musicians of old

Chapter 114 In front of the grave

Sunny morning, cold, no classes.

To the west of the west gate of St. Lenia University, in the depths of Oak Street, Liufenus Garden.

The middle-aged and elderly people in the black-and-white photo of the tombstone smiled a little seriously and cautiously. There were a few scattered and withered bouquets around. There were only a handful of people who came to commemorate the artist, and they had some time.

"A lot of things have happened recently, so I haven't seen you all the time."

"Spin Cecil is the direct murderer. He is dead. Some of the circumstances behind the scenes are not yet clear. That's it. Let's talk about it. You shouldn't care very much. It's not a very important thing to you, so I didn't either Take Sheeran."

In the quiet atmosphere, there are gentle but deep voices, part of which is speaking, part of which is mental activity, and the two alternate intermittently, without a clear boundary.

"In the case of the work selection competition, the re-examination progressed fairly smoothly. I finally got 21158 votes in the City Concert Hall, and the second and third place went to Cecil and Team Leader Muric in turn, with 18244 and 16387 votes, so I got 48.8 votes in the city concert hall. The second round is a perfect score, and they calculated it based on my ratio, plus the first round, I got 43.6 points, while Cecil from the composition department was only [-]..."

"The report is a bit more detailed, mainly because you have been to the New Works Exhibition Hall, and you would never have imagined that I would be voted for so much, and it would be absolutely unimaginable that the bulletin boards all over the school are full of posters with me. What is the scene of the poster of the photo... Haha, and just an hour ago, a small number of students in the school came to me and expressed their willingness to participate in the premiere in advance. Sure enough, as long as you are nominated, there will be some supporters, of course , I didn’t just accept it when I saw it, I already asked two of my friends to help me screen it…”

When the voice reaches these two paragraphs, it is a little smug and childish.

"But to be honest, I feel a little perplexed and in crisis. The honor of that string quartet is based on some other factors... Well, it's hard to explain in detail. Some factors beyond the scope of cognition and unexpected factors have occurred to me more than once. I really thought about whether I should repeat the same trick when writing the "First Symphony""

"In the past few days, my heart has finally calmed down. I finally have time to write and think in the bustling streets, in the corners of taverns, in the deepest night, in front of the piano, and on empty music paper. I finally gave up The idea of ​​repeating old tricks."

"Because you said before that a symphony should be a world, and all the symphonies created by a person in his artistic career are a 'history of soul exile' or 'spiritual exile' left for the world in his short life." A History of Wandering'...I want to write a 'History of Soul Exile' or a 'History of Spiritual Wandering' with a strong personal style, using the movement you left behind as the first inspiration."

"A piece of good news. At that time, you repeatedly struggled with what material should be used as the core of the whole piece, and I may have found the answer: that is the first two notes of the last "chants motive" in your last movement, which constitute the fourth-degree descending relationship la, Mi."

“As you taught, the most basic unit of musical inspiration—motivation—should be concise, distinct, and malleable. Whether the structure is magnificent, whether the logic is rigorous, and whether the sound effect is shocking depends on how the composer uses it, how Develop it. I have decided to use this fourth interval as the core logic throughout the four movements, and named it: 'breathing motivation', la—mi—, from high to low, like a person inhales first and then exhales, Isn’t it very concise and vivid?”

Fanning placed a large bouquet of colorful flowers in front of the tomb, then opened his arms long, stretched his body, and looked up at the golden branches and leaves of the oak tree in the sun, with clear dewdrops dancing among them.

The breeze blows on the face and pours into the chest.

The light pierced the eyelids, igniting some sleepy hidden revelation.

The film like frosted glass shattered, and the inspiration accumulated in my mind for many days emerged concretely. Some unspeakable emotions or images have now become a more specific and clear musical language.

"...If I want to show the conflict between the 'giant motive' and the 'devil motive' in the final chapter, and let them be eliminated in the 'chant motive' that symbolizes purification and divinity, I should implement the philosophy of Teacher Anton Metaphors should be prepared and infiltrated in advance for long layouts.”

"The motivation that symbolizes purification and divinity must be a heart-pounding force. I want to let it get hints from the beginning of the music, but this hint should not be aggressive, but spread out silently. Its first impression It even makes people feel beautiful, but as the power slowly accumulates, the audience gradually discovers its irreversible side, and finally suppresses it overwhelmingly. Under its pleasing appearance is an awesome power, just like the will of the world or nature .”

In the warm morning light, in the cool breeze, before the grave and the flowers.
The boy in a black dress took out a black baton from his clothes.

He closed his eyes, imagining some non-existent sounds surrounding him, and then slowly waved his arms.

"So, so, I wrote a very long introduction for the first movement, and asked Sheeran to lead all the violins to welcome the dawn of the dawn in the sound of a very high and very weak string friction. Under this sound background, The 'breathing motive' is played slowly by the flute in Joan's hand and several other woodwinds with suitable timbres, implying that I will show the tranquility of nature to the audience amidst the cuckoo's singing."

"Afterwards, I need to find a suitable introduction and development method, let the cool wind blow through the field, the sun break through the thick clouds, flowers bloom in twos and threes, and some vital factors under the soil germinate uncomfortably."

"In this way, I completed the first round of hints and penetration. In the bird song of "breathing motivation", the theme of the first movement was finally presented. It should be written with cello, and the task of performance is given to Roy. The melody has not yet been determined , but the first two sounds also start from the fourth interval of 'breathing motivation', fresh, pleasant, and slightly excited, just like the rhetorical sentence in Turangalian that Hiran taught me--'I read the poem , as I walk across the fields in the morning'."

"The 'breathing motivation' in the second movement has changed. The 'up to down' of the fourth interval has become 'from the bottom up' here. The jumping form will bring a sense of liveliness to the audience. With a bright beat background, it leads to a warm and simple dance music."

"The 'breathing motive' in the third movement has a very different style, and here I should let Lu Lai show it. The timpani beats the tonic and dominant in D minor back and forth, one up and one down, re, la, re, la, re, la like a heavy crowd It is a funeral march, yes, it is a funeral march, but it is not mournful in the true sense, and I will write the theme and subtitle with the utmost irony, using some reverse or irony: Sublime spirit, As indelible as divinity, no matter whether the audience substitutes 'giant' or 'nature' into the protagonist of the third movement, this is a false death, and it is also a part of my layout that implies and permeates."

"In this way, the music finally entered the final chapter left by the teacher, an explosive unison, a rapid string passage, the 'Giant Motive' was roughly interrupted by the 'Devil Motive' after playing halfway, and then launched a charge The horn, the various 'breathing motives' that have been laid out before, finally appeared in the final form of the 'chants motive', purifying all disputes in the secular field, leading the music to a false and brilliant victory while the giant fell."

"With such a conception, if Mr. An Dong hears about it, will he be satisfied and excited?"

Fan Ning, who was immersed in inspiration with his eyes closed, did not notice at this moment that in the breeze and under the swaying baton, there were withered grass standing upright, soil turbulent, and sand and stone hanging up in the corners of Liufenus Garden. .

(End of this chapter)