Bruegel & Susato at Van Vleck
A Feast for the Eyes and Ears:
Paintings of Belgian artist Pieter Bruegel accompanied by the dance music of his contemporary Tielmann Susato, with commentary by Daryl Lancaster, MEM member
January 21, 2018
Van Vleck House & Gardens, Upper Montclair
Paintings of Belgian artist Pieter Bruegel accompanied by the dance music of his contemporary Tielmann Susato, with commentary by Daryl Lancaster, MEM member
January 21, 2018
Van Vleck House & Gardens, Upper Montclair
Bruegel and Susato had some things in common: Both lived and worked in Antwerp, a gem of city in the early 16th century; and both revered the peasantry. While Susato arranged and printed the folk songs and dances sung in the taverns, Bruegel captured the merrymakers in his paintings.
