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« Reply #3630 on: 16:14:24, 11-01-2008 » |
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This isn't nearly fiendish enough so I know what the answer is going to be. But nothing ventured... Rimsky-Korsakov - The Golden Cockerel Ligeti - The Melancholy Dove Beach - Blackbird Hills Messiaen - Among many, Oiseaux Exotiques Raff - Can't see any Martle connection though   The Vet's Bill? |
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« Reply #3631 on: 16:19:27, 11-01-2008 » |
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Sadly, no birds in this one, George. I reckon Mort would spot the connection...( especially with her new specs)  |
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« Reply #3632 on: 16:25:28, 11-01-2008 » |
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George, I'm sure everyone will join me in admiration for your Sisyphean labours. I would love to take part in these treasure hunts, but every time I look at them I start anticipating sleepless nights, abandonment of personal hygiene, neglect of family and work and ultimately destitution and a pauper's grave. So I force myself unwillingly to turn aside and apply myself to other more pointless activities. IGI, I hope you can live with yourself knowing what you're doing to us all. Behind every George Garnett cower ten other pusillanimous Members.
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Ruth Elleson
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« Reply #3633 on: 16:26:05, 11-01-2008 » |
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So the answer must be quite obvious then???
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« Reply #3634 on: 16:32:56, 11-01-2008 » |
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So the answer must be quite obvious then???
You're moving in the right direction...  IGI, I hope you can live with yourself knowing what you're doing to us all. Behind every George Garnett cower ten other pusillanimous Members.
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« Reply #3635 on: 16:33:14, 11-01-2008 » |
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Just a thought - it's not something to do with synaesthesia, is it? That would connect Rimsky and Messiaen, at least - I don't know enough about the others!
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« Reply #3636 on: 16:42:38, 11-01-2008 » |
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 Got it in one, Ruth - congratulations! Amy BeachAmy’s mother encouraged her to relate melodies to the colors blue, pink, or purple, but before long Amy had a wider range of colors, which she associated with certain major keys. Thus C was white, F-sharp black, E yellow, G red, A green, A-flat blue, D-flat violet or purple, and E-flat pink. Until the end of her life she associated these colors with those keys.LigetiI associate sounds with colours and shapes. Like Rimbaud, I feel that all letters have a colour." "Major chords are red or pink, minor chords are somewhere between green and brown. I do not have perfect pitch, so when I say that C minor has a rusty red-brown colour and D minor is brown this does not come from the pitch but from the letters C and D. I think it must go back to my childhood. RaffIn 1855, the composer Joachim Raff "declared that the sounds of instruments produced colour impressions of various kinds. Thus the sound of a flute produced the sensation of intense azure blue; of the oboe, yellow; cornet, green; trumpet, scarlet; the French horn, purple; and the bassoon, grey.Rimsky-KorsakovRimsky-Korsakov synesthetically experienced colors for musical keys (musical keys →color). For example, for him, the key of C major was white, and the key of B major was a gloomy dark blue with a steel shine.Messiaen was a self-confessed synesthete too. Mostly taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_synesthesiaI'm sure Mort has written that she is a synesthete as well. Scriabin was going to be my final clue, although I've also read that Sibelius was one. I wonder how early on people make the link between colours and keys (or instruments in Raff's case)? |
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« Reply #3637 on: 16:53:08, 11-01-2008 » |
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Gosh, Brava Ruth!! I've a feeling we have one or two other synaesthetes here as well. MabelJane? George, I'm sure everyone will join me in admiration for your Sisyphean labours. I would love to take part in these treasure hunts, but every time I look at them I start anticipating sleepless nights, abandonment of personal hygiene, neglect of family and work and ultimately destitution and a pauper's grave. I have to admit to five out of six of those and I've just put an application in, via a very helpful young man at the Citizens' Advice Bureau, for one of those pauper's graves. There's a long waiting list apparently. But if my example serves as a terrible object lesson to others of the dangers of falling into the clutches of The Inquisitor then my life will not have been entirely in vain. |
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« Reply #3638 on: 16:59:20, 11-01-2008 » |
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But if my example serves as a terrible object lesson to others of the dangers of falling into the clutches of The Inquisitor then my life will not have been entirely in vain.
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« Reply #3639 on: 17:15:50, 11-01-2008 » |
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I worked it out as soon as I'd read that about Martle! Green....colours and it all fell into place, but unfortunately I didn't have time to post as I had to dash out for an appointment. So you'll just have to take my word for it I'm afraid. I've been on and off the case all day though......!  |
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« Reply #3640 on: 18:53:56, 11-01-2008 » |
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We could add Scriabin here. For him, C major was red (as was F major oddly enough), G major was orange, D major yellow, etc.
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« Reply #3641 on: 19:24:47, 11-01-2008 » |
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Yes, Tony. Scriabin was going to be my final clue. I wonder if people who have synaesthesia feel it is a benefit (Mort? MJ?) and how it impacts on their listening?
In the meantime, here's a little teaser:
Lord Berners
Kodály
Foerster
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« Reply #3642 on: 22:43:27, 11-01-2008 » |
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Is this a musical connection IGI? They were all polymaths, in particular, educationalists and writers.
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« Reply #3643 on: 23:11:59, 11-01-2008 » |
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Is this a musical connection IGI? They were all polymaths, in particular, educationalists and writers.
Oh, yes. You're seeking four compositions which although not containing a common word, do connect logically. |
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« Reply #3644 on: 23:31:09, 11-01-2008 » |
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Well I wondered Gold - Age of Gold and Poisson D'Or, but perhaps i shoudl be going for something less connected, and more of a set of things.....?
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