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THE PRAYER OF THE BAGPIPERS-PAUSILLIPON SCHOOL #1871724

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THE PRAYER OF THE BAGPIPERS-PAUSILLIPON SCHOOL #1871724
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OUTSIDE SCENE ? THE PRAYER OF THE BAGPIPERS


DESCRIPTION: The Romantic literary has built the image of bagpiper as vagabond, musician of square, half shepherd and half beggar, according to a reinforced stereotype that still exists. In the first half of XIX century, the compositor, Hector Belioz, in 1832, shows us the bagpipers who, shortly before Christmas, go down from the mountain in groups of 4 or 5 and come with their pipes and bagpipes to play concert before Our Lady. He so writes ( 1803 ? 1869) in his memories on a journey in Italy. In his description, the extraordinary musician seems to whisper us the most suitable words to depict this scene, expressions that everyone would use to describe their portrait, that is the image that they have in their own mind. The little painting, in question, puts itself as a real devotional image and communicates the atmosphere that the musicians are able to create. They with a real devotion play traditional novena by their bagpipes, a very old instrument, its origin loses in the mists of time, we have news about these instruments already in the Bible, Nerone enjoyed playing an instrument with a bag and some sound pipes. The bagpipe, that you can find in all Southern Italy, is the result of and evolution that goes on during the centuries. The secret linked to its productions and to the musical practice have been jealously kept by the bagpipers? families and handed down orally in generations in generations. The painting in questions shows ...
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<tr><td>Condition:GOOD</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:CIRCA SECOND HALF OF XIX C</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:ITALY</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:UNSIGNED</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:12.2</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:1.1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:10</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:THE PRAYER OF THE BAGPIPERS-PAUSILLIPON SCHOOL</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:REALISM</td></tr>


<tr><td>Location:Pompei Italy</td></tr>
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