What is Impressionism in music and which composers are associated with this movement?
Musical Impressionism is a movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries mainly associated with French composers such as Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. The movement is named after the art movement of the same name. Impressionist composers aimed to create mood and atmosphere, invoking the feeling or sensation of a particular scene, often through evocative harmonies and timbres. Techniques such as whole-tone scales and extended chords were commonly used to create a sense of vagueness and 'blurring'.