Angels playing lute and organ

  • Assumption of the Virgin

Summary

: Angels playing lute and organ

: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
Location type : Museum

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: 16

: 1500 -1599

: Painting

: Glass

: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

: Assumption of the Virgin

: Accession Number: 17.190.598


:
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/193576


: François de Solages

Performer(s)
    • Performer information
    Type: musician

    Genre: angel

    Posture: debout

    Instrument information
    Instrument : lute - (Hornbostel-Sachs system: 321.321 )
    Facture: composed of multiple pieces
    Arrangement of strings: du plus aigu au plus grave
    Playing position: Les 2 bras tiennent l'instrument au niveau du buste
    Fingers on fingerboard: yes
    Hand position: near neck
    Sound box shape: pear-shaped
    Back shape: domed
    Neck length: indeterminate
    • Performer information
    Type: musician

    Genre: angel

    Posture: surement assis

    Comment: Un nuage empêche de savoir si l'instrumentiste et debout ou assis. Mais vu qu'il s'agit d'un orgue portatif de taille moyenne, il est surement assis.

    Instrument information
    Instrument : organ - (Hornbostel-Sachs system: 412.1-8 )
    Bore: indeterminate
    Body: straight
    Bell: no bell
    Finger holes: invisible
    Thumb hole: invisible
    Playing method: other
    Type of organ: portative
    Bellows: invisible
    Number of pipes: environ 15
    Number of rows of pipes: 2
    Playing mechanism: invisible
    Keyboard type: indeterminate




Number of performers: 2

Interactions between performers: Ils regardent dans la même direction, le centre.

Function of the sound: glorification, participation in liturgy

Reference to music theory and musical perfection: harmony

Instrumental classification: hauts and bas instruments

Source of musical inspiration: Virgin Mary

Context of the sound: angelic music