Ancient Lyre - Roman Kithara of Pluto with Giorgio Sancristoforo (Milan)
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"Every string is a planet, and every planet has a sound. That is at least what the ancient Greeks have said thousands of years ago!" - Giorgio Sancristoforo
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In this video, we visit Milan in Italy to meet Giorgio Sancristoforo, an Expert Artist for the European Commission and a virtuoso kithara player. He talks about his dream instrument, the Kithara of Pluto, that he envisioned, designed, and masterfully handcrafted in Greece by the Master luthiers of LUTHIEROS.
"This is the instrument of your life, you know, and it will be with me for decades. It is exactly how I dream it, and they made it a reality," he explains. Its design was inspired by the Music of the Spheres, a concept that emerged in ancient Greece with Pythagoras and Plato. This very idea reverberated among musicians through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and can be found even in the Quadrivium, the liberal arts education developed by medieval scholars.
"Combining the stars, the planets, and the music has a long tradition," Giorgio Sancristoforo explains, "it began with ancient Greece and continued up to the European 20th century with contemporary music composers. Many composers created music thinking of the Music of the Planets, such as Monteverdi, Gesualdo Da Venosa, Johan Sebastian Bach, and even Mozart, up to Schoenberg and then Stockhausen."
According to him, all of the above had the same idea that the music of human beings is not but a reflection of the music of the universe.
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The LUTHIEROS Roman Kithara has 11 strings, a dark majestic color with imposing white roses, and an impressive bright sound. It is a great instrument for professional musicians willing to awe their audience and ideal for studio recordings and live events. It is also a marvelous artifact both in terms of appearance and sound, making it a great choice for collectors.
Due to its 11 strings, it gives more than a full octave, making it an ideal instrument for anyone willing to focus on the ancient musical heritage. What’s more, with the use of harmonics and other advanced playing techniques, the Roman Kithara of Pluto can produce dozens of more notes including sharps!
Its design was inspired by the Music of the Spheres, a concept that emerged in ancient Greece with Pythagoras and Plato and was then explored further by various composers of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Johan Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. The kithara’s tuning pegs are decorated with the symbols of the planets starting from Earth and Moon, and ending up to Neptune and Pluto. The procession of the planets on the pegs resembles the Ptolemaic model of the universe, formulated by the Alexandrian astronomer and mathematician around 150 CE.
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🇮🇹 Who is Giorgio?
Giorgio is an artist and sound designer born in Milan. He is the engineer of numerous education and experimental music software used by both artists and teachers in more than 40 countries worldwide, such as Stanford’s CCRMA, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, the Royal College of Music of Stockholm, the TUFTS University, the San Diego City College, the Centro National de las Artes of Mexico City, to name a few. What's more, he is an expert artist of the European Commission.
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Wish, for the last years of life, I might have one to play all day, every day. The science embraced by art ( or other way around) creates a complete sound of the air around the player. Absolutely complete harmony.
Thanks for your amazing comment, Patience Falters! And wish you soon to get an ancient lyre on your hands to experiment, create your own music, and experience the soothing effect that it has in our everyday lives :)
As Plato once said, "Rhythm and harmony enter most powerfully into the innermost part of the soul."
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I going to save money to buy me one it just cost so much will save every penny as I can.
Thanks for watching, Sn0OkUmS! It is indeed a marvelous musical instrument, worth every penny it costs! We hope you can soon touch and play with this beauty. More videos like this premiere on our channel every week, so subscribe here to stay tuned: ruclips.net/user/seikilo
wonderful and thank you so much for the explanbation. it was super clear and beautiful as well
You are so welcome, Gore! Stay tuned, as more videos with Giorgio will premiere soon on our channel! :)
nice
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Bellissimo, davvero bellissimo. Complimenti Giorgio.
Grazie per il tuo fantastico commento, Sara!
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Why do you write the Kithara Roman? What kind of word is it? Latin? And Seikilos in what language was writen and what music? I respect Latin as much as I respect Greek, but tell us the Truth. A Greek friend, Demetrios
Hi, Demetrios. Thanks for watching and for your comment. In the ancient world, there were both ancient Greek and ancient Roman kitharas; they were similar instruments but with significant differences. The ancient Greek kithara was articulated (this is our view, at least), meaning that the yoke was able to move freely on its own, producing vibrato and tremolo. The Roman kithara, on the other hand, was a not-articulated instrument, not able to produce the two above-mentioned sound effects. In a musical sense, Roman kithara was significantly more restricted in playing than Greek.
In this specific video, the kithara that Giorgio Sancristoforo is holding and playing is a Roman kithara, not a Greek one. You can watch videos with the Greek kithara on our channel, like this one: ruclips.net/video/vQdN5-z26pM/видео.html
All in all, the "Truth" you refer to, most of the time, is way more complicated. :) In musical terms, there were Roman and ancient Greek kitharas, so what Giorgio is saying in this video is 100% true. You just need to be a little more aware of the general content to fully comprehend the essence of his sayings.
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OK, everything you say is right, but you don' t say, what kind of language. Kithara? Is there a bloody "K"
in Latin alphabet? What kind of instrument did Divine Sappho play? 600 BCE? Demetrios.@@SEIKILO
@@NikephorosAer54 We are not sure how to respond to your comment, Demetrios. Maybe there is a language barrier there, but we will do our best!
Concerning your first question, of course, there is a "K" in the ancient Latin alphabet, along with a "C". There is even a "K" in the Etruscan alphabet, from which the Latin one comes from.
Regarding your second question, the great poetess Sappho played the barbitos lyre, not the Kithara or its Latinized version Cithara. So, we are not sure what is the point you are trying to make with this question. Can you elaborate on that?
Last, from what we can imagine (but this is a long shot, as it is not clear from your comment), your issue might be the use of the word "kithara" instead of its Latinized version "cithara," is this correct? If yes, it is part of our effort to offer a concise vocabulary to the growing worldwide ancient lyre community (we also use the English word "lyre" instead of the Latin "Lyra," or the ancient Greek "λύρα").
We hope our reply helped you understand a little bit better our point of view, and the rich historical context behind these instruments.
Ok man. And where from did the Etruscans get this Alphabet? Where were the Romans when the Etruscans develope that great civilisation? Italian, chitarra, Latin, cithara. Where is the "K"?(Greek, unknown, not to mention) Barbitos was exactly a bass ΚΙΘΑΡΑ!!! But Divine Sappho was not Lesbian, than Kumaea, right?
Don't be shy to call your neighbor's name. Go to the Museum, the Library and the University and you'll see
the civilisisation that taught how to... I don't know what. A, stll, Greek friend and great admirer of the Latin
civilisation, Demetrios Maniatis.
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@@NikephorosAer54 We are Greeks, also, Demetrios, so we don't know which neighbors' names we shall mention based on your way of thinking. :)
Who told you that barbitos is a bass kithara? This is not accurate, no matter how you approach it! Kithara is even a later invention compared to barbitos.
If what you are trying to say is that Roman and Etruscan civilizations were significantly influenced by the Greeks, then yes. It is true, as it is true that the Greeks were heavily influenced by the ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations, among others. And these civilizations were heavily influenced by others even more ancient.
This is how the human species managed to evolve for the last 3 millennia, by standing on the shoulders of the previous, and by passing the torch to the next to come. And ancient Greece was an important link in that chain of development, as were the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Etruscan, and Roman civilizations. :)
That is also true concerning the musical aspects of these civilizations. You have to dig a little more though if you want to fully comprehend that musical evolution, and avoid mistakes in the future.
We feel that you want to discuss, passionately, so many things that have little to do with the topic of this video and the topic of our channel, so we bid you farewell.
Pluto? The Ptolemaic system?
Thanks for watching, Jake! Giorgio's approach in designing this particular kithara thrives on symbolism and long-forgotten knowledge. Supporting it with the LUTHIEROS team's expertise in reconstructing ancient-inspired instruments, they ended up with a marvelous Roman kithara! You can find more information at luthieros.com/product/roman-kithara-of-pluto-11-strings/
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@@SEIKILO okay, I’m just a little confused because Pluto (as well as Uranus and Neptune) is not part of the Ptolemaic system and wasn’t discovered till the 20th century. Ancient musicians had other ways of designating heavenly bodies for additional strings desired that probably would have been more apt.
Yes, it probably didn't come well in the video. It was never intended by Giorgio to be historically correct, but creatively combine things to draw inspiration and design this particular kithara. Still, taking into account the whole approach described by Giorgio here, you will see that this particular kithara is inspired by many things, including (but not limited to) the Ptolemaic System. The main theme of this design is the Music of the Sphere, initiated by Pythagoras and Aristotle but further expanded and adapted by many scholars, such as Kepler, who adapted it to the heliocentric system. On the other hand, we do see that there is some room in this video for misunderstanding, so we hope our reply clarifies things!
Really wonderful talk and beautiful music. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it, Karen! :)
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Thanks for the comment, Gaming Hut! :)