ArtInMusic
Scott Von Holzen art - Interactive constructive sculpture Music Boxes and Musical Art
Chopin Prelude Op.25 No.4 in e minor 2021
Chopin requested this music to be played at his funeral. I probably first heard it in the 2002 movie, The Pianist. Rediscovering this music, I didn’t think of it as being necessarily sad or tragic. To me, this music expresses the depth and beauty of the piano.
(This demonstration only audio is part of this Music Box’s sound system.)
Africa 2019
This artwork’s look comes from more than the usual amount of internet research, that included the Serengeti, Mount Kilimanjaro, African music, and African fashion. Like Toto, at the time of the music’s release, I have never been to Africa. In fact “I’ve never been to Spain,” but I kinda like the popular African instrument, the Marimba, which work well with this artwork’s soundtrack. This artwork starts its build from the music of Toto. The top section theme is the night sky and the day with rain falling. The lower music color theme is the Serengeti, along with mount Kilimanjaro.
(This demonstration only audio is a sample of the artwork’s included sound system. Cover licensing available on request)
Will the Circle be unbroken 2019
This song stood out in the Ken Burns eight-part miniseries about Country Music. A version of this music became an early Country Standard of The Carter Family. Then later in the miniseries the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band released the song with the collaboration of early Bluegrass, and Country-Western legends, including Maybelle Carter. One of my second life wishes, in which I defy the odds and not come back as a Chinese laborer but as a young weekend banjo player, would boost my skill as a musician, and give many Saturday nights memories and a better foot tap.
(This demonstration only audio is a sample of the artwork’s included sound system. Cover licensing available on request)
Just Another Day 2022
This music is not a classic from my past. I do not remember if I ever listened to it when it was first released. It is a nice catchy pop tune that I thought I could work with. I have new drum software and this music has a simpler drum beat to start the learning process. Also, I wanted to do a smaller artwork and the song’s chorus length works for the artwork and the cover music. This artwork is in the architectural style of Frank Gehry.
(This demonstration only audio is this Music Box’s included sound system. Cover licensing available on request)
just another day
Beethoven's 5th Allegro con brio 2022
This Music Box is based on Lugwig Van Beethoven’s 5 Symphony first movement, Allegro con brio. I used Ernst Pauer’s arrangement for piano. The version I used had notation measure numbers and a simpler structure than the arrangement by Franz Liszt. I took the seven-minute first movement and tweaked it down to one-minute thirty-five seconds. I also move Beethoven’s opening four notes to the end of the artwork music. The visual part of this artwork samples those first famous opening notes from the first movement. This artwork is in the architectural style of Frank Gehry.
(This demonstration only audio is this Music Box’s sound system.)
