Posted on 07/22/2019 8:51:29 AM PDT by mairdie
Watch the development of Impressionism chronologically through the art images of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. (1867-1927) Shown to the music of Joseph Blanchard.
Thank you.
You are most truly welcome, kind soul.
Thanks. I discovered Joseph Blanchard a few years ago - I don’t recall where (not in a class).
He plays in the hospital where my husband has his appointments, and I thought I’d see him today to tell him about the newest video but, alas, some ordinary pianist who sounded like he played in a department store.
Joe is really the kindest man. And he can’t read music at all. He just REMEMBERS what he’s composed. Though it changes a lot, too, over time. I tried to convince him to record himself so he wouldn’t lose his wanderings.
Oh, and he did record a new set for a new CD, but he’s such a perfectionist he can’t bring himself to finalize it. I recorded some of his new pieces at the hospital, and they’re wonderful.
This was just wonderful, Mairdie. I shared the link with Mrs’ AZL, who has always had a fondness for impressionist art and was a regular visitor to the Boston museums in her college days. She loved it, too, and was glad to see many, many artworks that she had never encountered before.
Your compilation, with its beautiful musical accompaniment, is a high work of art in itself.
Thank you.
Oh, so very many thanks, AZ.
Long decades ago I was invited to present my work at the MIT Media Lab. I’d been interviewed for a book and the author set up the invitation. Obviously there had been some discussion about what they’d be seeing. When I finished, the author turned to one of the audience and asked whether it was, indeed, art, and the man replied, “Yes. High art.”
Your comment brought back that wonderful memory. Thank you so much.
Mary
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