Design and Architecture
A Musical Valentine to Frank Gehry’s House
Andrew Norman is a Composer-in-Residence at the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and he is crazy for architecture. Last week he debuted Frank’s House , a piece of music inspired by Frank Gehry’s experimental home in Santa Monica that interweaves a Brahms waltz with sounds of sticks on chain link fence and corrugated metal.
By Frances Anderton • • 1 min readAndrew Norman is a Composer-in-Residence at the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and he is crazy for architecture. Last week he debuted Frank’s House, a piece of music inspired by Frank Gehry’s experimental home in Santa Monica that interweaves a Brahms waltz with sounds of sticks on chain link fence and corrugated metal. Norman tells DnA about the connection between music and architecture, and gives a sonic tour of the sounds he came up with.
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The full episode
1 of 4A Valentine to The Southland- 0:23A Musical Valentine to Frank Gehry’s House You’re reading this
- 13:34From Parking Lot to “Mattress,” The Broad Gets Built
- 20:35Hollyhock House Reopens Friday
- 23:40Landscaping a New Oasis in Palm Springs?