Looking and Listening: Conversations Between Modern Art and Music - Paperback

by Brenda Lynne Leach (Author)

Looking and Listening: Conversations between Modern Art and Music invites the art and music lover to place these two realms of creative endeavor into an open dialog. Although the worlds of music and visual art often seem to take separate paths, they are usually parallel. Conductor and art connoisseur Brenda Leach takes unique pairings of well-known visual art works and musical compositions from the twentieth century to identify the shared sources of inspiration, as well as similarities in theme, style, and technique, to explore the historical and cultural influences on the great artists and composers in the twentieth century. Looking and Listening asks and answers:

Author Biography

Brenda Lynne Leach, a conductor and music professor, has created many unique programs linking music and the visual arts for museums, orchestras, and universities.