
Paul Klee was a painter.But he was also a musician. He learned to play the violin at the age of sevenand made music all his life. In his youth he was a member of the SymphonyOrchestra of the City of Bern, later he played mainly string quartets andchamber music. He was also passionate about going to the opera and listening torecords of well-known works at home. Musical terms appear in his picture titlesand he also resorted to the basics of music in his teaching to explainpictorial processes. And we know that healso knew and appreciated the music of his contemporaries. The podcast"Paul Klee's Playlist" gives an insight into the artist'smultifaceted musical life.Speaker: Marianne KellerConcept: Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Chief curator; Marianne Keller, Head of archivesProduction: Alexander Hermann, Mario Reinhard
Oct 4, 2023
9 min
