A lot of interesting things are connected with music. This is not only amazingly beautiful works, a variety of musical instruments, playing methods, but also interesting facts about music. You will learn about some of them in this article.
Fact number 1 "Cat harpsichord."
In the Middle Ages, it turns out, not only people recognized by Pope as heretics, but even cats were subject to inquisitions! There is evidence that King Philip II of Spain had an unusual musical instrument called the Cat Harpsichord.
His device was simple - a long box with partitions, creating fourteen compartments. In each compartment was a cat, previously selected by a "specialist". Each cat passed an "audition" and if its voice suited the "phonier", then it was placed in a certain compartment, according to the height of its voice. "Rejected" cats immediately burned.
The head of the selected cat protruded into the hole, and the tails were rigidly fixed under the keyboard. Each time a key was pressed, the sharp needle sharply dug into the cat's tail, the animal naturally screamed. The fun of the courtiers was to "play" such melodies or to take chords. What caused such cruelty? The fact is that the church announced the furry beauties as the envoys of Satan and doomed to destruction.
Cruel musical instrument quickly spread throughout Europe. Even Peter I ordered "cat harpsichord" for kunstkamera in Hamburg.
Fact number 2 "Water is a source of inspiration?"
Interesting facts about music are associated with the classics. Beethoven, for example, proceeded to compose music only after he lowered his head in a large basin that was filled with ... icy water. This strange habit so firmly attached to the composer, that with all the desire he could not leave it until the end of life.
Fact number 3 "Music and treats, and cripples"
Interesting facts about music are also connected with the phenomenon of the effect of music on the human body and health, which is not fully clarified. Everyone knows and scientifically proved that classical music develops the intellect, calms. Even some diseases were cured after listening sessions.
In contrast to the healing action of classical music - the destructive property of country music. Statistics have calculated that in America the largest percentage of personal disasters, suicides and divorces occur among those who are fans of country music.
Fact number 4 "Note - language unit"
For the last three hundred years, philologists and innovators have been tormented by the idea of creating an artificial language. About two hundred projects are known, but almost all of them are currently forgotten due to their incorrectness, complexity, etc. Interesting facts about music, nevertheless, included one project - the musical language "Sol-re-sol."
This language system was developed by Jean-François Syudre, a Frenchman by birth. The rules of the musical language were promulgated in 1817, the whole of the followers of Jean took forty years to design the grammar, vocabulary and theory.
The roots of the words, of course, were seven notes known to all of us. New words were formed from them, for example:
- si = yes;
- before = no;
- pe = and (union);
- mi = or;
- fa = he;
- re + do = mine;
Of course, such a speech could play a musician, but the language itself was harder than the most complex languages in the world. Nevertheless, it is known that in 1868 in Paris even the first (and, accordingly, the last) compositions were published, in which the musical language was used.
Fact number 5 "Spiders listen to music?"
If in the room where the spiders live, play the violin, the insects immediately crawl out of the shelters. But do not think that they are connoisseurs of beautiful music. The fact is that the sound makes the web threads fluctuate, and for spiders it is a signal of prey, after which they immediately crawl out.
Fact №6 "Identity Card"
Once it happened that Caruso came to the bank without an identity document. Since the matter did not tolerate any delay, the famous client of the bank had to sing the aria cashier from Tosca. After listening to the famous singer, the cashier agreed that his performance certifies the identity of the recipient and gave the money. Afterwards, Caruso, telling this story, admitted that he had never tried so hard to sing.
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