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SHERLOCK HOLMES AND MUSIC

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND MUSIC. Agenda. 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.

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SHERLOCK HOLMES AND MUSIC

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  1. SHERLOCK HOLMES AND MUSIC

  2. Agenda • Introduction • Sherlock’s Musical Instruments • Sherlock’s Favorite Violinists • Sherlock’s Favorite Music • Sherlock’s Influence on the Music World • Conclusion

  3. Sherlock and His Violin – A First Look

  4. The Stradivarius • Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737

  5. A Stradivarius • Antonio Stradivari violin of 1703 at the Musikinstrumentenmuseum, Berlin

  6. Gramophone 1887 – Emile Berliner Invents the Gramophone and records

  7. Sherlock’s Favorite Violinists • Wilhelmina Norman-Neruda 1838-1911

  8. Pablo Sarasate • Spanish violinist and composer • 1844-1908

  9. Niccolo Paganini • Italian violinist 1782 – 1840 • Violinist, guitarist, violist and composer

  10. Sherlock the Musicologist • The monograph “The Polyphonic Motets of Lassus” • Orlando di Lasso – 1530-1594

  11. 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.”

  12. Opera – Les Huguenots Les Huguenot by Meyerbeer. Edouard de Reszke in the London production.

  13. 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.”

  14. Music Inspired by Sherlock Holmes • Sherlock Holmes - The Musical – Leslie Bricusse. • Baker Street – A Musical Adventure of Sherlock Holmes - music and lyrics by Marian Grudeffand Raymond Jessel. • 221B Baker Street – Theme to Granada television Sherlock Holmes series. Patrick Gowers.

  15. 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.

  16. 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 red-headed clients to vex us with their conundrums.” Sherlock Holmes; The Red-Headed League • Thank you!

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