<h1 class="ql-align-center" > stop calling me the ancient cello: "Let the sadness end at sunrise."</h1>
Author: Liu Hansheng
Abstract: "Let the sadness end at sunrise", this 1992 film must have been seen by many people, and the soundtrack must have been bought by many people. Everyone also knows that the main instrument played in it is Viola da Gamba, which most people call the ancient cello. In fact, this name is not correct.
▲ Let the sadness end at sunrise Soundtrack "Let the sadness end at sunrise", this movie released in 1992 must have been seen by many people, and the movie soundtrack must also be bought by many people. Everyone also knows that the main instrument played in it is Viola da Gamba, which most people call the ancient cello. In fact, this name is not correct.
Viol (or Viola) means An Italian bowed string instrument, Gamba means Italian leg, and if it is literal, it is a bowed string instrument played between two legs, which can be called a leg organ. The instrument resembles a fiddler, but has the same strings (pitch positioning) on the board as the guitar. It became popular at the end of the 15th century, especially in the Baroque era. You may ask, since Viola da Gamba is called a leg piano, what does Violin say about violin in Italian? Viola da Braccio, Braccio is the Italian word for arm.
▲ See no, this is the leg piano, even if it is the same volume as the violin, it is also placed on the knee or sandwiched on the leg to play, and the way of playing is different from the violin. Many people mistakenly think that Viola da Gamba is the predecessor of violins, violas, cello and other violin families, so they call it the violin. In fact, viola da Gamba leg and violin are two unrelated instruments. The violin is four-stringed, with a pitch of 5 degrees between each string, while the Viola da Gamba leg is usually six-stringed, and the seven-stringer, the pitch between each string is 4 degrees or 3 degrees. Many people mistakenly think that the violin, viola, cello, double bass, etc. evolved from the Viola da Gamba leg violin, which is wrong, they are two instruments that do not belong. What are the violins and violas of the violin family? Only the cello is played between the legs, and the double bass can only be played standing because of its large size. Viola da Gamba, on the other hand, plays between the legs, even the smallest. Therefore, it is not correct to say that the leg violin is an "ancient" cello or an ancient violin.
The viol da Gamba's vocal range and volume can be roughly divided into seven types: Pardessus (high treble), Treble, Alto, Small tenor, Tenor, Bass and Violone (contrabass), although treble, Tenor and Bass are the only ones that often appear in ensembles.
After the 17th century, because of the loud volume of the violin family, it could be played in a larger space, making the sound slender and winning with the sound quality timbre. The leggillon clan" was slowly eliminated by nature. So far, it can only be heard on some special occasions.
"Let the grief end at sunrise" should be translated according to the original text. Every morning in the world", but the translation of the former will be more attractive to fans, because it points out the plot and appeal of the movie. The orchestra conductor of the soundtrack and the bass legist is now well known as Jordi Savall (1941-), who founded his own record label Aria Vox in 1998.
You may wonder how this film, which was released in 1992, is now released by Aria vox Records? In fact, the earliest soundtrack of the film belonged to the French company Arvidis Records, and then the company closed its business and the copyright was redistributed before it fell into the hands of Aria Vox. The soprano in the soundtrack was sung by his wife, Montserrat Figueras (1942-2011).
Except for the first big-scale music, most of the soundtrack of the movie "Let the Sadness End at Sunrise" is a simple leg piano dialogue such as solo and ensemble, and there is no impact and big dynamic performance that sound fans like. However, because the music is exquisite and meticulous, the melody is good, and the background music is also appropriate when working and leisure, it has been sold for a long time, and at this year's TAA Yuanshan Audio Exhibition, the rising record of Aria Vox still sold a lot of this movie soundtrack, and also sold many Jordi Savall records.