The Da Vinci Coda
My favorite Leonardo (as opposed to that other Leonardo) was in the news about 2 weeks ago, but I've just gotten around to posting about it now.
An Italian musician/computer technician, Giovanni Maria Pala, has discovered what may possibly be a hidden musical composition in Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Last Supper.” He determined that by drawing the five lines of a musical staff across the painting, the loaves of bread on the table as well as the hands of Jesus and the Apostles could each represent a musical note.
Alessandro Vezzosi, a Da Vinci expert and director of a museum dedicated to the artist in his hometown of Vinci, states that the musician's hypothesis "is plausible," noting that Da Vinci was also a musician who played the lyre, designed various instruments, and included some musical riddles in his writings. Read more.
BTW, I thought I was being clever by giving this post the title “Da Vinci Coda” but then I Googled the phrase and found that ABC News had already used it. Guess I’m not all that original and clever. Oh well.
Labels: Da Vinci, music news
posted by cellodonna @ 6:52 PM
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I went to a lecture once about the hidden language in Old Master paintings and it would be so exciting if this were true. I wonder what the tune sounds like, if it is in fact there?
Rallentando, To hear the "Da Vinci Coda" click on the "ABC News" link in my post; it's a YouTube broadcast with what I'm assuming is the music. It sounds very somber.
Clever, clever title Donna--even if you weren't the only one to come up with it! XO
Yeah, I thought it was clever! :D
I think this DaVinci code (coda!) is much more believable, and interesting, than the other!
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