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A number of classical and modern composers have believed in a direct correlation between notes of the musical scale and colors. Classical and modern composers fond of relating colors to their music include Liszt, Beethoven, Schubert and Rimsky-Korsakoff. Liszt described his dramatic intentions for his music with decorative phrases: "More pink here;" "This is too black;" "I want it all azure". Beethoven is reported to have referred to B minor as the black key. Schubert is said to have compared the E minor key to "a maiden robed in white and with a rose-red bow on her breast". And Rimsky-Korsakoff associated the color of sunlight with the key of C major and a strawberry red with the note F sharp.
A. Wallace Rimington (1854-1918) was a prominent instrument inventor, writer and artist in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Rimington wrote extensively on the analogy between color and sound in his book Colour-Music: The Art of Mobile Color, published in 1911. Rimington, like a number of other theorists, constructed a scale of direct color-music analogies. Most importantly, Rimington set forth and thoroughly discussed what he considered to be the major points of resemblance between color and music.
In the first place, Rimington begins, both color and sound are produced by vibrations that act upon the eye and ear respectively. Secondly, both color and music are limited to particular ranges of visible or audible vibrations. Third, both create their effects through changeable levels of harmony and discord. Fourth, both tints and notes give pleasure or distress to the audience through a variety of combinations and sequences. Fifth, both color and music can also be combined with other art forms for a heightened experience. Sixth, rhythm can be used to add interest in both artistic and musical compositions.
Finally, changes in dynamics can be created in color through increases in the strength of the hue. This is similar to the potential for increasing tone strength through volume changes in music. Many of Rimington's ideas were not new, as these were probably some of the very issues pondered by the Greeks in ancient days as well as by alchemists, mystics and philosophers throughout history.
Kathleen Karlsen, MA is a professional artist, a freelance writer and design consultant residing in Bozeman, Montana. Her unique artwork and gifts for flower lovers can be found at http://www.livingartsoriginals.com . For an illustrated article on flower symbolism, see http://www.livingartsoriginals.com/infoflowersymbolism.htm . More about flower meanings are at http://www.livingartsoriginals.com/infoflowermeaning.htm .
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