(January 29, 2015 at 12:25 pm)Alex K Wrote: It's composer Arnold Schönberg, whom (whose work) I adore, in a photograph by surrealist Man Ray. The blue painting is a self portrait by Schönberg, who was also a painter.
I'm also a Schönberg fan. Verklarte Natch, Drei Klavierstucke, the string quartets and such.
Even though he's considered one of the giants of 20th century music, can't say I've run into many people who are fans outside of those lurking in college music departments. I've got (and have read) his books on theory, form and whatnot. Most of it over my head.
Doom metal and Schönberg! Maybe dodecaphonic stoner doom metal? An untapped genre...