musicians of old

Chapter 88 On Title Music

"The title music. It can be a macro or a specific topic. It's easy to talk about it for days and nights." Fanning sat down somewhere in a group of four single sofas, poured himself a glass of prune juice, and tried to talk about it Some associations.

"This topic selection is very good." Lou Adair, who was sitting next to him, responded in this way, and then repeated the same old tune, "Mr. Fanning, do you have any works that need to be published recently? Bid, I can also add some budget..."

Fanning marveled at this guy's persistence: "I do reserve some works for you, but let's listen to the gentlemen and ladies discussing the title music first."

Lu's face beamed with joy: "I pay tribute to your promise-keeping character and artistic inspiration."

In fact, "title music" is simply a serious musical work whose composer uses some specific words as the title, such as in Fanning's previous life, Vivaldi's Violin Concerto "Four Seasons", Beethoven's Sixth "Pastoral Symphony" ", Berlioz's "Symphony Fantastique".

The opposite concept is "non-title music" or "pure music". They are not equipped with directional instructions, and the titles of works are often directly "Third Symphony", "First Violin Concerto", "Piano Sonata in B Minor" Wait.

It is worth noting that there are some works with familiar names that are not title music, such as Haydn's symphony "Surprise", Beethoven's piano sonata "Moonlight" and "Passionate". These titles were added by publishers or music critics. The purpose is to guide the audience's imagination and appreciation ideas, and there are also some commercial motives, which are actually still in the category of "pure music".

The title of the title music must be added by the composer himself. Generally speaking, it only recognizes "official announcement". It is a summary of the true ideological content of the work and a display of the composer's creative intention.

Moreover, the distinction between "title music" and "pure music" is only for instrumental works.Vocal compositions do not participate in this distinction, since they inherently contain explicit lyrics.

The period of Benedictism in this world ended in 863 in the new calendar, and ended with the death of the great music master Gilles. "Music" and "pure music" have been debated for half a century.

According to the salon process that Roy communicated with Fanning before, at this time, several senior music fans, literary critics or music scholars will make introductions. The logic of these introductions is relatively complete, which is equivalent to opinion leaders or authorities. Export your own ideas or research results to the society.

But the introduction is only of weak speech nature. Participants can reject their views, choose not to listen, and whisper with other guests to discuss what they are interested in. According to the principle of freedom in the imperial salon culture, this is not considered a violation of etiquette.

I was the last one to deliver the introduction, following the premiere of the string quartet. After the performance, the salon also came to the free discussion and social link in the second half.

At this stage, people break up completely, chat in groups of twos and threes, join as they like, and quit at any time. Experienced hostesses often intersperse among them flexibly, leading topics, collecting opinions, and promoting social interaction, which is the summary of the final moment Find material and inspiration.

There were still a small number of guests who were not seated. While waiting for the main topic to start, Fan Ning spoke to the little girl sitting on the sofa opposite him. "Joan, it's rare to have so many snacks today, why don't you go get them?"

Joan was still pinching the score, and seemed a little restless: "The performance is only about [-] minutes away. I can't eat too much, or I might forget the score even worse."

"Miss Nessimi, did you just eat enough at the dinner?" Lu asked at this time.

"I eat very moderately." Joan cried, "Caroun, I have an idea for you, I don't know if you can accept it..."

"Which way of thinking?" "Which way of thinking?"

Fan Ning asked subconsciously, unexpectedly, her voice coincided with that of Sheeran who spoke at the same time.

"You first say whether you can accept it."

"Tell me what you think first." Fanning insisted vigilantly.

"Is it possible to replace the second violin in your piece with the flute? It's treble clef anyway..."

Fanning, who was drinking prune juice, almost choked his nostrils.

At the beginning of the introduction, a well-known female music critic holding a fan with gold silk strokes first stood up to speak. She pointed out that the title music is not a new thing, but has appeared since the Middle Ages. The reason why it has become popular today is that It is literature, drama, painting and other sister arts that have moved to the forefront of the development of romanticism, thus inspiring composers to use literary titles to express their creative intentions and humanistic philosophical thinking.

Vice President Huxley expressed a different point of view. He believed that the underlying reason for the rise of title music in recent years was that after the death of music master Gilles, the classical symphony fell into crisis, which was reflected in the early romanticism of Swellink, Alphen In the dilemma of composers such as symphony creation, Gilles' great achievement has become an insurmountable monument in front of them.

He further analyzed that as the influence of the new generation of composers becomes greater, music fans are increasingly looking forward to the new symphonies they will create, but this often brings anxiety and questioning. These composers are balanced, rational Constrained by the rules of the game dominated by nature, order, and temperance, we can only find a breakthrough from a new perspective.

After the two people finished their speeches, Roy, who was dressed in a cream-colored silk dress, walked to Fanning's side, covered his neckline and leaned over to remind gently: "Mr. Fanning, there are about 15 minutes before the performance."

Fan Ning nodded slightly: "Then everyone, please follow Miss Roy to the backstage to prepare."

Sheeran was the first to respond, and Lu also took a deep breath and stood up: "I'm already eager to try."

"Caroun, I suddenly feel that I'm hungry again." Joan looked at Fanning pitifully.

"After your performance is over, the entire cake tower here with Miss Roy will be yours," Fanning said.

Sheeran gave practical advice: "Joan, you have performed very well in recent rehearsals, and you can just treat the audience as Chinese cabbage later."

Fanning sent the four of them to the curtain at the corner of the corridor. Before they parted, Roy, who held the curtain at the end, looked back at him.

Looking at Qi Yi in her eyes, Fan Ning finally encouraged softly: "Come on, I will always watch from the audience."

Roy smiled, blinked happily at himself, and then drew down the curtain.

The sharing is still going on, and the speaker at this time is a gentleman who spends more than 1000 pounds in the city concert hall every year. He systematically sorts out the history of disputes between "title music" and "pure music", and divides the opposition between the two sides into two stages:

The first stage is the budding stage of the debate in the first 30 years. The publication of Swellinck’s piano sound and picture collection "Steam and Speed" and Lorfein's symphony "Dream Awakening" caused an uproar in the music industry. A group of new-age romantics Unite around them and strive to follow their creative trends, while the composers who support Bengeism fall into a low tide of creation and express their disapproval in a passive and evasive way.

The second stage was the heyday of nearly 20 years of debate. The "pure music" camp began to fight back. Master Nieman, who had premiered "Piano Concerto No. [-] in C Minor" at the graduation concert of the University of St. Lenia, published the "Aesthetic Manifesto" , slamming the lack of form in the title music, calling the text used a "quirk" that serves to conceal "utter apathy and barrenness".

The "Declaration Incident" made the two sides formally form a sharply opposing camp. Next, Niemann's friend Schillings made the successful premiere of "The First Symphony "Untitled"" which has been brewing for nearly 30 years. He successfully broke through with humanistic philosophy and won the title of "Heir of Gilles" in the music critic circle. At this time, the confrontation between the two sides reached a higher point.

After the senior music fan shared this here, he issued a pessimistic prediction: the third stage of the opposition between "title music" and "pure music" will come in recent years, when the aesthetic crisis will reach its peak, serious music may be Towards an era of separation of styles and ideas...

Probably because the information and evidence presented by this music fan are quite systematic, the discussion logic is complete, and there are some emotional aspects. The audience at the salon listened very seriously at this time, and many people even sighed repeatedly to express their approval.

The Marquise McAdam, who was standing upright by the side, had a strong smile in her eyes at this time. High-quality output, content that can mobilize emotions, clear views, and good feedback are all things she likes to see in the music salon. .

She said gracefully but confidently: "Let us invite the last speaker, Carolne Van Ning, to come on stage and share his thoughts with us."

Fanning walked slowly towards the center of the salon hall.

The eyes of everyone followed closely. Before this, the young gentleman had attracted their greatest attention twice in terms of seating and identity introduction.

"My conclusion is not so pessimistic." Fanning said with a smile.

"I predict that in the third stage, the debate between 'title music' and 'pure music' will gradually die down, and the two sides will start to praise each other, remember their merits, and then jointly welcome the glorious moment when romanticism reaches its peak."

The gentlemen and ladies present were silent, they were all quietly waiting for Fanning to demonstrate for the above point.

Fan Ning calmly raised his hand, making a "please" gesture.

"Let's listen to a new piece of chamber music tonight."

(End of this chapter)