What we now call impressionist music is a style introduced in late 19th Century France. It was a move away from the long, dramatic and emotional works of romanticism. Instead, the focus was on ...

This short film is from the BBC series, Howard Goodall's Story of Music. Ask your students to select a World Music style, perhaps influenced by their own travels or interests. They could use ...

T he triumph of a trend commonly labelled “Impressionism” was a pivotal moment in the history of art. Precisely what the term implies can be debated, but as Sebastian Smee suggests in his ...