{"id":226,"date":"2012-02-10T11:24:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/?p=226"},"modified":"2012-07-10T16:37:51","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T20:37:51","slug":"music-inspired-by-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/music-inspired-by-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Inspired by Art [GUIDE]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Star.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Star icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Star.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><em><strong>Music Inspired by Art<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is a guide to music I&#8217;ve composed in response to ideas, atmospheres, and narratives from visual artworks ranging from 20th century Modernism to\u00a0Italian Renaissance sculptures.<\/p>\n<p>I believe music has the potential to have a profound effect on the way that we see and understand visual art, and vice versa, in the same way that a score enhances the experience of a film. I aim to create music that acts as a pathway for listeners into a richer and more meaningful relationship with works of visual art. Similarly, I hope the artwork may act as a pathway for viewers into my music.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the content in this guide was originally created for a concert companion for a live performance of several of these works. <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondthenotes.org\/artmusic\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>View the original concert companion here<\/strong>.<\/a>\u00a0The concert and content for the the companion website were funded by an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/necmusic.edu\/em\" target=\"_blank\">Entrepreneurial Grant from the New England Conservatory of Music.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Nell Shaw Cohen, \u201cThe Course of Empire\u201d (2008) Inspired by the paintings of Thomas Cole\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/nell-shaw-cohen-the-course-of-empire-2008-inspired-by-the-paintings-of-thomas-cole\/\"><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Michelangelo\" src=\"https:\/\/beyondthenotes.org\/artmusic\/images\/thumb_empire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"86\" height=\"86\" \/>The Course of Empire<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(2008)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by paintings by\u00a0<strong>Thomas Cole<\/strong>\u00a0(1801-1848), English-American)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Thomas Cole\u2019s \u201cThe Course of Empire\u201d (1834-36) [GUIDE]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/thomas-coles-the-course-of-empire-guide\/\">[learn about the art]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Nell Shaw Cohen, \u201cWatercolors\u201d (2011) paintings by Charles Burchfield\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/nell-shaw-cohen-watercolors-2011-inspired-by-the-paintings-of-charles-burchfield\/\"><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Charles Burchfield\" src=\"https:\/\/beyondthenotes.org\/artmusic\/images\/thumb_charlesburchfield.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" \/><\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Nell Shaw Cohen, \u201cWatercolors\u201d (2011) paintings by Charles Burchfield\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/nell-shaw-cohen-watercolors-2011-inspired-by-the-paintings-of-charles-burchfield\/\"><em><strong>Watercolors<\/strong><\/em> (2011)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by paintings by <strong>Charles Burchfield<\/strong>\u00a0(1893-1967, American)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Charles Burchfield, watercolor painter [GUIDE]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/charles-burchfield-painter-guide\/\">[learn about the art]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Nell Shaw Cohen, \u201cSetsugekka\u201d (2011) Japanese woodblock prints by Hiroshige\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/nell-shaw-cohen-setsugekka-2011-inspired-by-japanese-woodblock-prints-by-hiroshige\/\"><em><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Setsugekka\" src=\"https:\/\/beyondthenotes.org\/artmusic\/images\/thumb_setsugekka.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"83\" height=\"84\" \/><\/strong><\/em><\/a> <a title=\"Nell Shaw Cohen, \u201cSetsugekka\u201d (2011) Japanese woodblock prints by Hiroshige\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/nell-shaw-cohen-setsugekka-2011-inspired-by-japanese-woodblock-prints-by-hiroshige\/\"><em><strong>Setsugekka<\/strong><\/em> (2011)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by woodblock prints by <strong>Ando Hiroshige<\/strong>\u00a0(1797-1858, Japanese)<br \/>\n<a title=\"An Introduction to Japanese Woodblock Prints [VIDEO]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/an-introduction-to-japanese-woodblock-prints\/\">[learn about the art]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To Create One&#8217;s Own World(2009)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"O'Keeffe\" src=\"https:\/\/beyondthenotes.org\/artmusic\/images\/thumb_okeeffe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"83\" height=\"84\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Faraway Nearby: Georgia O\u2019Keeffe and the New Mexico Landscape [VIDEO]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/the-faraway-nearby-georgia-okeeffe-and-the-new-mexico-landscape\/\"><em><strong>The Faraway Nearby: Georgia O&#8217;Keeffe and the New Mexico Landscape<\/strong><\/em> (2010) [VIDEO]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the paintings and artistic philosophy of <strong>Georgia O&#8217;Keeffe<\/strong> (1887-1986, American)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Michelangelo\" src=\"https:\/\/beyondthenotes.org\/artmusic\/images\/thumb_michelangelo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"86\" height=\"86\" \/><a title=\"Nell Shaw Cohen, Revealed in Stone (2009) Inspired by the Poetry and Art of Michelangelo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/nell-shaw-cohen-revealed-in-stone-2009-inspired-by-the-poetry-and-art-of-michelangelo\/\"><em><strong>Revealed in Stone<\/strong><\/em> (2009)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by poems and sculptures by\u00a0<strong>Michelangelo Buonarroti<\/strong>\u00a0(1475-1564, Italian)<br \/>\n<a title=\"An Introduction to Michelangelo\u2019s Poetry\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/an-introduction-to-michelangelos-poetry\/\">[learn about the poems]<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Michelangelo\u2019s Non-finito Sculptures\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/michelangelos-non-finito-sculptures\/\">[learn about the sculptures]\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Music Inspired by Art\u00a0is a guide to music I&#8217;ve composed in response to ideas, atmospheres, and narratives from visual artworks ranging from 20th century Modernism to\u00a0Italian Renaissance sculptures. I believe music has the potential to have a profound effect on the way that we see and understand visual art, and vice versa, in the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,40,26],"tags":[41,52],"class_list":["post-226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-guides","category-music","tag-music-inspired-by-art","tag-nell-shaw-cohen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions\/232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondthenotes.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}