Music For Places III: The Thorne Rooms (2015)
Miniature compositions for the Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago. (Released as Singles)
It's interesting that in many of these rooms there was never any music played, at least as we understand it now through equal temperament. It is almost a profane notion that modern music can be used as a soundtrack. But these rooms are not hermetically sealed, literally or figuratively. They are opened occasionally to dust them and to repair delaminating objects. If these rooms existed today there would be contemporary music on the periphery or even inside them. Strictly in terms of their style, they can't have any particular period music that goes with them.
Read more at at: www.artic.edu/aic/collections/thorne
It's interesting that in many of these rooms there was never any music played, at least as we understand it now through equal temperament. It is almost a profane notion that modern music can be used as a soundtrack. But these rooms are not hermetically sealed, literally or figuratively. They are opened occasionally to dust them and to repair delaminating objects. If these rooms existed today there would be contemporary music on the periphery or even inside them. Strictly in terms of their style, they can't have any particular period music that goes with them.
Read more at at: www.artic.edu/aic/collections/thorne
Notes on Individual Rooms
California Hallway
In a strictly orchestral context, it would have another section to follow it as the final chord is unresolved. The harmony of this piece is not in any one key. It's kind of like jazz, where one piece can modulate through many keys in a short time.
Image of Room
Image of Room
Japanese Traditional Interior
Uses the Japanese Kokin-Joshi pentatonic and Db Lydian scales.
New Mexico Dining Room
Chord changes: G min / D / Eb / C
Mix No. 2: A "cinematic" mix incorporating clips from a 1930s astrology program, on May birthdays:
Mix No. 2: A "cinematic" mix incorporating clips from a 1930s astrology program, on May birthdays: