Mondscheinsonate
February 26, 2009
Hypothesis: When architecture and music are based on similar formal rules, this connection between the two stays recognisable.
The idea is to take a specific piece of music, which is composed on a set of rules. These rules will be analysed, and an architectural form will be based on the same set of rules. In order to somewhat transfer the mood of the music, determinative elements will be selected as parameters, which influence several architectural elements. This relation will not be a direct one, as two elements will not have the exact same meaning in music and architecture, but serve as an indication.
To test the hypothesis, a questionaire will be used, in which people are presented the design, and have to choose from a number of musical pieces the piece on which the architecture has been based.
The selected piece of music is the Moonlight Sonata, by Beethoven. The sonata form has a strict set of rules, which make it suitable for a translation. A further analysis on the sonata form and the chosen piece is needed, in order to specify the determinative elements.
