Chagall and music

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Chagall and music

edited by Ambre Gauthier and Meret Meyer

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts , Gallimard, c2016

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Marc Chagall : le triomphe de la musique

Marc Chagall : les sources de la musique

Marc Chagall et la musique

Chagall : colour and music

Chagall : fantasies for the stage

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Exhibition catalog, published for five exhibitions: "Marc Chagall : le triomphe de la musique," held at the Musée de la Musique, Philharmonie de Paris, Oct. 13, 2015-Jan. 31, 2016; "Marc Chagall : les sources de la musique," held at La Piscine, Musée d'art et d'industrie André-Diligent, Roubaix, Oct. 24, 2015-Jan. 31, 2016; a reduced ver., "Marc Chagall et la musique" held at the Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, Mar. 5-June 13, 2016; the larger, enriched ver., "Chagall: colour and music" held at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion, Jan. 28-June 11, 2017; the exhibition focus on the costumes and designs for the stage "Chagall: fantasies for the stage" held at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 31, 2017-Jan. 7, 2018

"The North American edition of "Chagall: colour and music" is organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in association with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art"--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. 408-413

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This exhibition catalogue for a vibrantly colourful, multidisciplinary traveling show explores the profound connection between Chagall and music. As both subject and muse, this omnipresent relationship has its roots in his family history, and in the Jewish culture of his native city, Vitebsk. This lavishly illustrated catalogue explores how music functioned as a central theme and inspiration in Chagall's composition and color, beginning with paintings and sketches in 1911 through the 1960s. Included here are his theatre commissions: the foyer panels for the Jewish Art Theatre (Moscow, 1919-1920), the ceiling of the Paris Opera (1964), and the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center (1966). His designs for the ballet, including Aleko (Mexico, 1942), The Firebird (New York, 1945), Daphnis and Chloe(1958) and The Magic Flute (1967), reveal the underlying synergy in his work between music, set, and costume. A wide selection of paintings, photographs, preparatory sketches, and ceramics (many from private collections) convey the centrality and importance of music and color in Chagall's career. SELLING POINTS: . Highlights the role of music as a creative engine in Chagall's work, and how this was manifested in his art throughout his career, particularly in his use of colour . Includes paintings, gouaches, sketches, maquettes, costume design, stage sets, ceramics, stained glass, and archival photographs of the artist, his family, and installations 580 colour, 20 b/w

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