Based on the artist John De Cesare's "Theory of Visual Space in Music," this 1958 drawing translates musical notes for sound to "musical notes for space" in order to illustrate a visual dimension of music.
Study 140-143a, "Ho-Jo-To-Ho," from Die Walküre by Richard Wagner
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Multicolored drawing of transcription of Wagner's "Ho-Jo-To-Ho" from "Die Walküre." Based on John De Cesare's "Theory of Visual Space in Music," this drawing translates musical notes for sound to "musical notes for space" in order to illustrate a visual dimension of music. At lower right, female figure with spear and shield riding white horse in mountainous landscape.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- John De Cesare, American, b. Italy, 1890–1972
- Date
- May 12, 1958
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Estate of John De Cesare
- Medium
- Color pencil, graphite on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 48.6 × 61.4 cm (19 1/8 × 24 3/16 in.)
- Type
- music
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
