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Out of desperation, the Devil, who claims to also be a fiddle player, wagers a fiddle of gold against Johnny's soul to see who is the better fiddler. Although Johnny believes taking the Devil's bet might be a sin, he fearlessly accepts, confidently boasting "I'm the best that's ever been." The Devil plays first, backed by a band of demon ...
Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle is a painted self-portrait executed in 1872 by the Swiss symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin. He first exhibited at the Kunstverein München in the same year, establishing his reputation in Munich's artistic community. It is now in the Alte Nationalgalerie, in Berlin. [1]
The Robot Devil playing the solid gold fiddle. This episode contains a large amount of religious parody, with references to many religiously themed works of fiction. The episode's title is itself a parody of the famous line "Hell is other people" from Jean-Paul Sartre's one act play No Exit, though the episode has no other resemblance to the play.
The Devil Plays is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Jameson Thomas, Florence Britton and Thomas E. Jackson. [1] It was given a British release under the alternative title of The Murdock Affair .
In the episode "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings", Fry makes a deal with the Robot Devil so that Fry can play the holophonor and show his love for Leela. [89] In the episode " Calculon 2.0 " sees Fry and Bender make another deal with the Robot Devil to resurrect Calculon, their favourite actor, but the Robot Devil deliberately lets them ...
Each time he is "rescued" by the Devil, who appears in different guises, returning Paganini's violin so he can continue playing. In the end, Paganini's salvation—administered by a god-like Clockmaker—turns out to be imprisonment in a large bottle where he plays his music for the amusement of the public through all eternity.
"The Devil's Dream" is an old fiddle tune of unknown origins. Played as either a jig or a reel , it is attested to as a popular tune from at least 1834 in New England . [ 1 ] It also appears in a folk tale from central England dated to c. 1805.
An older, German variant of the stumpf fiddle and the boomba is the Teufelsgeige (lit. ' Devil's fiddle '), which is decorated with a Devil's head at the top of the pole. A modern percussion instrument in Friesland is called the Kuttepiel . A similar percussion instrument in Slovakia is the Ozembuch . [21] [22]