Musical Variations on the Ideas of Calder and Klee 

Authors

  • Yulia Kreinin Hebrew University of Jerusalem Author

Keywords:

Calder, mobiles, musical mobiles, Klee, forms in motion, musical plot

Abstract

The article presents a summary of the author’s two studies on the connections between art and music: (1) parallels between Calder’s mobiles and the musical “mobiles” of Ligeti and Lutoslawski and (2) Klee’s insights about visual “forms in motion” viewed as a key to the secrets of twentieth-century musical forms, including the unique symphonic cycles by Mahler. In addition, Lutoslawski’s graphic presentation of classic, romantic and his own symphonic cycle are analyzed as being close to Klee’s idea of “forms in motion,” visually illustrating the “musical plot” (Lutoslawski) of the entire  composition.

Author Biography

  • Yulia Kreinin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Yulia Kreinin is Professor Emerita at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Musicology.  She is the author of Max Reger: Life and Work (1991), editor and one of the authors of György Ligeti: Work and Personality (1993), and author of The Music of Mark Kopytman: Echoes of Imaginary Lines (2008), plus other books and articles in the field of twentieth-century music. 

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Published

2024-04-16

Issue

Vol. 14 (2017)

Section

Articles