Bob Stumpf wrote:
>There is an article in today's NY Times about synethesia, a phenomenon
>wherein people will "hear a color". Fascinating reading about a rare
>experience. The author quotes Messiaen among others
I naively asked Messian about this once at a seminar in Boston, in student
French of course, asking if his concept of the relationship of music and
color was fixed, a la Scriabin, or relative, like Rimsky-Korsakov. He went
on for ca. 15-20 minutes (or it seemed like such) and all the time I was
struggling to understand the intracacies of his explanation. He related a
particular tone with a particular color. I was blessed with an autographed
photo later.
Jim Hunsley