Light, Color and Motion as Crossmodal Elements of Baroque Music
Résumé
During the 18th century, the expression of multisensory content by means of music has been very popular amongst composers and the audience. This way of musical painting was mainly applied within vocal compositions, but also for instrumental works. Its plausibility has already been discussed during that time, with a focus on aesthetical criteria. Literature contains a variety of analytic approaches regarding visual references composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann, Antonio Vivaldi, and many others. Visual references increased the stimulation of emotions within opera music and the intended clearness of religious lyrics. Furthermore, the audible imitation of nature gained increasing importance. With view to the high frequency of occurrence of visual references it can be concluded that these multisensory connections were well accepted not only by the experts but by the majority of the listeners. Today, it is suitable to approach this topic from the perspective of perceptual phenomenology. The contribution discusses light, color and movement as important crossmodal elements of Baroque music. In particular, the musical expressions of lightning and thunder will be analysed.
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