Some of the greatest artists in history – Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Gainsborough – have invoked the world of music into the heart of many of their paintings resulting in a harmonious combination of two much loved disciplins of the arts. However, the viewer of these scenes should always be a little on his guard, since references to music are invariably laced with powerful allusion and complex symbolism. With a musicologist’s eye, Peter Medhurst views, discusses and analyses a range of magnificent paintings that stem from the Late Medieval and Renaissance eras.  At the same time, to add a further dimension to the lecture, he complements the paintings discussed with a selection of period music sung and played by him on the harpsichord, the virginals and the organ. Paintings include works by Geertgen Tot Sint Jans, Lorenzo Costa, Francesco Raibolini,
Titian and Anon.

Another lecture on Music in Art between 1600 and 1750 is also available.

 

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Some of the points discussed in the lecture

  • The philosophy of the music of the spheres as put forward by Pythagous and Plato.
  • The re-interpretation of the music of the spheres by the church philosopher, Thomas Aquinas 1225-74.
  • The range of medieval instruments shown in the paintings of Tot Sint Jans and Lorenzo Costa.
  • The Medieval lute.
  • The cult of St Cecilia, patron saint of music.
  • The Ecstasy of St Cecilia 1516-7 by Raphael.
  • The portative organ.
  • Venus and the musician.

Music played and sung during the lecture

  • Estampie from the Robertsbridge Codex c1360.
  • Prelude from the Buxheim Organ Book 1460-70.
  • Blow Thy Horn Hunter by William Cornysh c1515.
  • Il bianco e dolce cigno cantando more by Jacques Arcadelt, published in Venice 1539.

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