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This book invites the art and music lover to place these two realms of creative endeavor in conversation with one another. In Looking and Listening, conductor and art connoisseur Brenda Leach explores unique pairings of well-known visual art works and musical compositions from the twentieth century, identifying the shared sources of inspiration.
List of contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Prelude
Chapter 1: Stuart Davis and the Art of Jazz
Chapter 2: Arthur Dove and George Gershwin: A Brush with Rhapsody in Blue
Chapter 3: Romare Bearden and Visual Jazz
Chapter 4: European Artists and American Jazz
Chapter 5: Kandinsky and Schoenberg: On the Verge
Part II: Interlude 1
Chapter 6: Dave Brubeck and His Reflections on Miro: Music and Art across Time
Chapter 7: Paul Klee: The Music in the Art
Chapter 8: Mark Rothko and Morton Feldman: Somewhere between Presence and Absence, Sound and Silence
Chapter 9: Earle Brown and Alexander Calder: Who's in Control?
Chapter 10: John Cage and Robert Rauschenberg: Life in Art - Art in Life
Part III: Interlude 2
Chapter 11: Claude Debussy and Fin de Siecle
Chapter 12: Cubism in Art and Music
Chapter 13: Georgia O'Keeffe and American Modernist Composers: The Spirit of a New Century
Chapter 14: Diego Rivera and Carlos Chavez: Voices of Mexico in Art and Music
Chapter 15: Minimalism in Art and Music
Postlude
Glossary
Works Cited
About the Author
About the author
Brenda Lynne Leach, a conductor and music professor, has created many unique programs linking music and the visual arts for museums, orchestras, and universities.
Summary
This book invites the art and music lover to place these two realms of creative endeavor in conversation with one another. In Looking and Listening, conductor and art connoisseur Brenda Leach explores unique pairings of well-known visual art works and musical compositions from the twentieth century, identifying the shared sources of inspiration.
