Like dog-owners who resemble their dogs.
Vaughan Williams (craggy farmer appearance)
Sibelius (granitic appearance especially in middle age and beyond)
Shostakovich (nervous, anxious, troubled appearance)
Bliss (genial Army Colonel type)
Ravel (fastidious, elegant appearance)
Any other suggestions?
Bach: Academic, school master-ish
Interesting thread! Definitely agree with you about Sibelius and Shostakovich. Off the top of my head, I would also include Berg (troubled, neurotic), Gershwin (sleek, handsome) and Stravinsky (cold, analytical).
John Dowland - simple but elegant, hand-drawn
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/16473919/Rued+Langgaard+gslanggaardmay08.jpg)
Quote from: amw on October 04, 2013, 12:24:27 PM
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/16473919/Rued+Langgaard+gslanggaardmay08.jpg)
Brilliant!...and so true 8)
Sarge
Quote from: amw on October 04, 2013, 12:24:27 PM
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/16473919/Rued+Langgaard+gslanggaardmay08.jpg)
Definitely! 8)
I've been googling for picture of Stockhausen with one of those beany propeller hats. No luck. ;D
Son of a bitch! I can't get that triangle out of my head!
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/oct2010/rotttfinalhoughts.jpg)
Sarge
Terrific responses Langgaard photo made me laugh.
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 04, 2013, 12:41:40 PM
I've been googling for picture of Stockhausen with one of those beany propeller hats. No luck. ;D
Here you go 8)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/sep2013/stockbeanie.jpg)
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 04, 2013, 01:12:59 PM
Here you go 8)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/sep2013/stockbeanie.jpg)
Sarge
His head shot when he auditioned for the film, "TOYS", unfortunately Robin Williams won that role.
Perhaps not so hilarious similarities but I thought the one with Stravinsky & Varèse is cool enough to post here 8)
(http://oregonballettheatre.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/prokofiev_ivblqe.jpg)
(http://newyorkarts.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Edgard_Varese__Stravinsky.jpg)
Webern. Intense. Cerebral. One cool customer. 8)
(http://www.stanford.edu/~shinton/Webern_Small_Portrait.GIF)
Robert Simpson. Introverted. Nerdy. ;D
(http://www.classical.net/music/images/composer/s/simpson.jpg)
Need I say more?
(http://s24.postimg.org/q61jv1det/arvopart.jpg)
He can definitely write something crazy, and he's pretty fussy about orchestration and looks...
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Berlioz_young.jpg/220px-Berlioz_young.jpg)
Which one?
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/johnhess/cov_britten_benj226.jpg) (http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Pix/pictures/2013/2/7/1360259594219/Benjamin-Britten-Resting--010.jpg)
Some composers who don't look much like their music.
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/51885725/Elliott+Carter+carter+at+the+piano.png)
Quote from: amw on October 04, 2013, 04:11:12 PM
Some composers who don't look much like their music.
Absolutely! And I wonder what sort of music these two timid-looking intellectuals wrote:
(http://www.hugi.is/media/contentimages/97174.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Bart%C3%B3k_B%C3%A9la_1927.jpg)
or this dull peasant:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Anton_Bruckner.jpg)
?
Quote from: amw on October 04, 2013, 04:11:12 PM
Some composers who don't look much like their music.
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/51885725/Elliott+Carter+carter+at+the+piano.png)
I thought Carter does.
But Feldman, on the other hand...
Quote from: DaveF on October 05, 2013, 10:46:26 AM
I wonder what sort of music these two timid-looking intellectuals wrote:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Bart%C3%B3k_B%C3%A9la_1927.jpg)
Bartok Bela, timid??? He looks to me more like "Come on, baby, light my fire!" ;D ;D ;D
Quote
or this dull peasant:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Anton_Bruckner.jpg)
?
That dull peasant wrote exactly dull peasant music... ;D ;D ;D
(http://1001scribbles.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/amadeus_3_ani_full1.gif?w=529)
(Mozart. And Salieri).
Quote from: Christo on October 05, 2013, 03:11:07 PM
(http://1001scribbles.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/amadeus_3_ani_full1.gif?w=529)
(Mozart. And Salieri).
:D +1
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 04, 2013, 12:29:12 PM
Brilliant!...and so true 8)
Sarge
'True' Langgaard to me is Langgaard with (too) short trousers; can't find the right picture on the Internet, to my regrets.
Edit: perhaps this one gives an idea: (http://www.ruedlanggaardselskabet.dk/Langgaard%2039%20%E5r.jpg)
Minimalistic...
(http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/imgs/media.images/6825/philipglass120206_560.nar.jpg) (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RJhtQpg5pCs/T_EOQPaSaNI/AAAAAAAACqo/g1i1-0eU5t0/s1600/Philip%252BGlass.jpg) (http://cdn7.icareifyoulisten.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Philip-Glass-Photo-by-Steve-Pyke.jpg)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 04, 2013, 12:57:37 PM
Son of a bitch! I can't get that triangle out of my head!
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/oct2010/rotttfinalhoughts.jpg)
Sarge
:(
Poor Hans. If he'd regained his senses and written a Concerto for 24 Triangles and Orchestra, its sheer awesomeness and shimmering brilliance would...well, I guess I would be the only person to love it. 0:) Poor Hans.
As a trained psychologist, I'd have to say Frederick May! He looks like someone who needs to be hospitalised!
Quote from: springrite on October 05, 2013, 09:37:13 PM
As a trained psychologist, I'd have to say Frederick May! He looks like someone who needs to be hospitalised!
Lol...sad but true. He was mentally ill wasn't he? I believe he also suffered intensely from some kind of hearing problem (?).
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 05, 2013, 09:41:07 PM
Lol...sad but true. He was mentally ill wasn't he? I believe he also suffered intensely from some kind of hearing problem (?).
Yes, moderately, and that being his only Beethovenian feature.
BTW, just heard his string quartet and it is so ordinary and boring as hell. Having heard the work gave me a better idea of the onset of his mental problems.
Quote from: springrite on October 05, 2013, 09:44:14 PM
Yes, moderately, and that being his only Beethovenian feature.
BTW, just heard his string quartet and it is so ordinary and boring as hell. Having heard the work gave me a better idea of the onset of his mental problems.
I haven't heard May's SQ, but I'll take your word for it. There's a disc of his orchestral works on the RTE Lyric label. I don't recall how the music was though.
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 05, 2013, 09:46:44 PM
I haven't heard May's SQ, but I'll take your word for it. There's a disc of his orchestral works on the RTE Lyric label. I don't recall how the music was though.
I will pick that one up next week when I arrive in the US. Looking forward to it (and about a hundred or two more).
Quote from: amw on October 04, 2013, 04:11:12 PM
Some composers who don't look much like their music.
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/51885725/Elliott+Carter+carter+at+the+piano.png)
Except his eyes. Every time I look at his eyes, I'm like, yeah, it is a lot of fun. (This music.) I am trying to remember any photo or video I've seen where Carter's eyes
aren't twinkling. As the body grew older, he looked more like a dapper, crafty gnome. Prankster.
Quote from: Octave on October 05, 2013, 09:51:47 PM
Except his eyes. Every time I look at his eyes, I'm like, yeah, it is a lot of fun. (This music.) I am trying to remember any photo or video I've seen where Carter's eyes aren't twinkling. As the body grew older, he looked more like a dapper, crafty gnome. Prankster.
Love his eyes! You hit the nail right on the head!
Quote from: springrite on October 05, 2013, 09:48:55 PM
I will pick that one up next week when I arrive in the US. Looking forward to it (and about a hundred or two more).
Nice!
Quote from: Christo on October 05, 2013, 03:15:15 PM
'True' Langgaard to me is Langgaard with (too) short trousers; can't find the right picture on the Internet, to my regrets.
Edit: perhaps this one gives an idea: (http://www.ruedlanggaardselskabet.dk/Langgaard%2039%20%E5r.jpg)
You mean the one in the Chandos CD featuring symphs 4-6. A wonderful photo.
Thanks for super replies.
Quote from: vandermolen on October 06, 2013, 12:54:27 AM
You mean the one in the Chandos CD featuring symphs 4-6. A wonderful photo.
Here's the Chandos pic:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/sep2013/langgaard.jpg)
Sarge
None of the Langgaard pics look especially similar, which is I suppose another way he resembles his music >.>
He's tall though, while many of his symphonies are pretty short.
First composer I thought of when I read the title of this topic:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Max_reger_1.jpg)
Max Reger: "Don't tell me my music is 'craggy' or 'difficult' you little pisher!"
Quote from: Cato on October 06, 2013, 03:40:39 AM
First composer I thought of when I read the title of this topic:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Max_reger_1.jpg)
Max Reger: "Don't tell me my music is 'craggy' or 'difficult' you little pisher!"
"Here I sit, in the smallest room in my house, with your letter o criticism before me. Soon it will be behind me. Yours truly, Max Reger"
Quote from: springrite on October 06, 2013, 04:43:44 AM
"Here I sit, in the smallest room in my house, with your letter of criticism before me. Soon it will be behind me. Yours truly, Max Reger"
Heh-heh! That line might be more famous than his music! :o ;)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 05, 2013, 04:02:10 PM
Minimalistic...
(http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/imgs/media.images/6825/philipglass120206_560.nar.jpg) (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RJhtQpg5pCs/T_EOQPaSaNI/AAAAAAAACqo/g1i1-0eU5t0/s1600/Philip%252BGlass.jpg) (http://cdn7.icareifyoulisten.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Philip-Glass-Photo-by-Steve-Pyke.jpg)
This is more like it --
(http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/imgs/media.images/6825/philipglass120206_560.nar.jpg)(http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/imgs/media.images/6825/philipglass120206_560.nar.jpg)(http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/imgs/media.images/6825/philipglass120206_560.nar.jpg)(http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/imgs/media.images/6825/philipglass120206_560.nar.jpg)(http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/imgs/media.images/6825/philipglass120206_560.nar.jpg)(http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/imgs/media.images/6825/philipglass120206_560.nar.jpg)
(http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q774/jmd555555/Pettersson_zps8af45716.png) (http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/jmd555555/media/Pettersson_zps8af45716.png.html)
Like Boris Godunov:
(http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q774/jmd555555/mussorgsky_repin_zpse37ffc26.jpg)[/URLo (http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/jmd555555/media/mussorgsky_repin_zpse37ffc26.jpg.html)
I'd say Carl Ruggles looks like his music :D
(http://www.basic.fm/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/carl-ruggles-688x1024.jpg)
Quote from: Florestan on October 05, 2013, 12:16:39 PM
Bartok Bela, timid??? He looks to me more like "Come on, baby, light my fire!" ;D ;D ;D
Yes, he is rather devastatingly handsome, now you mention it. OK, what about
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/66226408/Bla+Bartk+Bela+Bartok.jpg)
(in which he looks oddly like former UK Prime Minister John Major)?
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 06, 2013, 09:35:54 AM
I'd say Carl Ruggles looks like his music :D
(http://www.basic.fm/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/carl-ruggles-688x1024.jpg)
Most definitely!
The "mad scientist" picture, as Zappa called it:
(http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm5-10/images/Varese_1.jpg)
Although I think this one is a better fit with the music:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Edgard_Varese.gif/220px-Edgard_Varese.gif)
(Edgar Varèse, 1883-1965)
I always liked the intense serenity/turmoil duality in this one:
(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_image_group/2011/11/16/1321459222906/Iannis-Xenakis-Portrait-S-007.jpg)
(Iannis Xenakis, 1922-2001)
If you post a picture would you please caption it with the name of the composer? I've seen several posts on this thread where some poster thought some relatively obscure composer from the 20th century is well known by picture alone. I assure you that is not the case with all of us.
In this page Pettersson, Varese and Xenakis I guess are among the unmarked.
Thanks! Can you give me the other pages as well?
Quote from: DavidW on October 07, 2013, 04:20:30 AM
If you post a picture would you please caption it with the name of the composer? I've seen several posts on this thread where some poster thought some relatively obscure composer from the 20th century is well known by picture alone. I assure you that is not the case with all of us.
In case the image name doesn't help, there is always Google Image search.
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/1325808?p=ws_images_searchbyimagetooltip&rd=1
Their browser add-on is very helpful in these circs.
Quote from: DavidW on October 07, 2013, 04:20:30 AM
If you post a picture would you please caption it with the name of the composer? I've seen several posts on this thread where some poster thought some relatively obscure composer from the 20th century is well known by picture alone. I assure you that is not the case with all of us.
Thank you. I am terrible with pictures and only recognized 3-4 so far.
Quote from: DavidW on October 07, 2013, 04:45:41 AM
Thanks! Can you give me the other pages as well?
Langgaatd, Berlioz (with the strange hair), Rott (triangle), Britten on p 1.
on p 2 I don't know the first one in Dave Fs post (though the face looks familiar), I think the others are named.
Langgaard, Rott, Stockhausen, Proky, Stravinsky & Varèse, Pärt, Berlioz, Britten, (page 2:) Carter, Jón Leifs, Bartók, Bruckner, Langgaard, Glass
Well spotted.
Quote from: petrarch on October 06, 2013, 03:18:25 PM
The "mad scientist" picture, as Zappa called it:
(http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm5-10/images/Varese_1.jpg)
Although I think this one is a better fit with the music:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Edgard_Varese.gif/220px-Edgard_Varese.gif)
Top photo looks like a deranged Vaughan Williams! Sorry, should have labelled Pettersson and Mussorgsky.
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/91609845/Vagn+Holmboe.jpg)
Vagn Holmboe
Quote from: amw on October 07, 2013, 01:06:56 PM
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/91609845/Vagn+Holmboe.jpg)
Vagn Holmboe
Extraordinary photo. Never seen that one before.
Quote from: amw on October 07, 2013, 01:06:56 PM
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/91609845/Vagn+Holmboe.jpg)
Vagn Holmboe
All the Nordic composers look like their music. :D
Yes, they do.
Lepo Sumera
(http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss296/terisutley/LEPO-SUMERA-CLASSICAL.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/terisutley/media/LEPO-SUMERA-CLASSICAL.jpg.html)
(http://gfx.dagbladet.no/pub/artikkel/4/45/450/450129/saverud_sak.jpg)
Harald Sæverud
Quote from: kyjo on October 07, 2013, 01:17:13 PM
All the Nordic composers look like their music. :D
Makes you wish some of the Swedish actresses (and that includes those from Swedish Erotica) composed.
(http://physinfo.org/images/valen/valen1.jpg)
Fartein Valen
Quote from: springrite on October 07, 2013, 01:22:39 PM
Makes you wish some of the Swedish actresses (and that includes those from Swedish Erotica) composed.
:P
Yeah, if they did, it would sound something like Atterberg's ultra-romantic music. :)
Quote from: The new erato on October 07, 2013, 01:21:29 PM
(http://gfx.dagbladet.no/pub/artikkel/4/45/450/450129/saverud_sak.jpg)
Harald Sæverud
Yikes! Yeah, Saeverud's music is craggy no doubt. I haven't been able to completely warm to his music, especially his later works. They can be quite harsh (bringing to mind Schuman's later works). I like his Third and Seventh symphonies quite a bit, though.
Quote from: kyjo on October 07, 2013, 01:33:19 PM
:P
Yeah, if they did, it would sound something like Atterberg's ultra-romantic music. :)
Are you suggesting that Atterbergs music would be at home in a Porn movie? This is diabolical of you to say the least, Herr Kyle. >:D :P However, I do agree that the music '
gives it some.'
Quote from: Scots John on October 07, 2013, 01:43:05 PM
Are you suggesting that Atterbergs music would be at home in a Porn movie? This is diabolical of you to say the least, Herr Kyle. >:D :P However, I do agree that the music 'gives it some.'
One of them but have a secret nickname like "The Seka Symphony".
Schoenberg. He was as baldy as his music, and as harsh and barren
looking as his music sounded.
(Sorry Arnold, I really don't mean to be so cruel. :-[ )Quote from: springrite on October 07, 2013, 01:44:58 PM
One of them but have a secret nickname like "The Seka Symphony".
***hurries away in a long coat to locate and buy Atterbergs secretly named 'Seka Symphony' from some guy doing Swedish CD deals in Moscow***
Quote from: Scots John on October 07, 2013, 01:43:05 PM
Are you suggesting that Atterbergs music would be at home in a Porn movie? This is diabolical of you to say the least, Herr Kyle. >:D :P However, I do agree that the music 'gives it some.'
??? :P
No, not at all! You're the diabolical one for bringing this up! >:D
Quote from: The new erato on October 07, 2013, 01:21:29 PM
(http://gfx.dagbladet.no/pub/artikkel/4/45/450/450129/saverud_sak.jpg)
Harald Sæverud
There is something feline about him. Very interesting features.
He is cat-like. And grand.
I see him and suddenly I want to hear his music...
Quote from: Scots John on October 07, 2013, 02:50:55 PM
There is something feline about him. Very interesting features.
He is cat-like. And grand.
I see him and suddenly I want to hear his music...
I'd recommend starting with Symphonies 3 and 7,
Peer Gynt, or the Bassoon Concerto. Saeverud's not an "easy" composer by any means, but I think you'll find something to enjoy in his music.
I'd say Martinů looks like his music:
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2783/4195598312_21cb7e5062.jpg)
Quote from: The new erato on October 07, 2013, 01:21:29 PM
(http://gfx.dagbladet.no/pub/artikkel/4/45/450/450129/saverud_sak.jpg)
Harald Sæverud
Yama hama! It's Fright Night! :D Yeah, Sæverud does look like his music for sure.
Thanks Erato and North Star!
Quote from: kyjo on October 07, 2013, 03:00:07 PM
I'd recommend starting with Symphonies 3 and 7, Peer Gynt, or the Bassoon Concerto. Saeverud's not an "easy" composer by any means, but I think you'll find something to enjoy in his music.
Thanks for that, I am now investigating. ;D
Quote from: Scots John on October 07, 2013, 04:26:32 PM
Thanks for that, I am now investigating. ;D
My pleasure, John. BTW I really like your new signature. Put a big ol' grin on my face! ;D I've always loved the LOTR series (both the books and the movies) and have never understood the fascination with all things Harry Potter.
Actually, what does music look like? ;D
Quote from: petrarch on October 06, 2013, 03:22:37 PM
I always liked the intense serenity/turmoil duality in this one:
(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_image_group/2011/11/16/1321459222906/Iannis-Xenakis-Portrait-S-007.jpg)
(Iannis Xenakis, 1922-2001)
Yes, this. And he gets more beautiful the more I see him.
And he has a great grin that I would like to think is very much in the music, that 'survives' all the computation. Like:
(http://www.bruceduffie.com/xen4.jpg)
Or:
(http://www.music.columbia.edu/masterpieces/notes/xenakis/xenakis.jpg)
And he can rock a bowtie (e.g. the conservative's nose-ring) like a mofo:
(http://www.bruceduffie.com/xen7.jpg)
Wagner and Berlioz have huge heads, colossal noses and personality to match (although probably in negative sense of the word) and their music is certainly huge, for the lack of a better word. Sibelius looks like he's a statue made from the glittering stone, just like much of his music. Bach, well, just look at that smirk:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg/280px-Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg)
He seems really confident guy in that painting (all the more impressive considering at his lifetime composers weren't nearly as respected as in say 19th century). And he has every right to be proud about his achievements! His music also reflects masterful, confident skill. And Rachmaninov can really be proud about his large hands!
I think that one composer who looks nothing like his music is Bartok. Apparently, people who saw him perform were always shocked when such a frail-looking man would play such aggressive things on the piano (e.g. his sonata for solo piano, "Out of Doors", etc.).
I think Ravel looks exactly like his music. I read a story in a biography of his where he was "in a state" because his order of 50-something neckties that were shipped to America during his tour were half-an-inch too long. His agent who was accompanying him shortened every single one. Also, there is a story where he was like half-an-hour late to a concert he was conducting in because he couldn't find his black shoes -- only his brown ones. He half-jokingly referred to his unwanted shoes as "boots".
Ravel was a reasonable fellow, though (unlike Debussy), and I think that these stories might be related to his brain disease. Whether you like his music or not, this sense of detail perfectly describes it.
Quote from: EigenUser on May 25, 2014, 08:27:44 AM
I think that one composer who looks nothing like his music is Bartok. Apparently, people who saw him perform were always shocked when such a frail-looking man would play such aggressive things on the piano (e.g. his sonata for solo piano, "Out of Doors", etc.).
I think Ravel looks exactly like his music. I read a story in a biography of his where he was "in a state" because his order of 50-something neckties that were shipped to America during his tour were half-an-inch too long. His agent who was accompanying him shortened every single one. Also, there is a story where he was like half-an-hour late to a concert he was conducting in because he couldn't find his black shoes -- only his brown ones. He half-jokingly referred to his unwanted shoes as "boots".
Ravel was a reasonable fellow, though (unlike Debussy), and I think that these stories might be related to his brain disease. Whether you like his music or not, this sense of detail perfectly describes it.
Interesting point. I mentioned Ravel in my initial posting as an obvious example.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 04, 2013, 03:40:14 PM
Which one?
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/johnhess/cov_britten_benj226.jpg) (http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Pix/pictures/2013/2/7/1360259594219/Benjamin-Britten-Resting--010.jpg)
Benjamin Britten? :P