Impressionism and Exoticism

For this listening blog, I just listened to the first couple of songs and did not follow along with the book. I wanted to try and figure things out on my own first. This is what I have gotten so far... The Afternoon of a Faun reminds me of the Disney movie "Jungle Book" when the snake is trying to charm Mogli. The flute and the harp are so dreamy, putting the victim into a trance. People of Peking started out a little scary, like "Cinderella" with the clock chiming at the ball. The Aria sung by the woman made me feel sad and then it busts into what seems like a bustling downtown chinese city, (this part also reminds me of the cats in "Lady and the Tramp"). After re-reading this I see that I have watched too many movies with my children :) Bolero... starts quiet and as more instruments come in, it gets louder. It was like everyone was frozen, except one person and that person tapped someone and they unfroze and started playing and that person tapped another person and they started playing and so on and so on... until everyone was unfrozen and playing the same music with different instruments. Now I am going to go back and read the book and compare my thoughts.