Transcript sherlock holmes and music

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND MUSIC
Agenda
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Introduction
Sherlock’s Musical Instruments
Sherlock’s Favorite Violinists
Sherlock’s Favorite Music
Sherlock’s Influence on the Music World
Conclusion
Sherlock and His Violin – A First Look
The Stradivarius
• Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737
A Stradivarius
• Antonio Stradivari violin of 1703 at the
Musikinstrumentenmuseum, Berlin
Gramophone
1887 – Emile Berliner Invents the Gramophone and records
Sherlock’s Favorite Violinists
• Wilhelmina Norman-Neruda 1838-1911
Pablo Sarasate
• Spanish violinist and composer
• 1844-1908
Niccolo Paganini
• Italian violinist 1782 – 1840
• Violinist, guitarist, violist and composer
Sherlock the Musicologist
• The monograph “The Polyphonic Motets of
Lassus”
• Orlando di Lasso – 1530-1594
Sherlock’s Favorite Music
• Operas
– HOUN – “I have a box for Les Huguenots”
– REDC – “It is not eight o’clock, and a Wagner night at
Covent Garden!”
– MAZA – “I shall try over the Hoffman Barcarole upon
my violin.”
• Violin Music
• German Music – REDH - "There's a good deal of
German music on the programme, which is rather
more to my taste than French or Italian. It is
introspective and I want to introspect.”
Opera – Les Huguenots
Les Huguenot by Meyerbeer. Edouard de
Reszke in the London production.
Other Music References
• SOLI – “There is a spirituality about {Violet
Smith’s} face…which the typewriter does not
generate. This lady is a musician.”
• RETI – – “Well, leave it there, Watson. Let us
escape this weary workaday world by the side
door of music. Carina sings to-night at the
Albert Hall, and we still have time to dress,
dine, and enjoy.”
Music Inspired by Sherlock Holmes
• Sherlock Holmes - The Musical – Leslie
Bricusse.
• Baker Street – A Musical Adventure of Sherlock
Holmes - music and lyrics by Marian Grudeff
and Raymond Jessel.
• 221B Baker Street – Theme to Granada
television Sherlock Holmes series. Patrick
Gowers.
References
• Friedman, Ted. Music of Sherlock Holmes
• Mundy, Oliver. Sherlock Holmes and Music.
• Obrecht, Jas. Sherlock Holmes Favorite Music.
• Sherlock Holmes Virtuoso Violinist.
http://www.librarything.com/topic/3437.
• Warrack, Guy. Sherlock Holmes and Music, 1947.
Conclusion
• One last reference of music in the Canon
• “A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off
to violin-land, where all is sweetness and
delicacy and harmony, and there are no redheaded clients to vex us with their
conundrums.” Sherlock Holmes; The RedHeaded League
• Thank you!
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese