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