Beautiful visual illustrations of music

[Corno Dolce]

Excellent answer ON...

 

[Ouled Nails]

The correct answer has to do with her, her nudity, and her debut:

 

[rojo]

Hmm. Carmen? :lol:

Some piece that I can't think of right now that has to do with Lady Godiva?

 

[Ouled Nails]

The lady portrayed above was a very famous dancer who became quite wealthy later in life (look at the jewelry on her!). Judging from this painting, she was not in her youth when she posed for the painter. Perhaps this is around the time she greatly supported Ravel when he most needed this support during his terminal illness. In any case, her debut, much earlier, proved scandalous not only because the composer's music was somewhat "modernistic" but mainly because, in the course of this very famous dance in the classical repertoire, she actually was asked to strip naked..... The famous dance was performed earlier in the twentieth century, long before Ravel's Bolero.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Alright - here's a pure guesstimation - I could be horribly wrong but am willing to learn:

Salome in the "Dance Of The Seven Veils".

 

[Ouled Nails]

Correct, CD. Her name is Ida Rubenstein and, for her debut as a dancer, she had to strip completely nude in the course of the Dance of the Seven Veils. Rubenstein also performed in Debussy's Martyre de Saint-Sébastien, Schéhérazade, and Ravel's Boléro.

 

[rojo]

Now why didn't I think of that? Well done CD!

I bet y'all will have no trouble with this one. :grin:

 

[Corno Dolce]

Awww, gee, Thanx Ms. RoJo - I purely guesstimated. I didn't know her name was Ida Rubenstein.

Ok, I believe the next picture is "The Flying Dutchman".

 

[rojo]

Ok, that would work CD. But not what I'm going for here. :grin:

Maybe the ships are distracting...

 

[Ouled Nails]

I thought, hmm, could this be The Tempest? Nahh! This is from rojo. It's got to be La Mer!

 

[rojo]

Bingo! You know me so well, ON. :grin:

 

[Ouled Nails]

And I was ready for another answer, just in case:

 

[rojo]

Ooh, interesting....

I tried to find the most dramatic picture I could find for La Mer. That one's good too though.

Now I wonder what it sounds like...

 

[Ouled Nails]

"Nationally-colored romanticism" influenced by his mentor. Leevi Madetoja. Try to imagine a more romantic Finnish composer than Sibelius but whose work was written after Sibelius...! BUT, the slow opening section of the first movement "has a soft, almost impressionist mien to it." It's very pleasant, but not particularly original.

 

[Ouled Nails]

Variation on a theme, if that's okay. What kind of music would you associate with this Van Gogh painting:

 

[rojo]

Hmm.

Some kind of 'spacious' music? Depicting a landscape?

 

[Ouled Nails]

I could not clearly articulate the reason why but Van Gogh often reminds me of Milhaud's music. Is Suite Provençale??

 

[rojo]

I have to admit, I haven't heard anything by Milhaud in a while. The last piece I listened to by him was something for flute; can't remember the name of it...

Nevertheless, I do see the Milhaud association.

 

[Ouled Nails]

Frankly, I don't even know what I am doing to this thread.:grin::grin:

 

[rojo]

Hey, it's your thread; do what you like to it! :lol:

I'm going to try to think of some pieces that I can find obvious pictures for. Trying to help keep the ball rolling...

This is fun!