Musique Des Dieux Hermes Silk Scarf Rare

Musique des Dieux Hermès© silk scarf was designed by Claudia Stuhlhofer-Mayr and issued in 1996, the Year of Music.

**Musique des Dieux** Hermès© silk scarf – Personal Collection

Other wonderful designs that were part of the Year of Music, include the Les Ballets Russes by Annie Faivre. Zoe Pauwels’ contributed her fabulous La Musique des Sphères and the talented Loïc Dubigeon designed not one but two exceptional carres that year, the New Orleans Creole Jazz and Salzburg.

Musique des Dieux Hermès© scarf showcases several ancient Greek mythological figures dancing while playing ancient instruments, like the Lyre for example.

The Aulos and Syrinx or pan flute, a woodwind instrument, paved the way for the modern-day harmonica.

The Kymbala or cymbals and the Tympanon, or tambourine have not changed much throughout history.

The Kithara, an advanced version of the Lyre, gave birth to the modern day guitar.

And whom do we find at the center? Is it the river god **Achelous** entertaining himself by playing a syrinx?

In one of her four “instrument” squares Madame Stuhlhofer-Mayr cleverly incorporated the sign of Hermes, the famous Greek god responsible for wealth, luck and fertility. The cleverest and most mischievous of all the Olympian gods, Hermes was also their herald and messenger.