{"id":6219,"date":"2021-08-01T15:08:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T03:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abstractedreality.com\/?p=6219"},"modified":"2023-01-19T15:37:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T02:37:17","slug":"french-connection-monet-debussy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abstractedreality.com\/french-connection-monet-debussy\/","title":{"rendered":"The French Connection – Monet and Debussy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As part of my ‘In Harmony’ series of blog posts, I want to explore linking an artwork (whether it be a painting or photograph) with a specific piece of music. My goal is to have both the art piece and composition amplify and strengthen the emotions and feelings intrinsic to both works.<\/p>\n
In essence, I’m adding a visual connection or stimulus to a piece of music (or vice versa, an aural stimulus to a piece of art). It’s a technique I use a lot with my students. Sometimes a composer will give the performer a helping hand with an evocative title like ‘Lavender Fields’ where it’s not difficult to imagine swathes of purple flowers undulating gently in the golden glow of a Summer sunset. With more generic titles, my students and I have to get a little more creative.<\/p>\n
I’ve had this collection of Debussy’s piano pieces for many, many years and couldn’t count how many times I’ve opened it, or how many pieces I’ve chosen for my piano students from it.<\/p>\n
I’ve always had more than a passing interest in the painting on the cover, but have never really taken the time to investigate fully – until now.<\/p>\n