A pair of academic scientists (and part-time classical music buffs) have published a study showing some of the ways weather is depicted in classical orchestral music.
Amongst their findings: storms are more popular than sunshine, British composers write more about the weather than other nationalities, and there's no connection between the type of weather composers prefer and the type they choose to portray in music.
incredibly interesting survey ... I always liked "Daphnis and Chloe" by Ravel and Barcarole ( June) by Tchaikowsky ... meteorology is known to be the one of the respected sciences in Atlantis (they say ;)
Posted by: Alexander | 02 October 2011 at 12:25 PM