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Hidden Music Claimed In Da Vinci Painting
snib sends us to CNN for coverage of an Italian musician and computer technician who claims to have uncovered a hidden musical score in Leonardo Da Vinci's "Last Supper." Giovanni Maria Pala published this and other findings about the 'Last Supper' painting in his book The Hidden Music, released in Italy Friday. "[This raises] the possibility that the Renaissance genius might have left behind a somber composition to accompany the scene depicted in the 15th-century wall painting. 'It sounds like a requiem,' Giovanni Maria Pala said. 'It's like a soundtrack that emphasizes the passion of Jesus.'"
Link to sound clip: http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/_audio/davinci_music.mp3
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You're thinking of a PBS commercial that runs very frequently. Pianist is trying to come up with a melody and keeps failing only to look out his Window to see a few birds on telephone wires - the simple melody is used as inspiration for a much more complex piece.
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I am a classical musician and listened to the sample from the link above. It is mostly monophonic (one note at a time) and given the graceful and harmonious placement of objects in the painting, it is not surprising that when turned into musical notes and played slowly and ponderously on a pipe organ, it sounds like a Gregorian chant. Perhaps what we find here is the natural correlation between graphic and musical art.
Because they might be stupid.