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کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
LA125203
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انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The Devil, the Violin, and Paganini:
General Material Designation
[Article]
Other Title Information
The Myth of the Violin as Satan's Instrument
First Statement of Responsibility
Robert W. Berger
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Stringed instruments are included in Psalm 150 among those appropriate for music-making in praise of the Lord. For that reason, angels frequently appear in medieval and Renaissance art playing bowed and plucked instruments. The later association of the violin and the Devil is therefore a departure from the religious tradition. This paper traces the appearance of this notion in eastern European folklore, Shakespeare and his contemporaries, reactions to instrumental virtuosity in the Baroque period, Tartini's dream, and the career of Paganini, in whom the myth reached its apogee. Stringed instruments are included in Psalm 150 among those appropriate for music-making in praise of the Lord. For that reason, angels frequently appear in medieval and Renaissance art playing bowed and plucked instruments. The later association of the violin and the Devil is therefore a departure from the religious tradition. This paper traces the appearance of this notion in eastern European folklore, Shakespeare and his contemporaries, reactions to instrumental virtuosity in the Baroque period, Tartini's dream, and the career of Paganini, in whom the myth reached its apogee.
SET
Date of Publication
2012
Physical description
305-327
Title
Religion and the Arts
Volume Number
16/4
International Standard Serial Number
1568-5292
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
fiddlestick
Subject Term
folklore
Subject Term
musical dream
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Niccolò Paganini
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popular religion
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Psalm 150
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Shakespeare
Subject Term
virtuosity
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Robert W. Berger
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
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10.1163/156852912X651045
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