Paul Klee and Music
Ypres
As a peripheral interest, I collect recordings of music inspired by the
Paintings of Paul Klee. Thus far, I own recordings of the following:
Gunther Schuller: Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee for Orch.
David Diamond: The World of Paul Klee for Orchestra
Peter Maxwell-Davies: Five Klee Pictures for Orchestra
Edison Denisov: Three Pictures of Paul Klee for Chamber Orch.
Arne Nordheim: Partita for Paul for Violin and Electronics (inspired by Paul
Klee)
Does anyone know of any other classical compositions referring to Klee's works
that have been recorded? Please let me know.
Ypres
David7Gable
Ypres, are you aware of Boulez's book on Paul Klee?
Pierre Boulez, Le pays fertile: Paul Klee, texte préparé et présenté par Paule
Thévenin (Gallimard, 1989, ISBN 2-07-011174-1)
This book was cobbled together from (a) a talk Boulez gave in 1985 in
conjunction with an exhibition on Klee and music, (b) an interview on music and
painting that took place in Basel in 1986, and (c) a paper (originally written
in English although published here in French) given at the Museum of Modern Art
in 1987.
Boulez would naturally be attracted to Klee's world of poetic fantasy and has
been interested in Klee all his life, or at least since he first saw paintings
by Klee in 1947, borrowing titles from Klee both for essays and pieces of
music. Nevertheless, there is no specific Klee piece by Boulez, but I've
always felt that the Multiples section of Éclat/Multiples resembled a
fantastical underwater seascape by Klee come to life.
-david gable
Steven Lindberg
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> Does anyone know of any other classical compositions referring to Klee's
works
> that have been recorded? Please let me know.
>
Veress, Sándor
Hommage à Paul Klee
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Gunther Schuller: Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee for Orch.
David Diamond: The World of Paul Klee for Orchestra
Peter Maxwell-Davies: Five Klee Pictures for Orchestra
Edison Denisov: Three Pictures of Paul Klee for Chamber Orch.
Arne Nordheim: Partita for Paul for Violin and Electronics (inspired by Paul
Klee)
Does anyone know of any other classical compositions referring to Klee's works
that have been recorded? Please let me know. >>
There's more, I'm sure. For instance, check www.broinc.com, and you'll see they
list Sukegawa's "Five Pieces after Paul Klee" for marimba, on Koch/Schwann.
--Jeff
J. R. Robinson
Pierre Boulez: <Structures Ia> for two pianos
John McLeod: <A Dramatic Landscape>
Harrison Birtwistle has given talks about Klee's influence on his
music, though I don't know what specific works are involved.
Also, I believe a number of Klee's paintings were inspired by music.
J. R. Robinson
Denver, Colorado
Larry Rinkel
If you search www.amazon.com for Classical Music and "klee," you should find
some more items. I don't much care for Tan Dun's music, but his Death and
Fire is subtitled Dialogue with Paul Klee. There is also a Poulenc song
cycle, Le Travail du Peintre, with a song about Klee. And perhaps you'll
find a few others there you don't already know..
Charles Haxthausen
"David7Gable" <david...@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> Ypres, are you aware of Boulez's book on Paul Klee?
>
> Pierre Boulez, Le pays fertile: Paul Klee, texte préparé et présenté par
Paule
> Thévenin (Gallimard, 1989, ISBN 2-07-011174-
The book is a sensitive, insightful reading of Paul Klee by Boulez, an
artist of comparable formal intelligence. A former M.A. student of mine,
Jeffrey Saletnik, trained in both music and art history, has written an
excellent paper on Klee and Boulez, which he recently delivered at the Art
Institute of Chicago (he is currently a doctoral student in art history at
the University of Chicago). One of the points that Boulez makes about
Klee's formal theories is that they are not medium specific. His homage or
debt to Klee is not manifested by explicit reference to any Klee work
(except for the title of his book), but rather in principles of genesis,
movement, and multidimensional simultaneity --including a multidimensional
experience of both space and time--that underlie Klee's art. Jeffrey found
Répons to be the richest example of Boulez's profound engagement with the
formal principles of Klee's art. I think an analysis of Pli selon pli
would also yield interesting things.
Mark Haxthausen
Scott Kurtz
orchestra of some 27 minutes duration entitled Hommage a Paul Klee, recorded
byAndras Schiff with Heinz Holliger conducting on Teldec. That is now in
print. There is also a piece by Giselher Klebe called The Twittering
Machine. I'm fairly certain that has been recorded and may have been on LP,
possibly buried in a multirecord set issued by German Harmonia Mundi but
most probably out of print. Those two come immediately to mind; I suspect
that there may be numerous others.
Scott Kurtz
paintings. But that's a vague memory and I can't be at all specific.
Sol L. Siegel
> As a peripheral interest, I collect recordings of music inspired
> by the Paintings of Paul Klee. Thus far, I own recordings of
> the following:
>
> Gunther Schuller: Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee for
> Orch.
I remember the Twittering Machine from this suite, from a BSO
telecast, back when they were a fixture on public TV (too long
ago). Years later, I was infinitely amused to see the actual
painting at MOMA, where I've revisited it many times since.
(I wonder if it's hanging in the temp place in Queens.)
-Sol Siegel, Philadelphia, PA
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Richard C.
"Scott Kurtz" <kur...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:u8qS8.62632$UT.42...@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
: I also vaguely recall that there was an art rock album inspired by Klee's
: paintings. But that's a vague memory and I can't be at all specific.
It was by a group called "The National Gallery".
It was on Philips PHS 600-266
Produced by Roger Karshner and Chuck Mangione.
It included an insert with lyrics and small reproductions of Klee paintings.
Nicolas Hodges
>ypre...@excite.com (Ypres) wrote:
>
>> As a peripheral interest, I collect recordings of music inspired
>> by the
>> Paintings of Paul Klee.
>
>music, though I don't know what specific works are involved.
Certainly Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum (on an indispensable
Etcetera disc) is explicitly related to Klee's Twittering Machine. But
really, Klee's influence on Birtwistle is very wide-ranging and not
limited to specific pieces: it has its centre in The Pedagogical
Sketchbook.
--
Nic
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