The Devil's Sonata, fruit of a demonic covenant?

The pacts with the devil populate the legends and the universal literature.In Mysterious we have talked about several supposed pacts with the devil such as Urbain Grandier or Baudelaire.In the field of music there are several legends such as Paganini's or that of the guitarist who sold his soul to the devil. The Sonata del Diablo de Tartini, fruit of a demonic covenant?

The Sonata del Diablo fruit of a demonic covenant?

In the case of Niccolo Paganini, tells the legend that the devil offered him an extraordinary ability as a violinist in exchange for his soul.In reality, that mastery with the instrument was the result of a disease known as Marfan syndrome.

The sonata which today concerns us was composed by another distinguished musician, Giuseppe Tartini, in 1713 .The particularity of this piece also known as "The Devil's Trill" was exhibited by himself Tartini.The musician sono that agreed with the devil and composed an unbeatable sonata.When he woke up he composed a piece that, despite saying the same one that was not as extraordinary as that of the dream, is the best of all his work .

The Devil's Sonata, fruit of a demonic covenant?

Do I really agree with the devil and disguise him as a dream? Did you want to create a polemic around your work to give it fame? What he did do is that a legend was woven around him and that the "Sonata for Violin in G minor" will become popularly known as « sonata del diablo » or« The devil's trill ».These were his words, collected by the French astronomer Jerome Lalande in his book« Voyage d'un Francois en Italie »:

“One night, in 1713, it was that I had made a pact with the Devil and was at my service.Everything went wonderfully well; All my wishes were well anticipated and satisfied by my new servant.It happened that, at one point, I gave him my violin and I challenged him to play for some romantic piece.My astonishment was enormous when I heard him play, with great bravery and intelligence, a sonata as unique and romantic as I had never heard before...»

Here you have the Sonata that Tartini composed after the dream of a pact with the devil.

In 1715, Tartini became the the first owner of a violin who had made the same Antonio Stradivari .He made important innovations in the musical field, such as the discovery of a third note produced in the tonal combination of 2 notes combined during a certain time and a new technique to handle the bow of the violin.Tartini lived until he was 77 years old and composed 150 concerts and more than 100 sonatas, being the best of them the Devil's Sonata .

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