Composers whose physical appearance resembles their musical style

[vandermolen]

Zemlinsky painted by Schoenberg:

[Renfield]

Shocking that no one mentioned Bach!





Together with Kant, I can barely think of a more accurately self-representing German, in appearance. The bearing says it all!


Edit: Obviously, I do not mean self-representing German qua German, but in respect to his output.

[Dundonnell]

Zemlinsky painted by Schoenberg:

Do you think that Zemlinsky's appearance resembles his music, Jeffrey? I can't see it myself

[vandermolen]

Do you think that Zemlinsky's appearance resembles his music, Jeffrey? I can't see it myself

Not really Colin, but I quite like Schoenberg's paintings which have a somewhat amateurish quality about them (rather like my own paintings  ). I have only just discovered Zemlinsky. I knew the Lyric Symphony, but a CD nutter friend/work colleague recommended his tone poem 'The Mermaid', which has the most haunting opening section, which I keep listening to....hence the picture

[Dundonnell]

Not really Colin, but I quite like Schoenberg's paintings which have a somewhat amateurish quality about them (rather like my own paintings  ). I have only just discovered Zemlinsky. I knew the Lyric Symphony, but a CD nutter friend/work colleague recommended his tone poem 'The Mermaid', which has the most haunting opening section, which I keep listening to....hence the picture

Poor Schoenberg! Didn't have much going for him, did he

[Spineur]

Nobody mentionned Chopin: not a loose thread in his music, nor in his elegant dress code.

[Sergeant Rock]

Rott 




Sarge

[Mirror Image]

I'd say Saeverud looks like his music:

[(poco) Sforzando]

Since we've covered most everybody by now, are there any composers whose physical appearance does not resemble their musical style?

[Mirror Image]

Since we've covered most everybody by now, are there any composers whose physical appearance does not resemble their musical style?

Copland doesn't look like his music at all, especially the 'Populist' period:

[(poco) Sforzando]

Copland doesn't look like his music at all, especially the 'Populist' period:

He might look like the ballet Grogh.

[Mirror Image]

He might look like the ballet Grogh.

That is certainly a possibility.

[Dax]

Feldman?

[Mirror Image]

I'd say Carl Nielsen looks like his music:

There's a cleanliness, neatness to his clothes, but the spiked hair, to me, indicates a wild side, which anyone who knows Nielsen's music well enough knows of this 'unbuttoned' quality I'm talking about.

[vandermolen]

I'd say Carl Nielsen looks like his music:

There's a cleanliness, neatness to his clothes, but the spiked hair, to me, indicates a wild side, which anyone who knows Nielsen's music well enough knows of this 'unbuttoned' quality I'm talking about.

I agree John - there is also a kind of openness which goes with his music.

[amw]

Since we've covered most everybody by now, are there any composers whose physical appearance does not resemble their musical style?

Schubert, Wagner, and Bruckner, perhaps.

The composer whose appearance most closely resembles Wagner's musical style is probably Stockhausen, and Bruckner's, maybe Bach.

[Klaatu]

The man who wrote "Cockaigne":

http://www.steenslid.com/music/elgar/bilder/elgar.jpg

The man who wrote "Sospiri":

http://images.npg.org.uk/800_800/3/6/mw160636.jpg

[calyptorhynchus]

Not sure this is to do with composers who look like their music, but I was just thinking about composers' pictures and I realised that there are four composers of the C20 whose music I very much like, Brian, Finzi, Holmboe and Simpson. For each of these there is an iconic portrait of them clutching a pipe.

If I get a bit of time tonight I'll look out this pictures and link to them.

[calyptorhynchus]

Here's the pipe-rack

[Jo498]

The composer whose appearance most closely resembles Wagner's musical style is probably Stockhausen, and Bruckner's, maybe Bach.

So whose music sounds like Wagner looks?