Angels playing the gittern and the harp
Performer(s)
- musician with harp
- musician with gittern
- musician with gittern
Performer information
Type: musician
Genre: angel
Comment: Angel in the middle of the stainglass.
Instrument information
| Instrument : harp - (Hornbostel-Sachs system: 322.21 ) |
Performer information
Type: musician
Genre: angel
Instrument information
| Instrument : gittern - (Hornbostel-Sachs system: 321.32 ) |
Performer information
Type: musician
Genre: angel
Instrument information
| Instrument : gittern - (Hornbostel-Sachs system: 321.32 ) |
Number of performers: 3
Organization of visual space involving performance: Symetrical.
Interactions between performers: 3 musicians (12, 810, 811) : uniform series, similar colours, similar clothes, 1 musician (12)-1 musician (810) : identical orientation of the bodies.
Comment: The two gittern-playing angels are set symmetrically on both sides of the stainglass (mirror-like symmetry); the harp-playing angel is between the two, in the center.
Function of the sound: glorification
Reference to music theory and musical perfection: harmony, interval
Source of musical inspiration: Virgin Mary
Context of the sound: celestial music, angelic music
Chromatic: The three angels are set on a red background.