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LEONARDO
DA VINCI'S MUSICAL GIFTS AND JEWISH CONNECTIONS
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The
startling revelations and meaning behind an Italian musicologist's
discoveries that Leonardo hid a musical score, Hebrew prayer, and image
of his Mother in
The Last
Supper.
The author
has discovered a 12-measure musical score composed for the organ and
created by the positions of the bread, hands, and fruit depicted in
Leonardo da Vinci's painting of The Last Supper. In the course of
uncovering the musical notes, the author found Hebrew letters hidden in
the spaces separating the Apostles which offer a prayer to the world.
The authors also hold that the face of St. John in the famous fresco is
not a
portrait of Mary Magdalene, as
Dan Brown would have us believe in the
Da Vinci Code,
but that of Leonardo's mother, Caterina |
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Giovanni Maria Pala is an author, musician, and musicologist. He was born
in Ozieri, on the island of Sardinia, on December 11, 1961. His first approach
to music was not until he was 18-years-old, but he quickly exhibited a gifted
ear and technical talent with almost any instrument. While playing drums in
various bands and teaching drums in private schools, he studied different
musical genres: jazz, fusion, Latin, Afro, rock, ethnic, and more. He took part
in seminars and playing sessions with such famous artists as Paolo Fresu, Billy
Cobham, Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Smith, Max Roach, and Tony Williams.
Pala was awarded the 1999 “Golden Lion” prize (in the Ethnic Music category) at
the Venice Festival. He is also the author of La Musica Celata published
in 2007.
Loredana Mazzarella is an artist and the wife of Giovanni Pala. They
have one son and now live southeast of Rome near to where she was born in Narḍ
(Apulia) on March 6, 1972. She demonstrated a strong interest in drawing from
the age of 12, and was introduced to classical oil painting by Sebastiano
Greco, a Salento master. After graduating from the Liceo in Lecce, Mazzarella
attended the Art School in Narḍ before receiving her degree in Painting from
the Fine Arts Academy in 2004. She has contributed to several personal and joint
exhibitions since 1996. She continues to paint in a classical figurative style
ISBN:
978-0-935047-71-4
PRICE: $15.95
PUBLISHER: The Americas Group, 520 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 204, Los Angeles, CA 90049-3534 USA (310) 476-6374
E-mail: hrmg@mac.com
PUBLICATION Softbound - 6” x 9” (150mm x 230mm)_ - Full Color _- Illustrated with drawings, charts, diagrams, and pictographs -DVD included - Extensively Indexed-©2010 - 128 pages
Packaged in a BooKcard - the gift box and greeting card all in one.
