How did Monet influence the world of music?

Monet belonged to a school of art known as Impressionism. Indeed, the term is named after one of Monet's paintings, the ground-breaking Impression, Sunrise. Impressionists favored a spontaneous style which sought to capture fleeting impressions of landscapes, people, and scenes from everyday life. Monet was one of the most notable members of this group of artists and was renowned in particular for his innovative use of light to bring out certain features of the natural world, such as water lilies and rose gardens.
Impressionism in art subsequently gave rise to Impressionism in music, most notably in the works of Claude Debussy. Debussy wrote music that sought to convey the kind of subjective, fleeting impressions captured by Monet in his paintings. He did this through creating mood music that attempted to focus the listener's attention on the total impression rather than any one feature. Through a combination of orchestral color, innovative chord structures, and evocative titles—such as "Footprints in the Snow"—Debussy significantly expanded the possibilities of music in much the same way that Monet had expanded the possibilities of painting.