Geared up and fine-tuned musicality《中国日报》
录入时间: 2007-09-29
By Qu Quanlin
GUANGZHOU：Vincent van Gogh is
working on one of his famous paintings，Sunflower，when，to his astonishment，the
flowers he is painting begin to spin．The puzzled painter sits back in disbelief
until the whirring blossoms stop moving．
This scene takes
place on a cylindrical music box in the display Van Gogh Automation．The
work(pictured)is part of From Musical Clock to Street Organ exhibition，which
showcases antiquated mechanical musical devices in the Netherlands，now running
at the Guangdong Museum of Art．
The exhibition was shipped
in from the Netherlands-based National Museum．which warehouses the world’s
largest collection of automatic musical instruments in a central mediaeval
parish church in the inner city of Utrecht．
The exhibition
features 50 pieces dating from L480 to 1930．A11 of these mechanical pieces will
operate during the exhibition so that visitors could see how they work．One of
the highlights among these pieces is Jaquemarts Clock，which was made in
1480．
“Like tulips，wooden shoes，windmills and
cheese，automatic music，and especially street organs，are an essential part of the
rich Dutch culture．”says Dirkjan Haspels，public relations director of the
National Museum of from Musical Clock to Street Organ．
“Having Guangzhou host the exhibition for the first time is not
coincidental,” he Says．explaining that the city became one of the musical
clock-production centers in China in the 18th century．
“Guangdong and Utrecht share a bond of friendship．And this makes Guangzhou the
obvious location for this first exhibition of its kind in China．”Haspels
says．
Among the musical automata，street organs，which
were popular in the first half of the 20th century, are most representatives of
Dutch culture，Haspels adds．
“When people hear the music of
a street organ，they would come out of their houses cheerfully to dance and sing
in the streets，”he says．
Time：9 am一5 pm,daily except Monday, until November 11
Place：Lobby and
Exhibition No 7，Ersha Island
Tel：020-8735-1468
开放时间：每周二至周日9：00-17：00（逢周一闭馆）
每日16：30停止入场
地址：广东省广州市越秀区二沙岛烟雨路38号
咨询电话：020-87351468
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