Music in Art at The Clark

Music and Art at The Clark

with Laura Dankner

Thursday, March 26
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

In-person only

An exploration of how music and musicians are linked to works at the Clark Art Institute. We’ll explore a variety of works from various vantage points: the artists who produced the works, the biographical/historical details behind the art, how the Clark came to acquire the works. Examples of works that may be featured include Alma-Tadema’s Model D Pianoforte and Stools (as seen above), Memling’s Canon Giles Joye, Gainsborough’s Elizabeth and Thomas Linley, Gemito’s Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi, Carpeaux’s Portrait of Charles Gounod, Haudebourt-Lescot’s The Wedding Trip, Navez’s Musical Group, Renoir’s A Box at the Theatre (At the Concert), Madrazo’s Reverie – The Letter, among many others. Musical examples will enhance viewer’s enjoyment of these works, and participants will be given a discography of the musical examples at the end of the tour.

Laura Dankner is a former professional singer. She holds graduate degrees in voice and librarianship. She is an Associate Professor Emerita at Loyola University in New Orleans where she taught in the College of Music and served as Head of the Music Library. She also taught music at the University of Southeast Louisiana and at a branch campus of Louisiana State University. She is the co-author of Musical Gumbo, a history of New Orleans popular music and has authored many reviews of music as well as reviews of music books. She is a former President of the Music Library Association. Laura has a lifelong interest in art and currently serves as a docent at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA where she particularly enjoys leading tours for adults. She taught a Zoom-based course for OLLI also entitled Music in Art at the Clark during the COVID years.

Cost:

$15 for OLLI at BCC members and their guests

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