#devil's trill sonata

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‘’Tartini’s Dream" (Detail) by Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845)

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This textpost comparing Madoka Magica to Faust reminded me something I've noticed about Sayaka's witch theme, Symposium Magarum. I could be crazy here, but I feel like some motifs in the song are based from Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata.

Now a key thing to note about that particular piece of classical music is that the composer wrote it after a dream he had. One where Tartini sold his soul to the devil and the devil proceeded to wildly play the violin. If this is true and I'm not hearing patterns that aren't there, it further cements the Faustian themes in Madoka Magica.

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Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) - “Devil’s Trill” Sonata for Violin and Basso continuo in g-minor, Op. 1 No. 4, IV. Sogni del autore: Andante - Allegro assai - The Devil's Trill. Performed by Rodolfo Richter, violin, and The Palladian Ensemble on period instruments.

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(okay like ignore this ask if you wanna bec. i know damn well i take up too much space in your notifs already KLASJFLA but on the topic of the Devil's Sonata,,,)

FRICKING- THE WHOLE THING IS GORGEOUS, AS I SAID, BUT THIS PART (not sure what renditions you've listened to, but if we're talking along the lines of 1993 Anne-Sophie Mutter & Co., min. 8:37):

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That rising - and vaguely terrifying - tension only to dip in softness...

AND THIS PART (12:47):

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Trills like butterflies and twitching, paranoid fingers and devil-spoken thoughts.

Then that WONDERFUL high energy ending!!

The whole song just feels like it embodies a transformation of some kind, though whether the transformation has only one direction or any endgoal to it, I'm unable to say; it really does feel, with those trills, like the devil is whispering through the strings. I'm even reminded of, e.g. Rule of Rose's Track 5 and 12, at times! ... At least that's how I hear it, you could have a different take entirely XD

aNYWAY THIS IS A LONG ASK, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CONVEY THAT I, TOO, APPRECIATE THE SONATA, AND HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT

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FINALLY, SOMEONE WHO GETS IT

I've sent this piece to my friends so many times but they don't care about classical music😭

The story behind the piece is that the composer had a dream that he saw the devil at the foot of his bed playing the most beautiful violin piece he'd ever heard, so he tried to recreate it

There's many performances of the piece on youtube but the Anne-Sophie Mutter version is definitely one of the best-- a lot of the performances I've listened to have weird pacing that doesn't put emphasis on the right places

however I also like this rendition which includes a harpsichord, cello and old guitar, more period-accurate accompaniments: https://youtu.be/ZWRg2EKDhKk (however the violin playing is much more stiff than Anne-Sophie imo)

I've always thought it definitely tells a story of some kind, likely a bittersweet one. How it starts so light and ends so abruptly at the climax feels like it tells the story of a life to me, idk. It definitely feels at that after the second movement (around 8mins, where you mentioned) there's some kind of fall from grace for the 'character,' and then it spirals until they lose control and meet their bitter end.

Overall I just really love this piece because I can listen to it when I'm happy, when I'm sad, when I'm just trying to focus on something, or even in the shower lol.

I'm by no means a classical aficionado-- I don't play any instruments or listen to a whole lot of classical, just a playlist of about 30 pieces lol

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***foams att the mouth whie listening to the devil's trill sonata

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Violin Sonata In G Minor, Bg5, IGT 117 - ‘Il Trillo Del Diavolo’ (The Devil’s Trill Sonata)

I. Larghetto Affettuoso II. Allegro (Tempo Giusto) III. Andante - Allegro

By Composer Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770)

Performed By Sergiu Luca, Violin ~ Barbara Bogatin, Cello ~ James Richman, Harpsichord

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Tartini Violin Sonata in G minor ''Devil's Trill Sonata''

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Tartini - Devil's Trill Sonata'