Chronochromy

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Formally, the term is derived from the ancient Greek words χρόνος (chronos) = time and χρωμα (chroma) = color. Analogous to the scientific word creations with -chromie at the end, a change in color over time is meant. With such a transferred meaning, chronochromy is used in special cases in music and painting .

music

The term was introduced into music by the composer Olivier Messiaen . He understood it to be the special form of harmony he had invented , which he used in particular in the sections of the stanzas , but also in those of the antistrophes . In contrast to the classic, quite colorful orchestration , he systematically uses certain chords in his compositions , which he assigns to certain colors. He distinguishes three families of color chords. These are assigned to three groups of instruments. Each of the groups is also assigned 32 different tone durations (chronos!) In the composition , with each tone duration having a chord from a specific sound family. The result is from the three rows of tone durations, combined with the color chords, a constantly and unpredictably changing sound network - like an audio kaleidoscope .

Even Caspar Diethelm made use of the concept of Chronochromie in one of his compositions.

painting

The term stands in the overall works of the painter Karl Heinrich Greune - explained by himself as “color in time” - for the artistic mastery of a “spatiotemporal problem”. With his polychrome symbols, which are supposed to represent the successive phases of a movement, Greune wants to encourage the viewer to perceive constantly changing.

See also

to music: synaesthesia

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chronochromie for orchestra (1959-60) by Olivier Messiaen
  2. ↑ Personal communication from Dr Christopher Dingle, Birmingham Conservatoire , UK
  3. ↑ A distant, quiet glow Chronochromie for 12 solo strings op. 333 (1996) by Caspar Diethelm
  4. ↑ exhibition Chronochromie - painting by Karl Heinrich Greune the Cultural Foundation of the district Osterholz Worpswede 2008; http://www.grosse-kunstschau.de/aktivitaeten/rueckblick/2008.html