Sheet Music Collages

I’ve been keeping myself distracted lately making these. No idea what I’ll do with them, except give them away.  All of them feature sheet music from the very early 1900s (possibly earlier in a couple instances).  What do you think?

Beethoven’s Clef Heart

I have always loved old texts (one of my prized possessions is an old Differential Calculus book with the owner’s doodles in it) and  I ran across some really great collage work at an art festival a couple of weekends ago.  I was inspired.

As an homage to my Gram and my love for music, I decided to pick up some old sheet music and take a stab at making a fun collage myself.   You know, exercise my creative muscles a bit. Here’s how it turned out!

The sheet music I used is circa the very early 1900s (maybe earlier) that gives instruction for how to play and vividly describes the inspiration, mood, and tone of several of Beethoven’s sonatas.   One of my favorites,

Its mood is at first somewhat depressed, yet it grows more cheerful particularly in the melodic parts.

Sounds like me.

I’ll say it, it’s not bad for someone who considers themselves anything but creative.  And it’s been a great distraction from everything else that’s going on in my life these days.  I’ve got another collage using old sheet music in the works. It’s going to be even better and I can’t wait to share it!