Frederick the Great and his Musicians: The Viola da Gamba Music of the Berlin School. By Michael O'Loghlin.

C. Medlam

doi:10.1093/ml/gcq048

Frederick the Great and his Musicians: The Viola da Gamba Music of the Berlin School. By Michael O'Loghlin.

Music and Letters ◽

10.1093/ml/gcq048 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 91 (3) ◽

pp. 424-426

Author(s):

C. Medlam

Keyword(s):

Viola Da Gamba

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Peter Holman,Life after Death: The Viola da Gamba in Britain from Purcell to Dolmetsch; and Peter Holman, editor,Purcell

Journal of Musicological Research ◽

10.1080/01411896.2012.720916 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 330-335

Author(s):

Candace Bailey

Keyword(s):

Viola Da Gamba ◽

Life After Death

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Sonate fur Oboe (Flote), Cembalo und Viola da gamba (ad lib.), G-moll

Notes ◽

10.2307/897096 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 383

Author(s):

Albert Seay ◽

Johann Sebastian Bach ◽

Raymond Meylan ◽

Johann Friedrich Fasch ◽

F. Nagel

Keyword(s):

Viola Da Gamba

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"TOUS LES MATINS DU MONDE": POETRY OF FADING SOUND

Arts education and science ◽

10.36871/hon.202104013 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 100-107

Author(s):

Yu. A. Finkelshtein ◽

Keyword(s):

Mass Culture ◽

Film Industry ◽

Historical Background ◽

Present Moment ◽

Feature Film ◽

Viola Da Gamba ◽

Emotional Perception ◽

Baroque Music ◽

The Aesthetic ◽

True Values

The object of the article is Alain Corneau's feature film "All the Mornings of the World" ("Tous les matins du monde", 1991). The movie is considered as a work of art with strong postmodern tendencies. The director uses music written in the XVIIth century to create an image of the era. The image of the gambist de Sainte-Colombe is formed on the basis of the aesthetic and emotional perception of his works by the creators of the movie. The timbre of viola da gamba, one of the key features of which is rapid fading, defines the main philosophical idea of the film. The "disadvantage" of the instrument, which contributed to its short life in art, is perceived by the filmmakers as its original value. The rapidly fading sound becomes a metaphorical symbol of dying and rebirth, death and immortality being one. In addition, Baroque music performs the function of temporary "immersion". Using the music of ancient styles, the film industry gains a foothold in true values and an element of authenticity. In turn, by participating in cinema, it appropriates the features of mass culture: lightness, illusiveness, and easy accessibility. Such ambivalence is also characteristic of the plot, in which events that evoke completely modern feelings take place against a historical background far removed from the present moment.

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