Hi guys ,
There are some musical instruments which have been associated with famous characters and have become part pf the collective consciousness of nations and cultures
Jacob / Daooud Mazameer
orpheus's Lyre
wWe have Zuriab and his oriental violin
Romeo's Violin
I know of a Greek goddess who used to play the violin but can't remember her name
could you help me plz with some names and their instruments ?
Holmes is known for his violin playing. But hang on, when did Romeo play the violin?
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Gu Qin with most Chinese literati.
hhhh under the balcony of Juliette . It's not in the play but it has become part of the romantic attribute of any lover .
Here guys do this hhhh. Whenever we hear music under the balcony everyone says " That's Romeo".
According to famous Punjabi folklore a man named Ranjha used to play flute (Bansuri) for his beloved Heer.
I remembered Robinhood
Didn't he have a trumpet ?
Never heard that one before, and if it's not in the play, it can hardly count, can it?Originally Posted by caddy_caddy
hhhh under the balcony of Juliette . It's not in the play but it has become part of the romantic attribute of any lover .
Here guys do this hhhh. Whenever we hear music under the balcony everyone says " That's Romeo".
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Maybe in the American culture it won't go this way . But I am interessed in how these characters and instruments are used in the collective consciousness of poeple too. Their significance is very important to me . In the Arab culture it goes this way and everyone understands it this way . I'm using it in Arabic poetry and should use it as Arab think of it .
Coleridge's The Aeolian Harp is one of his finest poems - does that count? Oh, and Dryden's Ode on Saint Cecilia's Day, which is one of my favourite poems, imagines the universe as a musical composition - it's very beautiful.
"I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche
Yes, definitely Holmes.
I haven't heard of Romeo, either. Isn't it just the idea that Romeo stands talking to Juliet below her balcony that's rather the picture people get, instead of the playing?
I do'nt think violins were widely know at that time yet, even (not in Shakespeare's time and certainly not in Romeo's).
Angel Clare in Hardy's Tess plays either the lyre or the harp. Can't remember which, but I've always thought that was a wink at Greek mythology.
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Roland had his horn Oliphant. Marianne Dashwood played the piano, as did Jane Fairfax and (with less skill) Emma Woodhouse and Elizabeht Bennet. Mary Crawford played the harp. Orpheus played the Lyre, as did Apollo. The Prince in "The Little Man as Big as Your Thumb with the Mustaches Seven Miles Long" played a magic harp, that played by itself and forced its listeners to dance.
King Alfred the Great played a harp or lyre - he went into the camp of his enemy, Guthrum, disguised as a minstrel.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin played something or other.
Voices mysterious far and near,
Sound of the wind and sound of the sea,
Are calling and whispering in my ear,
Whifflingpin! Why stayest thou here?
Oh yeh the Aeolian harp , thxxxxx
and I am mistaken I mean the guitar not the violin ,
it's an aspect of chivalry
Not necessarily tied to certain characters, but Joyce's Ulysses makes use of the Aeolian Harp, the piano, and more specifically, the human voice. In regard to the latter, Bob Dolan is a bass baritone, Molly Bloom is a soprano, and Blazes Boylan is allegedly a tenor. Interestingly, Joyce himself was a bronze medal winner in the 1904 Feis Ceoil.
Einstein played the violin.
Schopenhauer played the flute.
Nero fiddled while Rome burned.
Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy of Hungary, Haydn's sponsor, played the Cello, and the Baryton.
Feynman played the bongos
Now there's a quintet!
Robin Hood with a trumpet? I never heard of that... Alan-a-Dale was a minstrel with a lute...
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