Musical Analogues to Color in the Visual Arts

I. Color in Music: Harmony

A. Consonance: may be compared to "analogous colors" and "triad harmonies" in the visual arts

i. Major Tonality:

Listen *Chopin Harp Etude

ii. Minor Tonality:

Listen *Chopin Funeral March Sonata

*Beethoven Moonlight Sonata

C. Dissonance: analogous to "complimentary colors" in the visual arts

*Beethoven Piano Sonata Opus 111

*Ginastera, Sonata for Piano

II. Texture as Color

*Debussy: Pagodas

*Stravinsky: Firebird Suite

III. Dynamics as color

*Beethoven's subito pianos and fortes (Appassionata Sonata)

IV. Instrumentation as Color: Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique