Introduction to Appreciation of Classical Music (2)

Why do you listen to classical music? Because the melody of classical music is very resistant to listening, its attainments and technical value have been fully reflected, and emotional expression is also very rich. Compared with modern music, classical music is more ups and downs, intriguing and tireless, which can guide our emotions to a kind of artistic conception. At this time, after reading three articles, we have realized the enthusiasm of classical music, not the indifference and rejection thousands of miles away.

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Franz Liszt, Cherny's favorite student (181-1886), was born in Reading, Hungary. He began to learn the piano at the age of six, which greatly enriched the expressive force and expansibility of the piano, created the ultimate adaptation effect of the orchestra on the piano, made many famous piano etudes and created symphonies. He also pioneered the recitation method (he thinks that a good pianist should not play with music on the stage, which can better show the charm of a pianist), and he also won the reputation of "the king of piano" because of his great contribution to the piano and above.

Liszt is the most outstanding pianist in 19 century. He was inspired by the famous Italian violinist Paganini all his life (that is, winning the first prize, others said it was impossible to come to him, and he succeeded), and he was determined to create a miracle like Paganini on the piano. His performance style inherited the tradition of dynamic piano music of clementi and Beethoven, and developed the dazzling performance style of19th century concert.

Liszt pursues a dizzying and shocking piano playing style (each note is connected smoothly), and his skills and stunts are dazzling: extremely fast speed, loud volume, brilliant skills and wild momentum fascinated people at that time. This brilliant, romantic and individual piano playing style established the most influential school in the history of European piano playing art. At that time, Liszt and Chopin pushed the piano art to a climax and an unprecedented new height.

Zhong was written in 1834, also known as Spring Water, and was adapted from Paganini's violin music Zhong, which had a great influence on Liszt. This is a piano piece dedicated to German pianist clara schumann. After a brief prelude, the theme bell soon appeared in the climax area. The crisp and melodious timbre and overtone playing in the high-pitched area of the piano form a short and powerful sound, forming a series of vivid Jason Chung rings.

Because the timbre in the high-pitched area of the piano is easier to imitate the bell than the violin, the effect of the bell is more obvious. The next theme continues to use the timbre characteristics of the piano high-pitched area to play chimes with different rhythms. The alternation of these two themes has formed a magnificent and difficult paragraph. Finally, the music uses the genre characteristics of dance music and ends in a warm and cheerful singing and dancing atmosphere. The playing time is about 4 minutes.

Video: Di Yun interprets Liszt's work "The Bell"

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Franz schubert (1797- 1828), a famous Austrian composer, is a representative of early romantic music and is also considered as the last master of classical music. /kloc-Vienna, a famous music city in the early 9th century, was followed by great musicians such as Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, and a talented composer franz schubert appeared (unfortunately, genius always died young, and Schubert died at the age of 365,438+0).

Schubert's family was poor since childhood. He studied piano and violin since childhood. At the age of eleven, he was admitted to the choir of Imperial Church, lived in a theological seminary, became a violinist and also served as a conductor. This gave him the opportunity to get in touch with some famous composers of Vienna classical music school. He wrote the first symphony for the band in 18 13. 18 13 left the seminary because of a voice change. In order to reduce the family burden, Schubert went to his father's school as a teaching assistant and continued to create.

Schubert's creative career was short, but he left a lot of musical wealth to future generations. Liszt called him "the most poetic musician ever". More than 600 artistic songs are known as the "king of songs" in the history of music. He wrote a large number of songs for the works of many poets such as Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, heinrich heine and William Mill (all great poets), and closely combined music with poetry.

18 16 Schubert resolutely quit his job as a teacher in order to create music. Living in poverty for a long time, Schubert suffered great physical and mental damage. 1828165438+1October 19, Schubert, who was only thirty-one years old, died suddenly in Vienna. At his request, he was buried next to Beethoven's tomb, which he admired but met only a few times (great men are neighbors and never lonely).

"Lullaby" was written in 1822, when Schubert was 25 years old, but it was not until 43 years later that 1865 discovered the music score and premiered it (if someone asks me who can express love vividly, I will definitely tell him that it is Schubert). This song is not only the most outstanding work in Schubert's symphony, but also a masterpiece of romantic music, which is regarded as a model of prenatal education music by later generations. Transparent, pure, beautiful, rich melody and the singer's maternal brilliance make this song a household name (who would know that the great Schubert wrote this song to fill his stomach, which is really a mockery of genius). When you hear this song, you will definitely think: "Go to sleep, my dear baby."

Video: Reciting "Lullaby"

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Sarasate (1844- 1908), a famous Spanish violinist and composer, was born in Pamplona, Spain in 1844 and died in biarritz, France in/908. Known as "Paganini at the end of the 20th century".

A large number of violin works created by Sarasate are full of Spanish national characteristics and emotional appeal, and each piece is a perfect combination of beautiful melody flowing from the bottom of my heart and ever-changing playing skills. His works are widely loved by the world because of their unique charm. No matter the brilliant Fantasia of Carmen, Fantasia of Faust, gypsy songs (also known as Song of the Wanderers) and Introduction and Tarantella, or the exquisite Spanish dance, it is always embedded in the treasure house of classical violin music in the world like shining pearls.

Sarasate's performance is full of emotion and sadness, and the gorgeous effect is intertwined with the difficult violin skills, which will fascinate anyone.

The creation background of Song of a Wanderer is based on the Gypsy people (who are good at singing, dancing and divination). This famous nation is a wandering nation with no fixed place, and has lived a life of poverty and discrimination for generations. But this nation is lively and optimistic and can sing and dance well. Sarasate described several aspects of this nation's character with very appropriate handwriting, and perfectly combined the melody and skills of the violin, which reflected the optimistic attitude of the Gypsy people towards life although they were poor.

Video: Beijing Philharmonia Orchestra _ Song of the Wanderer

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Jacques offenbach (18 19- 1880) is a German-born French composer. Offenbach is the founder and outstanding representative of French operetta. Facing the public, he combined the tradition of stage play, the form of loving opera, the live newspaper performance on Paris Boulevard with urban folk songs to form a new form of expression. When he was young, he was routinely admitted to the Paris Conservatory of Music.

His tunes are full of popular folk sentiment, his music is extremely light and cheerful, and life dances, such as waltz, galope and cancan dance, are widely used. His operetta is full of satire and satire, but it also caters to the tastes of powerful people, and it is entertaining and even pornographic. It is also the reason why his art can exist in the Second Reich. Offenbach's music has a profound influence on Austrian F Su Pei, J Strauss, A Sullivan, Hungarian F Lehar and modern American musicals. /kloc-in the summer of 0/855, offenbach opened a theater of his own-"Paris Theatre", which immediately became one of the most famous theaters in Paris. Meyer Bell, Rossini, Thackeray, lev tolstoy and others were all guests in the theater.

Overture to Heaven and Hell, also known as Flo in Hell, is an orchestra composed by German French composer offenbach. Written in 1858, performed in Paris in the same year. This is one of the most famous operettas. This opera embodies the stories of Orflo and Eurydice, which are very popular in Greek mythology. Earlier, Monteverdi and Gluck wrote it as an opera, and then offenbach was full of fun for it. Flo in Hell itself is a very happy song, but when it is combined with the story, it will become a funny one, which alludes to the corruption and incompetence of the politicians of the Second Reich in louis bonaparte.

This operetta is the earliest two-act work written by offenbach, so it has special significance, but a certain version has been changed into a four-act structure.

Video: Overture to Heaven and Hell

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Antonio Vivaldi (1678- 174 1) was a famous Italian composer, violinist and priest in the baroque period. The pioneer and music enlightener of violin concerto genre in Baroque period made solo concerto the best expression form of Baroque music.

At the age of 25, Vivaldi became a priest. Because of his red hair, people call him "red-haired dad". Then he became a pastor of the church and worked as a violin teacher in the women's music college below the church. Under Vivaldi's careful guidance, the bands and choirs in the orphanage are flourishing, and his reputation as a composer and violinist has also crossed the Alps. Some music-loving aristocrats came to Venice not far from Wan Li just to hear him play the violin.

In Vivaldi's nearly forty years of teaching career, a large number of music works have been continuously flowing out of his quill pen, among which his instrumental music works with folk colors and life breath are the most outstanding. He wrote nearly 500 concertos and 73 sonatas in his life. In addition, he has composed more than ten operas, oratorios and classic songs. During his lifetime, he published quite a few works, including his most famous violin concerto The Four Seasons.

Vivaldi's violin concerto "Four Seasons" was written about 1725. It is the first to fourth of the twelve violin concertos "Four Seasons" and "Experiment of Harmony and Creativity" published by Vival around the age of 50, which are collectively called "Four Seasons". These four concertos are Vivaldi's most famous works, and their melodies are still enduring today. The four works all adopt authentic title music in the form of three-movement concerto, which not only matches the music according to the given sonnets, but also uses many descriptive techniques. These four works are full of paintings and arouse people's strong interest in baroque music.

Among them, the first movement of "Spring" (Allegro) is the most famous, full of cheerful spring breath. The opening song begins with a relaxed and pleasant melody, which immediately reminds people of the green and vitality of spring. It describes the return of spring to the earth, the earth slowly waking up from the freezing, birds singing happily, forest branches dancing with the wind and whispering.

Video: "Four Seasons" Spring Conductor karajan.

Conclusion:

15 pieces of music and the appreciation and introduction of 14 great musicians have been completed (I am willing to continue to share them with you and keep them updated in the future). Most of the music in these fifteen songs are familiar melodies. In order to let everyone know that the cheerful and beautiful songs you heard at a certain moment are actually so close to your life. Classical music is not too cold, it is close to our life, music itself is the expression of emotion, and classical music has been baptized by the long river of years and lasts forever.

A good pure tone is like Pandora's box. The leaked notes are intertwined with mystery, elegance, ethereal, sexy, sadness and passion, and turn into a spell to awaken our sleeping hearing.

May time flow quietly in your palm, dance with you and me in the ocean of music and enjoy the quiet time.

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