musicians of old

Chapter 708: Many Doubts

The church members lamented that Father Lavoisier was indeed too tired this time.

The physical and spiritual toll of telling such profound secrets as the Trinity and setting the tone for so many vital issues must have been obvious.

After his trip to the Hedgewell that evening, Father Lavoisier had his first full day of rest.

It was not until the next dawn that he would resume his preaching journey.

Then many people were surprised to find that some "strange changes" suddenly appeared in the city of San Pereto for some unknown reason.

Although Lavoisier had not yet reached Saint-Pierre.

Well, how should I put it?

In this city, the previous frenzied "information bombardment" suddenly stopped for some reason!

Early the next morning, before daybreak, many staff members of art venues, servants of many large families, and sanitation workers employed by the municipal government suddenly appeared in the streets with cleaning tools. What they did was somewhat similar, which can be summed up as follows -

Clean up the postings!

Clean up performance posters, salon posters, art exhibition posters, press conference posters, art talk show posters, promotional slogans, and other posters!

We didn't tear down everything we saw, but we cleared away at least 70% to 80% of the posters with exaggerated promotional tone in the morning!

Many citizens quietly stepped forward and asked these cleaners privately.

The citizens were indeed somewhat puzzled.

Although the gimmicks of these stickers are very misleading, in fact, from the perspective of design and style, they are still quite beautiful and fashionable. They do not seem to affect the city's appearance too much. On the contrary, to outsiders, they seem to have a sense of artistic atmosphere.

Did the San Pereto municipal government suddenly come up with some new requirements? Or did the church introduce some red line principles, requiring the removal of posters that do not meet the requirements?

Then the answer the citizens received made them even more puzzled.

It was the artists related to the content of these posters who requested that they be removed!

They took the initiative to contact the venue, the municipal government and the advertising company, or simply asked their own servants to do the work.

This is strange.

Besides that.

Some art venues have received a series of requests from artists to change the name of one of their concerts or art exhibitions from a name that "sounds very sophisticated" to a more conventional name.

For some radio station programs, the publishers suddenly requested to modify some expressions, and they had to do it immediately.

Some hotel owners or managers received banquet booking orders, but they were suddenly notified by customers that the orders had been cancelled.

There are also many art publications that have opened "ranking sections" and "inventory sections". Suddenly, many artists called and asked to withdraw from the rankings! Do not put yourself in the list without consent!

After this change continued for a few days, someone sorted it out and found that most of the artists were religious.

But the scale of this part of the base is here, once they stop bombarding the art world with information

You have to know that circles support each other, momentum is created by each other, the popularity of the list is fought for, and many people even invite others to "ask questions" in order to "export their opinions." Now, many academic artists find that there is no point in doing this.

Even those who were chasing after recent hits such as The Rite of Spring, The Art of Fugue, and Twenty Meditations on the Holy Infants have gradually sunk from the surface "noisy hype".

In recent days, some in-depth music reviews or theoretical research articles with high gold content have begun to appear.

Currently, there is a relatively consistent opinion in the art world that if one were to choose a work that best represents "modern music of the 10th century in the new calendar", it would definitely be "The Rite of Spring" - this has nothing to do with whether it may be praised or criticized in the future, because the word "representative" is neutral, and the various controversies and reflections it has caused in modern society are enough to make it a representative.

From The Art of Fugue to Twenty Meditations on the Holy Infants, these two works represent the "summary of the highest peak in the past" and "the rainbow path of theology in the future" of religious music.

There is an interesting metaphor in Hoffmann's Phonograph that covers the above works at the same time: "On the undried cement floor of modern art, Scheler left a big footprint, while Lavoisier pierced a deep awl."

In short, during these short three or four days, concerts and exhibitions are still held every day in the city's halls and venues, and artistic activities are still prosperous and fulfilling, but without the unnecessary flattery and slander, intrigue and exclusion, everyone is more focused on art or art theory itself!

All of a sudden, it felt like both the creators and the audience had become more pragmatic, and the extravagant atmosphere of the entire holy city suddenly dropped to a level that was not even 3 or 4 points before!

Many of Janus's people attributed the miracle to the "interlude" of the impromptu "Sermon by the River" itinerary.

"I was definitely trying to stop it, but the question is..." "The question is 'is this a problem?'"

On this day, Fanning returned to the small town of Lepiche, where "Master Lavoisier" first appeared in public.

As the sun set, he watched through the stained glass windows of the church attic as several young artists, with whom he had just finished talking, walked down the steps in a group, walked towards the square, and gradually went farther and farther away.

"Let's ignore the weirdness in the other statements."

"Snakes are everywhere? Snakes are everywhere?"

Tomorrow we will leave for San Pereto.

But since Fanning experienced the "interlude of the interlude" during that temporary trip

He suddenly felt that his plan to reach the top of the Harvest Art Festival, the upgrade plan that paid tribute to the "Trinity", was beginning to show signs of being shrouded in some inexplicable "conspiracy theory"!

So he put a complete stop to the "extravagant activities" that these artists in the seminary, especially modern artists, were keen on.

With the foreshadowing of the sermon that night, this was a piece of cake.

But a certain sense of lack of effort was never eliminated, so Fanning arranged for additional artists to come for the conversation.

At first, we mainly targeted those who were exploring various modern genres, such as the "Forged Lion" level and the "Blade Holder" level. Later, we called in quite a few people of the lower "Groom" level, and also interviewed some traditional romantics.

The artists who participated in the conversation were very excited and willing.

Over the past few days, I have met with nearly 50 people. The meeting was short and efficient. I talked to each person about their background, thought process, creative career and social network.

But Fanning didn't feel like he had discovered anything wrong.

After all, the authorities were no pushovers. Fanning knew that several people suspected of being infected with the "worm" had long been on the execution list. Looking back now, these people who were executed were indeed the ones who used the "Mysterious Chord" quite blatantly.

As for the artists he has come into contact with now, Fanning feels that they are all quite normal, whether in terms of their background, thoughts, manners or creative works.

Moreover, the term "creative style" is a broad and vague concept. We cannot say that a composer is spreading "mysterious chords" just because he overlaps several fourth intervals in his works.

Anyway, Fan Ning felt that as he arranged these things, his thoughts became more and more confused. He didn't know what he was investigating or what he was guarding against.

The skyline outside the attic of Lepiqi Church was darkening.

The next moment, a rustling sound was heard.

Fan Ning slowly unfolded a small piece of paper in his hand, holding it, and read the light golden spiritual traces on it word by word.

Only he can see the neat simplified Chinese characters and only he can understand them.

This is what Fan Ning just copied down based on his recollection.

Because that night by the river, I was too mentally polluted, and there was a pile of colorful sand that looked like a "color blindness test card", distorted and disordered ancient Chaniz language, too far a distance and too small a font.

It was really painful to read at that time.

Now that he was alone and quiet, Fanning rewrote it.

As he read on, he suddenly realized that if he "picked at the words", it seemed that there were indeed some points that were worth pondering, and even "terrifying when you think about them carefully"!

For example, the first sentence -

"Why is it called 'I Killed Myself First'?"

"The more common way to phrase it, shouldn't it be, 'I have committed suicide' or just, 'I committed suicide'?"

(End of this chapter)