How do composers come up with titles for their works? Sometimes it is before the work is written, sometimes afterwards...and sometimes composers even see colors with their music - there is a phenomenon where you see colors with certain notes, Synesthesia.Michael Torke and Helene Grimaud are two such musicians who are synesthetic. Torke has written a whole series of "color music." And other composers have had color associated with a piece, like the Red Violin by John Corigliano, The Yellow River Piano Concerto, and the Banks of the Green Willow...
