Shepherds playing horn and panpipes
Performer(s)
- musician with panpipes
- musician with horn
Performer information
Type: musician
Genre: male
Posture: standing
Character quality or function: shepherd, biblical figure
Comment: that instrument is generally associated with shepherds
Instrument information
| Instrument : panpipes - (Hornbostel-Sachs system: 421.112 ) |
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Shape of the pipe: straight
Bell: no bell Finger holes: indeterminate Playing method: instrument carried in hands Comments: series of points on the frestel box Type of panpipes: carved out of a single piece of wood Number of pipes: At least seven different holes |
Performer information
Type: musician
Genre: male
Posture: standing
Character quality or function: shepherd, biblical figure
Comment: The figure has a dynamic posture
Instrument information
| Instrument : horn - (Hornbostel-Sachs system: 423.12 ) |
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Shape of the pipe: curved
Bell: in the prolongation Shape of bell: conical Finger holes: invisible Thumb hole: invisible Playing method: instrument carried in hands Material: indeterminate |
Number of performers: 2
Organization of visual space involving performance: Aligned
Interactions between performers: 2 musicians (45-46), aligned, visual contact (convergent looks)
Comment: The feet of the horn player are lower than those of the other shepherds.
Despite its destruction, one can imagine the raised arm of the panpipe player to point to the angel.
The converging gazes, indicates the desire to depict two musicians playing together.
Function of the sound: sound signal, glorification
Source of musical inspiration: angel
Context of the sound: rural soundscape
Comment: Perhaps the contrast between the sound of the horn and the panpipes is based on the metaphor of fighting animals, which takes place between the high register (like that of the angel) and the low register (like that of the shepherds)
Chromatic: Musicians dressed in different colors.
Comment: The dominance of the red of the horn player over the white of the panpipe player is analogous to the sound of the horn drowning out that of the panpipe.