musicians of old

Chapter 142 The Door, the Key (4K [-]-in-[-])

However, Fanning believes that this work "The Great Horror" by Benchois is not actually an opera in the modern sense.

According to the prevailing point of view in "History of Music in the Western Continent", the first opera was born in 345 AD in the new calendar, which belongs to the ancient music period and has been lost. The earliest well-preserved opera is the composer Gregory (430-488) ) by Janinge the Evangelist.

Gregory's birth year was 430 in the new calendar, which is the dividing line between the ancient music period and the medieval music period in the academic circles.And Banshuwa is a historical figure in the late period of the 3rd Turangalian dynasty, at least a thousand years ago.

According to Professor Anton's research point of view in the field of ancient music, the standard title for such works as "The Great Terror" should be called "Miracle Drama" or "Miracle Drama".

It is a transitional product of the gradual secularization of the liturgical drama of the ancient church during the development process. Around the confluence of the third history and the new calendar, the priests were replaced by the people, and the Turungarian language was changed to the local dialect (such as at that time Old Hoffmann), and moved to perform outside the church.

Although the content of the miracle drama still copy the story routine in the classic "Enlightenment Scripture" of the Church of the Holy Sun, the plot gradually becomes complicated and complicated. The way of miracles in "Unflappable Fire" resolves the crisis and makes the ending a more secular reunion comedy atmosphere-such characteristics seem to dispel the sanctity of religious music, but in fact they have contributed to the widespread spread of the church.

This art form that combines script, poetry and music, Professor Anton believes that it can be regarded as the harbinger of opera.

The so-called "Banchois Opera Works" in Fanning's hands today are just some single melody fragments with no fixed height Num notation, and a few extremely fragmented Turangalian libretto.

In the excerpts of the libretto of this miracle drama "The Great Horror", Bansuwa repeatedly refers to the importance of "doors" that people pass through in their journeys, arguing that "there are various forms of doors, and there are various forms of doors, The real aspect of dreams exists in the above, like water exists in the human body, like light exists in the flame", his description of the adventures of the characters in the play is more inclined to certain details, such as light and shadow, texture, smell, emotion, scenery, rather than actual plot.

What attracted Fanning's attention even more was that no matter how the mood of the libretto passages changed, Banshuis always insisted on describing a thing called "key", and implicitly hinted at many places that "key" was the key. It is the key to let people pass through the "gate".

Fan Ning's first inference is that the "gate" here is related to the moving Hui Tower, which involves the secret of those who know to be promoted to those who understand.

But what makes him feel weird is that: according to the previous secret document, it was during his journey to the Western Continent that Banshuis tried to "open a door with a price" and did the thing that finally led to him. Crazy attempt - "Turangalia phantom secret technique"!
The doubts in his heart popped up one after another:

"Could it be that the Special Inspection Office used several secret organizations to achieve an evil ceremony at the music graduation party, and finally took the 'phantom' into custody because it was related to the so-called 'key' of a certain door in the Hui Tower? "

"The key... could my mysterious museum key be a key?"

"The 'phantom' created by the secret ritual is a key...? Could it be that the key is not a common key, but a living creature?"

"If the key refers to moving creatures, then 'Purple Bean Cake' is also a key? Could it be that the entanglement between the Harmonization School and Joan's memory is also the reason?"

"No, no... This idea is not rigorous, and I made the mistake of substituting individual cases for the whole. Judging from the libretto of Ban Shuwa, the key seems to be something that is difficult to describe directly, and the form does not seem to be fixed..."

Fan Ning's eyes flickered, and he kept pushing his chain of thinking on the notebook.

He just inadvertently learned the full name of a well-known historical figure from a book, and made such an important guess along the way, which made him realize once again the extreme importance of a knowledgeable person maintaining a learning attitude.

The nib of the pen danced on the paper, gradually writing down Fanning's preliminary inference:

"One, you need a key to pass through the door of Hui Tower."

"Second, the key does not seem to be a key in the concrete sense, but there are various types of existence. It may be a concrete substance or creature, or it may be an abstract concept or thing. It may be a secret transmission, or It could be a ritual, it could even be just a mood, a state, or a timing...for the time being, its form and concept are elusive."

"Three, the process of passing through the door is extremely dangerous. Even if you have the correct key, there is a very high mortality rate."

When Fan Ning wrote this, he was a little confused at first: as the archbishop, Banshuis should be a strong person at the level of a comprehender, why would he risk his life to chase other doors that obviously have nothing to do with the "unfallable fire"? ?It stands to reason that an organization like the Church of the Holy Sun, which has been passed down for thousands of years, should already have a certain key.

Then, he kept speculating on the deep-seated motives of the Special Patrol Office in his mind.

It’s hard to say whether there are any understanders in the Uvransel Branch of the Special Inspection Office, but there must be more than one in the whole organization... It stands to reason that these high-level experts should have mastered the key to pass through the gate. If they want to To train more latecomers, why not directly share the key with colleagues, but adopt such a troublesome and extreme method?

Although Fan Ning's perception of the Special Inspection Office has become more and more negative, he is a person who is good at thinking about issues from the opponent's standpoint. An organization with a tripartite balance of benefits and risks.

"If it is said that the Special Patrol Office is not satisfied with the key that the astute person has mastered, but continues to search and collect, what might be the reason?"

Thinking of this, Fan Ning continued to add some inferences that may be doubtful, and ended with a question mark to facilitate future revisions.

"Fourth, maybe a certain door can only be passed through by a certain person, and other people want to be promoted to understand, so they need to find another door?"

"Five, perhaps the same door, different people need different keys to cross?"

"[-]. Maybe the situation in Hui Tower is as strange as Yi Yong, and those doors are constantly changing?"

"Seven. Maybe the enlightened ones can continue to pass through more doors, and this is a way to make them stronger?"

After thinking about it, Fanning closed his notebook.

"Compared to the widely circulated pilgrimage, sermons, and practice deeds, the events recorded in the 'Phantom Man' mystic literature of Banshuva should belong to the category of secret history..."

If you think of the horrific ending where he drowned himself in a basin with his own blood after he went crazy, this miracle drama "The Great Horror" really lives up to its name.

Moreover, in the vague lyrics of the miracle drama, the level of hidden knowledge about the door and the key should be very high. Just thinking about it in general, Fanning felt more mentally exhausted than expected.

After closing his eyes and rubbing his cheeks and between his brows, he decided to temporarily put an end to this unexpected research on Archbishop "Banshuis Lagna".

It is not too late to study this field after I have been promoted to a higher rank. Blindly excessive exploration may not be acceptable to my current sanity.

So Fanning went back to finding information on the blind organist "Vienne".

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As the days passed, Fanning's appointment as permanent conductor of the Saint Lania Symphony Orchestra drew closer.

But he devoted more time to the investigation of the secret door of the art museum. Sometimes he checked the files in various churches, sometimes sat in the office of the Guidance School to sort out his thoughts, sometimes verified the information around some relevant people, and sometimes visited on the spot to find out some information mentioned in the materials. And the location... Not only is the diet very good, but even the time for practicing the piano and studying music theory has been allocated less and less compared to the past.

Sometimes Fanning sees scenes related to doors when he is dreaming, concrete church arches, concert hall doors, castle gates, abstract doors with specific smells, emotions, textures and colors, and sometimes it is the mezzanine of the art museum exhibition hall The secret door in the ... However, he is extremely proficient in mastering the dream control method, and his inspiration is already between the fifth-level and sixth-level knowledgeable people. Find the entrance to the shift.

But there is one change: before, Fan Ning couldn't understand why those royal nobles with a long history were always indulged in the glorious past of the family, always obsessed with engraving and remembering the family history, always eager to understand their ancestors, and always interested in their ancestors. Those places where the ancestors once lived had special feelings, and now he seems to have some slightly similar, empathetic experiences——

The past and present life above the address of the Turner Museum of Art, the unknown past experiences and secrets of my father, the artistic experiences of the musicians I have learned from, archives, files, correspondence, manuscripts, relevant reports in history... those or and The secrets behind the hidden door are related to the auspicious feathers that have been sealed in the historical archives, as fascinating as the smell of precious old red wine hidden in the cellar.

According to Fan Ning's investigation, Professor Anton's young teacher, the blind organist Viern, was born in 826 in the new calendar. In the bustling commercial town of [-], the folk music he came into contact with here, such as street songs, dance tunes, military music trumpets, etc., may have exerted a subtle influence on his artistic personality.

Viern's blindness was not an accident. Fanning compared several files with different sources, all of which recorded that he had lost his eyesight when he was half a year old. Fanning speculated that he may have suffered from congenital cataracts. Eye diseases, and may even be blind from birth-it's just that the medical system of that era did not conduct detailed examinations on newborn babies.

Although he is blind, his background as a gentry family and the harmonious and friendly family atmosphere allowed Viern to receive music education since he was a child, and soon showed his amazing talent. He entered the music competition at the age of nine This is illustrated by the fact that he studied at the National Institute for Blind Youth in Tiolein.

When Viern was 15 years old, that is, in 841 of the new calendar, he won the first prizes of both piano and violin in the academy competition, which attracted the attention of the Bengeist music master Tarakani (792-843)—— This is because Tarakani’s biography and collection of letters were sorted out more systematically by later generations. Fanning speculated from them that the music master taught Viern intermittently. expression, but at least objectively there is a relationship between teaching and being taught.

"I didn't expect my musical education to be related to Tarakani..." Fan Ning was fascinated by this fact. Master Tarakani's status in the history of music is similar to that of Haydn or Mozart on Blue Star in his previous life.

The half-teacher-student relationship between Tarakani and Viern lasted for about two years. During this period, apart from intermittent music teaching, there was another important thing:

Tarakani helped Viern introduce a well-known ophthalmologist in Fort Santaram to perform cataract surgery. Judging from several diaries read by Fanning, Viern said that "the effect of the operation was better than expected." , I can actually "see the outline of larger and deeper objects within a certain distance", which made him try to "walk on the street with simpler road conditions without help".

When Viern was 17 years old, Tarakani introduced him to study at the Royal Academy of Music in Tiolein, which he coached. The music career has a higher starting point, and the ability to take care of life has also recovered slightly. This is something to be happy about. It is a pity that Master Tarakani passed away before the first semester of Viern was over.

He spent his schooling time in the imperial capital in a relatively quiet state. After graduation, he worked as an assistant teacher of piano and violin for several years in obscurity, but this was undoubtedly the period when his musical skills advanced by leaps and bounds. The former organist of the Academy Concert Hall was suffering from cancer and the position was vacant. He applied for the position. Together with him, a total of 25 people in the Imperial Music Industry applied.

The backgrounds of many applicants are intertwined. The situation of the Royal Academy of Music is also special among the imperial public schools. The influence behind it is not limited to the Bologna School. A committee of 11 people, including 3 famous musicians, 3 priests and 5 college professors, the examination is anonymous, the curtain is drawn in front of the organ platform, the committee and the candidates cannot see each other, the order is determined by lottery, and the performers No names announced.

Perhaps because the workload of 212 people was too great, the hospital came up with a strange trick: the day before the exam, the committee even announced the exam questions directly!

Fan Ning looked at the 4 questions on this letter, and felt guilty for a while. Even if the organ here is equal to the piano, even if he has the music memory of the previous life, his legs will go weak when he thinks about it.

"Problem 1. Free improvisational accompaniment to a four-part chant."

"Question 2. Improvising on a theme and performing a fugue with more than three parts."

"Problem 3. Improvise on a theme and play a canon in two or more parts."

"Question 4. In a huge list of organ repertoires (about 500 pieces), the committee will choose one piece during the exam, and the candidate will recite it on the spot."

Only 5 people came to the exam the next day.

As a result of the examination, the 11-member committee gave Viern the highest score without exception. Once this result is confirmed, it is naturally indisputable.And when people found out that this was a staggering, almost blind test taker, the degree of shock in their hearts couldn't be overstated!

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