Frida's Wings - The Skeletons by Bruce Klepper | Composer published on 2024-04-26T13:12:32Z Frida's Wings – The Skeletons April 2024 Duration: 2:50 A shorter version was previously included in the “Art Expressed in Music” series Painting: Frida Kahlo Painting Self Portrait. Music for Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) who will be performing Frida's Wings, a ballet based on the life and works of Frida Kahlo, June 2024 in Colorado. Thanks to John-Marc Ventimiglia @john-marc-ventimiglia for creating the “rattling bones” sound library Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self portraits and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy. She is also known for painting about her experience of chronic pain. In most of her self-portraits, she depicts her face as mask-like, but surrounded by visual cues which allow the viewer to decipher deeper meanings. Aztec mythology features heavily in Kahlo's paintings in symbols including skeletons and skulls. In the painting, Dream of The Bed, painted in the year of 1940, Frida expressed her feeling and interception of death, which depicts a skeleton on the canopy of her bed (as she had in her real life). Her husband, Diego Rivera called the Juda, Frida's lover, but Frida said it's just an amusing reminder of people's mortality. Frida Kahlo spent much of her life in pain. As As a teenager she suffered a horrific bus accident which left her unable to have children and meant she needed more than 30 operations on her spine. Eventually her withered leg had to be amputated and she died at 47. She said in her diary: “Feet, why do I need you, if I have wings to fly” For guitar, accordion, trumpet, violin, double bass, sound effects and percussion Genre Contemporary Classical Comment by Chris ZøBro Excellent work 🎶🎶👏❤️ 🎨🖌 2024-05-18T23:34:07Z Comment by Amanda Kim Sanderson Delightful! 2024-05-12T14:04:53Z Comment by November Sound Nice work! The other-wordly skeletal dance sometimes drives the rhythm but other times kind of interferes. It's a neat effect. I liked the earlier version as well. 2024-05-12T02:39:51Z Comment by jvaleroalb Congratuations to John-Marc for the bones library and to you for the great song 2024-05-07T17:19:41Z Comment by MrBouzouki The underlying pluse will act as a great foil for the dancers. Well done Bruce 2024-05-04T09:53:15Z Comment by Music Dreams I can picture the ballet of skeletons! Excellent score! :) 2024-05-03T11:19:46Z Comment by Wane of Summer Love those bone like sound fx, sounds like skeletons dancing along to the gorgeous music. Loving that accordeon especially :) 2024-05-02T22:57:51Z Comment by Ad van Nederpelt Very nice with so much detail Bruce. 2024-05-01T20:15:02Z Comment by Rob Terstall Lovely composition, Bruce! 2024-05-01T20:08:28Z Comment by Franck Charles I love this one Bruce, really like the bone percussion! 2024-05-01T17:21:08Z Comment by DAN - DT Once again, you plunge us musically and instrumentally into the period lived through by this excellent artist, best known for her murals .... and her strong convictions. 2024-05-01T12:40:15Z Comment by Eric Heitmann 💀 wow Bruce! Beautiful piece, thematic perfection 2024-04-30T16:11:11Z Comment by Jonathan Beckenstein Them bones, them bones, them dancing bones. Very nice! 2024-04-30T11:46:06Z Comment by chu-lan-maria Excellent! Very academic and above the standard. I'm really curious about how the dancers will interpret master - Bruce's type work. Congratulations! 💐Stunning! 💖 love it so much... very exciting to enjoy listening it and I guessed If Frida Kahlo listens your two pieces of works she definitly return back to world dancing with you. lol you'll be crazy!!! XD hahaha 2024-04-30T06:24:54Z Comment by Frank DANA Very original piece Bruce ! 2024-04-30T05:06:21Z Comment by S I G F U S Wonderful music, Bruce! Had the opportunity to visit an exhibition with her works some years ago and was deeply touched by her work. You captured her joy for life even though Friday had a tuff one. Congratulations! 2024-04-30T02:35:55Z Comment by Patrick Picault I love painting and I am touched by your compositions which honor it! Thanks Bruce! 2024-04-29T10:47:39Z Comment by Ian Stokes Wonderful composition Bruce. Brilliant incorporation of percussion. 2024-04-29T08:36:03Z Comment by Pier WILL ❤️🕊️🙏 - I like these fine percussions and beautiful composition, wonderful skeletons 2024-04-28T14:46:11Z Comment by Donna Dior SO Brilliant Bruce !!!!! 2024-04-28T12:37:40Z Comment by dah/ Wonderful 2024-04-28T10:17:02Z Comment by wejfi The bone percussion is truly unique. Everything is arranged so clearly and transparently. Awesome production, Bruce. 🎶💛 2024-04-28T04:42:21Z Comment by David Marconi This is another fantastic work Bruce. I love the old world feel, and the percussion certainly has a rattling bones vibe. Very interesting and fun piece. 2024-04-27T23:58:54Z Comment by Neli CoKo amazing rhythmic arrangement, wonderful! 2024-04-27T22:01:14Z Comment by Midisound Nice atmosphere for the day of the dead. 2024-04-27T21:41:14Z Comment by Srouly Frank Beautiful composition ... superb! 2024-04-27T19:23:22Z Comment by Spacial Cecilia Awesome Artistical Contemporary Classical 2024-04-27T16:57:07Z Comment by Mood Exhibit Has a fesrive romantic flow. excellent accordion unique percussion 2024-04-27T16:38:22Z Comment by 🎧 *thommo* another grand job Bruce! 2024-04-27T15:43:50Z Comment by FuWatt This is also a piece of music with great expressive power. 2024-04-27T13:10:45Z