musicians of old

Chapter 471 The Holy Lord Have Pity On Us! (4K [-]-in-[-])

"Rumble rumble—"

There was the sound of a heavy stone-like giant moving.

On the sacristy platform in the square, there are four sub-level music seats on the side and rear, which slowly extend away from the main body.

In addition to the original main body position and the original rear choir seats, six areas have been formed!

"What kind of volume is this?"

Musicians in solemn formal attire holding musical instruments, and choir members holding sheet music came onto the stage from several directions, and the line never stopped.

The audience can see that although there are many people, the types of orchestration are simple and not the configuration of a symphony orchestra.

But does Kashunich's Passion require such a battle?

Fan Ning raised his head and watched thoughtfully, then lowered his head to read the contents of the letter.

"I'm in San Porto, listening to the baptismal scene of the Church of the Holy Sun, um, I reviewed the methods you taught me to analyze medieval style and polyphonic music, to see if I have some unusual feelings.

I find that I can't see through you more and more. Before you said you were promoted, I didn't understand where you got the key and quota. Now the key of the "Enlightenment Gate" was invented by you yourself?Otherwise, why were you preparing for the establishment of a regiment and academy when you were still in school?

Well, if someone told me that he has other ways to become a master, I would definitely think he is a liar, but you, maybe you really have it.

But I really didn't intend to ask now, guess why?
Of course, it’s because you are not only becoming faster, but also very righteous. I still have a long time before my inspiration grows to the limit of a high level, and it’s useless to make an appointment now! ! "

Fanning felt funny when he saw the last sentence.

He thought for a while, finished replying, and then continued to stare at the front.

Gradually, more than a hundred string players, six flutists, six oboe players, nine trumpet players, four harpsichords providing continuos bass and four virtuosos gathered on the podium. home, two timpani players, and more than three hundred chorus members!
Yes, there was more than one San Porto Philharmonic on stage.

Director Galinitz considered the unparalleled playing time and the divine atmosphere of this work, combined with the actual venue and the mysterious characteristics of the altar, and the objective needs of a huge range of believers, and made different levels of voices in it. double!
Among the world's top ten top orchestras, Janus accounts for five of them, and three of them are based in San Porto. At this moment, all the musicians in their corresponding parts have been recruited by the church!

These spectators are still unaware of the changes in the repertoire, so they are naturally ignorant and surprised.

The scene was quiet and solemn, but in fact, his heart was surging.

More than 400 and nearly 500 people!

The premiere of the "Resurrection" that went down in history in the North Continent last year, the participating artists were only in the early [-]s, right?
"The Church of the Holy Sun is good at enlightenment, they are very easy to take advantage of, remember to take more.

Or to put it more seriously, even people who don’t believe in God can feel what the true piety and enthusiasm of human beings are, and appreciate the beauty of harmony shown by the movement of polyphonic voices, and feel that human beings can rely on their own The power to build the inner spiritual world as lofty as a pagoda.

High level limit?It's very simple and you don't need to wait so long.The division method of levels one to nine is for occult research, not for you to climb step by step.

Unless you haven't learned the appreciation method I taught. "

Roy looked at Fanning's reply and blinked repeatedly to think.

So confident feeling, so confident feeling.

Suddenly the pope's voice resounded throughout the square and the entire holy city:
"The repertoire for the christening has been changed. Antoine Lavoisier, premiere of the Mass in B minor."

"What?" The reminder card in Bishop Tukville's hand spun and landed on the brick.

"Ah" Roy looked up upon hearing this.

Many people in the seats straightened their bodies instantly.

Those military representatives, kingdom dignitaries, and nobles who had expressed "scrupulous words" said yes for a while, and they didn't say no.

Everyone observed the etiquette without any discussion, but exchanged glances quickly.

It was as if a thunder had exploded in the quiet night in my heart.

The speed was too fast, and the Pope did not explain anything, neither the identity nor the reason, nor how the decision was made.

Even the high-level bishops of these churches did not know in advance.

The premiere of what work can replace the original Kashunich?

Is there a risk of profanity?

Was Lavoisier also a composer in the Middle Ages? Mass in B minor is the latest lost work to be unearthed? .Even among the spectators, or among the listening believers on the streets further away, there are still some people who don't even know that Lavoisier is the candidate for priest this time.

But after this message was announced, everyone did not have time to fully digest it.

Because, Galinitz, the master conductor on the stage, directly opened his arms, ready to clap, and fell heavily! ——

"Holy Lord, have mercy on us!"

The five voices of the choir directly erupted with the strongest sound like the cry of the soul!

The introduction of the chorus in B minor with a tragic color makes a kind of unspeakable sorrow sweep the square in an instant.

The whole body of the audience seemed to be filled with dark matter, but behind the misty tragedy, the uplifted female voice and the melody of the violin seemed to ignite the initial holy fire in the dark abyss!

"The Sutra of Mercy", one of the oldest mass music, was sung by the clergy in the "Song of Lian Prayer" of the early church in the third history, and the believers responded, forming the initial vocal form of "singing in rounds". Song" independently.

In the doctrine of "The Fire That Never Falls", its prayer contains three paragraphs: "Holy Lord, have mercy on us", "Holy Son, have mercy on us", "Holy Lord, have mercy on us", each prayer Du Chan three times, a total of nine times, a metaphor for the core secret of the "Trinity" in the church.Because one or three of its lyrics are the same, ancient musicians naturally wrote the same melody, and compared changes in the middle section. This may be an important religious origin of the ABA form.

However, Bach creatively composed an independent part for each section in the "Mercy Sutra" of the "Mass in B minor". At this moment, it is the first part "Holy Lord have mercy on us".

The introduction ignited the spirituality with a fierce fire of grief, and then the atmosphere returned to gloom, and the first fugue was played by pure instrumental music.

In the theme, the repetition of the B sound first appears as a "chanting", and the two groups of wedge-shaped progressions mean "praying". "Amazing".

The "Great Wheel of Light" standing in the air swept away its brilliant halo, spreading the huge and pure invisible power hidden in the "Sutra of Compassion" to an area over five kilometers in radius.

The hearts of the audience have already begun to tremble.

With the end of the first presentation of the theme, the imitative voices of the second and third paragraphs "chanting-pleading-sigh-amazing" entered one after another, and transitioned from restrained instrumental music to sacred vocals, finally forming a song containing five A majestic fugue of an interlude.

"Holy Son, take pity on us!"

In the second sub, the music enters a slightly brighter D major.

Aided by two violins at the same speed, two sopranos recite the middle prayer.

They either sang in unison in three or six degrees in parallel, or imitated in four or five degrees. The fusion of double time and triple time, and the use of expressive appologia made this duet full of beautiful and melodious natural tone melody lines.

"Holy Lord, have mercy on us!"

The four-part chorus begins again, accompanied by continuo, flutes and oboes in soft tones.

The third score is marked with the "Alla breve" expressive term unique to the early Baroque - the prototype of the two-two time signature ( ) - the music should be played twice as fast as the notation, bringing the dull F-sharp minor A sort of solemn marching zeal.

"The legacy of the ancient monks is indeed the legacy of the ancient monks." Tukeweier, who had already recovered, clenched his fists, and felt this together, as well as the Inquisitor Melaltine and others in the high-level seats of the church. Several bishops.

They are all people who have a profound understanding of the teachings, and they have heard the ubiquitous "stile antico" (ancient style) in the third part - the priest Lavoisier uses the almost harsh third history melody line The rules fully control the writing of each part of the fugue, from the characteristics of the theme, the way of entry, and the way of advancement. Even the careful preparation and resolution of those dissonances are all in compliance with the purest ancient formula.

As if the sun and the moon change, time goes back.

This may be a bit "conservative" in the eyes of romantics, but it perfectly presents the pious artistic conception of "God have mercy"!

There was a prince and young master who expressed fierce criticism after hearing Lavoisier's "drawing list" before, and he was in a state of crying at the moment.

There is no other reason, but I just tried to enter the dream through the music ceremony, and then found that the dream control method that I had practiced hard for five years, today I saw the light of Yiyong and first understanding.

And this is only the first part of the "Compassion Sutra"!
"I opposed him, and then he promoted me!?"

When the prince and young master reflected on his regret, the drumsticks fell, the horns sounded, and the strings played sonorous and powerful steps.

"Glory be to the Lord!"

The mass ceremony entered the second stage of the "Glory Scripture".

It was included in the regular Mass by the church later than the "Mercy Sutra", but it has a long history as well. The holy and cheerful D major of the fourth subsection sweeps away the dark sorrow in b minor and f sharp minor.

At this moment, the heavy clouds in the sky cleared, and the glory of joy spread all over the holy city under the blessing of the "Glowing Wheel" altar.

People standing on the street, some of them were dispelled by the warm air current to dispel the severe cold, some felt their unbearable pains were alleviated, and some people's drowsy mind became clear!
They all bowed their heads in the direction of the square and worshiped, muttering in praise of the miracle!

Out of praise for the brilliance of the "unfallable fire", the text of the prayer to the gods in the "Glory Book" is very long, consisting of a tribute link reflecting the "17 sacraments", and the melody is always written in a musical score—that is, There will not be the situation of repeatedly looping lyrics in market songs, and the material will continue to develop and run through directly to the end.

However, the handwriting of "Mass in B Minor" is not limited to this.

In order to match the thickness of this homage, Bach directly used 9 parts to carry the "17 Sacraments". The presentation of loud and clear motives and the repeated imitation and singing of human voices have established a vigorous and joyful brilliance.

"Peace on earth to a people that pleases the Lord!"

The second sentence of the "Gospel Original Sentence" is seamlessly connected to the fifth sub-song.

In order to reflect the "top-to-bottom" development from "Glory of the Lord" to "Peace on Earth", the music suddenly returns to the quiet G major key.

This is a choral fugue with 3 expositions, and the melodic lines are mainly progressive.

The strings and woodwinds imitate the swaying lullaby tones with dense small connection rhythms, and the bass part continues to hum like the shepherd's bagpipes, making it a peaceful and peaceful pastoral style.

After the "Gospel Sentences", the sixth subsection is "Five Cheers", and the second soprano made her debut again.

Wind music recedes, the violin provides assistance, and the rest of the string group and continuo bass are accompanied by delicate and delicate gestures.

"We praise you."

"We praise you."

"We worship you."

"We honor you."

The melodies for the sopranos are based on exactly the same unadorned material as the instruments.

However, a large number of auxiliary sounds, echoes, passing notes and appoggias are added here to make it present a gorgeous flower singing style.

After completing the first four items of "Praise, Praise, Worship, and Exaltation" in the "Five Cheers" link with the aria in the style of the palace room, the seventh subsection presents the latter item of "Thanksgiving":
"We are grateful to you."

"We bless you, we bless you. People tell of your wonderful deeds because your name is near to you."

The four-part chorus rolls out, and the flute and oboe echo the human voice.

The two themes are sometimes presented independently, imitated from bottom to top from the male low to the female high, and sometimes combined with each other to form a "double counterpoint".

The trumpet even imitates the melody syllables of "Thank you, thank you" continuously, making it present a strange interlacing effect one after another.

Part 8, duet by second soprano and tenor:

"Holy Lord, Enlightened King, Almighty Holy Father, My Lord 'Unbreakable Fire'."

"The only Son, the Lamb of the Lord, the head of our light-bathed ones."

The large sections of flower singing, syncopation and expressive appologia imitate "calling father and son" under the dotted rhythm.

After "calling father and calling son", there are "three prayers".

The four-part chorus reappeared, and the 9th part corresponds to the first two items of "Pray for Mercy" and "Pray for Overwhelming Listening". The two flutes lead the presentation of the single-theme canon in a whining tone.

The theme is repeatedly imitated by each part in each relational key, presenting a total of 12 times:
"May He have mercy on us and take away the sorrows of the world."

"May He hear us and answer our prayers."

In the 10th score, the contralto singer came on stage to present the third item "Pray for forgiveness", and the oboe continued to play softly.

"He is at the right hand of the Lord, surely able to forgive our sins and deliver us from evil."

The aria of this song continues the lamentation of the previous song, but it is written in the rhythm of jigg dance music in 6/8 time.

In the 11th score, the bass replaced the alto on stage, and the ceremony changed from "three prayers" to "three declarations"——

"Only you are holy."

"Only you are miraculous."

"You alone are supreme."

From this song, the "Glory Sutra" returns to the praise of the sun from the previous lament, and accordingly, the music returns from the gloomy B minor to D major.

The trumpets and drums sounded, and the flute, oboe, strings and continuo came into battle one after another. Under the lively rhythm of Vivace, a large number of descriptions and symbolic techniques greeted the return of the chorus of the "Holy Trinity" in the 12th part——

"With the Lord, with the Son, with the Holy Spirit!"

"Bask in the radiance, live with the fire!"

Roy, sitting at the front, has been listening to the Mass attentively according to the appreciation method Fanning once taught, capturing and confirming the intriguing counterpoint details everywhere.

"Clatter!—" Intangible fireworks exploded in my mind.

When the horns and drums sounded in the finale of the second part of the "Glory Scripture", she felt that her spirituality, which had been enriched and consolidated not long ago, showed signs of rising again!

"The Church of the Holy Sun is good at enlightenment. They are very easy to take advantage of. Remember to take more."

"High limit? It's very simple, you don't need to wait so long."

"The division method of levels one to nine is for mystical research, not for you to climb step by step."

"unless."

The content of Fanning's reply came to Roy's mind again, and she couldn't help but smile, with an "ah" expression, and gently shook her head back and forth with a sense of surprise.

But realizing the occasion, she quickly covered the lower half of her face with the high collar of the windbreaker.

"I should have learned it, but I still want to learn it"

(End of this chapter)