{"id":385340,"date":"2019-09-09T18:01:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T16:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/?p=385340"},"modified":"2019-09-02T17:02:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T15:02:39","slug":"hieronymus-boschs-butt-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/inspire\/hieronymus-boschs-butt-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Hieronymus Bosch’s Butt Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Say what?! What the Hell is Butt Music?<\/h3>\n

Well, if you’re into art<\/strong> you have probably seen or heard of Hieronymus Bosch<\/strong>‘s triptych oil painting called “The Garden of Earthly Delights<\/strong><\/a>” (finished in\u00a01510<\/strong>). If you look closely there is one section of the painting depicting Hell,<\/strong> on the right side, where we see musical instruments (a lute,<\/strong> a harp<\/strong> a hurdy-gurdy<\/strong> and a couple of woodwind<\/strong> instruments). If you look even closer you can see a man bent over who has music written on his buttocks<\/strong>, and a pink monster who seems to have placed the notes there by whipping the man with its long tongue:<\/p>\n

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Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a> offers a very high resolution<\/strong>\u00a0image file<\/strong> of the painting, available for anyone to download and someone has studied the music<\/strong> and has even\u00a0recorded it!<\/strong> A Tumblr blogger<\/strong> named Amelia<\/strong> has done this and now there are various recordings of the “Butt Song” circulating around the Internet.<\/p>\n

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OK, so how does Hell sound according to Bosch?<\/h3>\n

Well, here are a few\u00a0videos<\/strong> on YouTube<\/strong> to give you an idea:<\/p>\n

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And a more simplified version:<\/p>\n

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And another, very creepy, version:<\/p>\n

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Which version do you think is the most “hellish”?\u00a0? Is there another version you’ve heard that you’d like to share? Let us know in the comments. This painting and many other masterpieces can be found in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain. Keep supporting art and music!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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