parallel fifths shalt thou create<br>
+  And octaves in like style<br>
+  <br>
+  6. Never ever shalt thou resolve<br>
+  Dissonance of any kind<br>
+  <br>
+  7. No piece shalt thou ever end<br>
+  With any consonant chord,<br>
+  <br>
+  8. Ninths shalt thou accumulate<br>
+  Without the least discernment<br>
+  <br>
+  9. Perfect harmony shalt thou not desire<br>
+  Except in marriage alone.<br>
+  <br>
+  Ad gloriam tuam<br>
+  <br>
+  - Eric Satie (attrib.) <br>
+  <br>
+  &quot;Before I compose a piece, I walk around it several times, accompanied by 
+  myself&quot; - Eric Satie
+</div>
+<p><font size="3">Note: Erik (sometimes spelled &quot;Eric&quot;) Satie was an eclectic musician who was a 
+contemporary of Debussy. He was rejected in his own time, and lived a bohemian 
+life; however by influencing Debussy,<i> </i>John Cage,<i> </i>and others he is 
+certainly one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, even though 
+he </font>rarely gets much credit for it. <br>
+<br>
+&nbsp;</p>
+<p align="center"><font size="2" color="#C0C0C0">Last Modified: 09-01-08 <br> © Dan 
+Elton </font></p>
+<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>

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