It's just the periods of ideas in art. I think literature goes first. The same ideas come out in music and visual arts, etc.
The circles vs. angles was from conducting classes.
Tempo could be shown with movement. Fast tempo, lots of movement. Slow tempo, no movement or far away.
Rhapsody in Blue? I'm thinking of the Disney Fantasia 2000. And there's some style of art... I can't find it though....
I'm thinking 1920s though. That wasn't quite what I was thinking before, but it's there.
https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twentiesThe color on this Harlem Renaissance...
https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/videos/the-harlem-renaissanceI suppose events and achievement could be part of it. That's not as literal as translating music into image though. I think Fantasia 2000 has that though -- Rhapsody in Blue... Radio towers, street sign changers.... Even "city" sounds correct for Rhapsody in Blue. I suppose the opening clarinet line could be its own painting.
Hmm... I think the image I was thinking of before was...
https://www.georgejgoodstadt.com/goodstadt/t/ira_and_george_gershwin_thumb.jpghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_HirschfeldExcept I was thinking in color. That kind of distorted shape though.
I still lean toward skipping the events, achievements, etc. and going with translating emotion in music to image or movement in sound to movement in image.
Although something with skyscraper does seem right too.
There are the elements of it. It's jazz plus Jewish plus Western form, etc. or trying to do that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_in_blueAlso Gershwin following "How to Write for an Orchestra 101."
Maybe something with the instrumentation?
I could see it being something completely different, but still "Rhapsody in Blue"-ish. A city skyline. Or a grand piano. But any object, more of a RinB style to it that would still be "it."
Could steal some ideas from the notation...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/Rhapsody_in_Blue_bb1-2.pngThat's got the look to it of the opening line.
I see sections of the orchestra in my mind too when I'm listening to it. Bass... Bigger things in the back, slower, more power...
Something about color or lighting too, like that Harlem image above. RinB would have more sizzle, be more in your face than a serious symphony, but it not be too gawdy.
Could be abstract too.
This one kind of has a color sizzle.
https://img0.etsystatic.com/000/0/5051962/il_fullxfull.283778918.jpg?ref=l2I looked up 1920s art, but a lot of those look kind of blah and faded, even for what they were originally.
I'd say RinB is fresh. Elegant too.
This one kind of has it. On the left.
https://images.lacarmina.com/130202_art_deco_weekend_miami_flapper_hair_1920s_architecture_fashion_south_beach_8.jpgSomething with the lines on this one. I'm probably thinking of that Gatsby movie...
https://cdn2.warmlyyours.com/public/images/blog-kit/1025/original/brafton_photo20130605-5700-13axvre-0?1370489405I bet watching a conductor would generate some ideas. They get the expression down and turn it into movement. A conductor is only movement and doing non-verbal communication. They don't produce any sound themselves. They're showing it, and leading/directing/showing the performer what the music should sound like visually.
Yeah. I bet that Al Herschfeld image stuff came from Fantasia 2000.
-- Except RinB isn't Disney character smooth/sloppy.
I don't see any storyline in RinB like this though. Not al all.
I keep picturing more abstract things in space, black background.
Maybe the reoccurring motives?
Dang. No image, but the clarinet line is there. Clear audio.
That clarinet line sounds like something unfolding, like a vine spinning/rolling out.
This might have it.
https://artstyleonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/mr-art-deco-2.jpgMight have it a bit with the buildings.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Q4PGSI1rhaU/Swrpq96Sr7I/AAAAAAAAAFM/MiD76GD5-qA/s1600/metropolis.jpgMight have it a bit, but muted.
https://a.dilcdn.com/bl/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/05/disney-art-yzma-1920s-fashion.jpgDang. I don't think the Fantasia 2000 video is up on youtube. Audio, yes, but not the video. There might be more ideas there, and just in any Fantasia stuff for translating music into image.
Another clip
This intro stuff has the translation idea.
Bassoon... rain.
Military style... solider. Makes sense.
I remember this piece and story seemed to fit. This one stood out to me in Fantasia 2000. The RiB wasn't quite right to me in Fantasia 2000.
Another source -- Pianists hands on the keys. Literally motion of the music there.