Diabolus in Music 1
Trillo Del Diavolo Today we studied a picture with a man in a bed. At first we imagined he was sleeping, or that he was old and he was dying. We noticed there was smoke on the right of the drawing. On the foreground ( au premier plan ), we could see a night table with music sheets, a glass and a candle. In the background ( au deuxième plan, à l'arrière plan ), there was more smoke. We even supposed his feet were on fire, that his house was burning. In the end, we understood there really was a demonic figure on his bed, playing the violin. The man seemed happy. This illustration shows the famous violin player Giuseppe Tartini who reportedly sold his soul to the devil to acquire a supernatural musical gift. a nightmare / a bad dream awe awestruck awful the soul hell / hades a pact / a covenant evil devil / a fiend