Beyond the Notes: Music Inspired by Art

Welcome to the companion website and mobile web app for Beyond the Notes: Music Inspired by Art, a program of music composed by Nell Shaw Cohen inspired by works of visual art ranging from Medieval triptychs to Georgia O'Keeffe.

Each piece on the program has a separate section on this website exploring the paintings, the music, and illuminating the connections between them. The site contains:

• 24 pages
• 47 audio clips
• 33 videos
• 29 images

Browse through the sections below, or view a map of the site to see an overview of the content.

• INTRODUCTION
  
• WATERCOLORS *featured*
  
  For Wind Quintet
  Inspired by the Paintings of Charles Burchfield
• THE COURSE OF EMPIRE *featured*
  
  For String Quartet
  Inspired by the Paintings of Thomas Cole
• GEORGIA O'KEEFFE
  
  Works for Chamber Ensemble and Video
  Inspired by the Life and Paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe
• REVEALED IN STONE
  
  A Song Cyle for Tenor and Piano
  Inspired by the Sculpture and Poetry of Michelangelo
• SETSUGEKKA
  
  For Violin and Piano
  Inspired by the Prints of Hiroshige
• TRIPTYCH
  
  For Solo Guitar
• THE COMPOSER
  
• ABOUT
  

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Production of Beyond the Notes: Music Inspired by Art was supported in part by an Entrepreneurial Grant from the New England Conservatory of Music.