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Her brief account is a bright, gossipy, impressionistic sketchbook of New Orleans personalities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Led by the subject matter, he started singing more, his dewy-eyed timbre adding emotional depth to the fragmented, impressionistic soundscapes.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

What the film shows us, in what seems a very honest if impressionistic depiction, is that most of the world was not necessarily obsessed with rock and pop and quixotic campaigns to change the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

In this, her final score, written in 1951, she moves into a more impressionistic realm in the short, single-movement concerto.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025

The result is that the C11 — an extension — has a more diffuse, jazzy, or impressionistic sound.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones