Composers whose physical appearance resembles their musical style

[vandermolen]

I am SOOOOOO slow

Of course    

Don't worry Colin, it took me half-an-hour to get it 

[Guido]

I know. I think that, for a rather abstemious person like myself, the music of Delius, Scriabin and Debussy is my way of getting (mentally) drunk (which I have never been in real life)...

What? Are you a religious man?

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

What? Are you a religious man?

No, I simply want to be in command of my head. My mind is my biggest drug. 

[Guido]

No, I simply want to be in command of my head. My mind is my biggest drug. 

Wow. Fair enough, I just thought it was a pretty universal and formative experience in Western culture at least. It's fun! But anyway, I respect your wishes to stay away from it - I just found it a bit surprising.

[pjme]

Hi Guido, have you ever been really drunk?  I find it a terrible experience ( headache, room swaying, upset stomach...etc etc)! I'm sure, the last time I was drunk was 30 years ago...
P.

[Dundonnell]

Hi Guido, have you ever been really drunk?  I find it a terrible experience ( headache, room swaying, upset stomach...etc etc)! I'm sure, the last time I was drunk was 30 years ago...
P.

Hear, Hear!!

[springrite]

Feldman. (See Catison's avatar)

At first, I thought Feldman looked too different from his music. The music is slow, soft, air light, pianissimmo throughout. The composer is a big heavy man with a pipe in his face. But the most I listened, the more I think of his music as something resembling the composer's image. "It is all about scales" is something Feldman said often about his music. It is only after you really paid attention to the whole that you really understand the music. The composer and the music are both about scales. They are BIG.

[Guido]

Hi Guido, have you ever been really drunk?  I find it a terrible experience ( headache, room swaying, upset stomach...etc etc)! I'm sure, the last time I was drunk was 30 years ago...
P.

Of course! I must say that the headache usually comes from the hangover, as does the upset stomach, though these can be avoided by only drinking certain things. And the room swaying is part of the fun! I better not mention this again... seems that people here are rather sheltered in this respect! (and they might think less of me).

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Of course! I must say that the headache usually comes from the hangover, as does the upset stomach, though these can be avoided by only drinking certain things. And the room swaying is part of the fun! I better not mention this again... seems that people here are rather sheltered in this respect! (and they might think less of me).

No, I don't.

[springrite]

No, I simply want to be in command of my head. My mind is my biggest drug. 

Indeed. I remember reading about this conversation between a drunk man on an airplane and the person sitting next to him:

"Hey, buddy! Let me buy you a drink! You don't know what you are missing!"

"No, thanks."
Then, pointing to his own head, the man says: "I am making my own!"

[Kullervo]

seems that people here are rather sheltered in this respect!

To risk derailing this thread even further, I think Classical listeners in general seem to be rather sheltered (happily, not on this forum). I guess that says more about me than anyone else.

[Dundonnell]

Of course! I must say that the headache usually comes from the hangover, as does the upset stomach, though these can be avoided by only drinking certain things. And the room swaying is part of the fun! I better not mention this again... seems that people here are rather sheltered in this respect! (and they might think less of me).

Getting drunk is part of growing up for most people-rightly or wrongly! You do learn(or at least you should learn!) from experience.

As for being "rather sheltered"!! Ha!! I plead the Fifth Amendment

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

To get this thread back on track...

[springrite]

To get this thread back on track...

That is a good one!

(And it can bring the thread back on track and/or off to the other track at the same time)

[Joe_Campbell]

Don't worry Colin, it took me half-an-hour to get it 

It's still over my head!

[Dundonnell]

It's still over my head!

Better put you out of your misery then, Joe

The photo' posted was of the now deceased British comic magician Tommy Cooper. Cooper made his name as a brilliant performer of magic tricks which didn't work or went wrong. May sound silly...but his ACT really did work and could be hysterically funny. His trademark expression as he unveiled another trick was "just like that!".

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KHYnahPkJI8

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cc3u9bVV6s4&feature=related

[Joe_Campbell]

Better put you out of your misery then, Joe

The photo' posted was of the now deceased British comic magician Tommy Cooper. Cooper made his name as a brilliant performer of magic tricks which didn't work or went wrong. May sound silly...but his ACT really did work and could be hysterically funny. His trademark expression as he unveiled another trick was "just like that!".

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KHYnahPkJI8

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cc3u9bVV6s4&feature=related

woo....I'm not surprised I didn't get that...Im familiar with neither Cooper or Brian! But now it's an interesting bit of trivia. I'll have to check out those videos later. Thanks for the explanation.

[tr. pianist]

I don't think you had Prokofiev yet.
He was known as Infant Terrible (in French that I don't know) after his piano concerto. He liked to shock people.

[mikkeljs]

Actually I find it much harder to name a composer who don´t look like his music...

[Dundonnell]

Better put you out of your misery then, Joe

The photo' posted was of the now deceased British comic magician Tommy Cooper. Cooper made his name as a brilliant performer of magic tricks which didn't work or went wrong. May sound silly...but his ACT really did work and could be hysterically funny. His trademark expression as he unveiled another trick was "just like that!".

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KHYnahPkJI8

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cc3u9bVV6s4&feature=related

With apologies to Johan for explaining his very witty reply to Jeffrey's original post

I hope that you do not object to me explaining the point to Joe