The third movement of Beethoven's "Piano Sonata No. 12" Op.26 has the subtitle "In Memory of a Hero", so it is also called "Funeral March". Who does this hero refer to? , the order is not yet clear and can only be understood in a general and abstract sense. Because three years later, Beethoven wrote the larger and more magnificent "Funeral March" in the "Third (Eroic) Symphony", which was written under the guidance of a certain clear concept. ——Beethoven and the Piano Pedal
The art of the motherland and the thought of its heyday, the splendid half of all the glory left to us by the vanished glory, has been extinguished. As we stand before the grave of this deceased man, we grieve on behalf of the entire nation, the entire German people. Although the hero of German poetry is still alive - may he live long! —But the last master of music, a man devoted to music, the heir apparent to the immortal honors of Handel and Bach, Haydn and Mozart, died. The strings are broken, the sound of music gradually disappears, and we stand here crying.
The fading music! Please allow me to call him this! Because he is an artist, he expresses himself only through art. The torments of life wounded him deeply, and like a shipwrecked man hugging the shore, he fled into your arms, oh, sister as holy as truth and goodness, comforter of pain, art from above. He held you tight, not letting up even after the door you passed through to talk to him was closed. When he was deaf and could not hear your voice, he still kept your image in his heart. When he died, your image was still in his chest.
He is an artist, who can compare with him? Like a giant beast roaring across the sea, he leapt across the boundaries of his art. From the cooing of doves to the rumble of thunder, from painstakingly weaving stubborn virtuosity to formidable transformations of gentle music into moody, aggressive forces of nature, he's crossed it all and mastered it all. His successors do not continue but begin, for his steps stop where art stops, Adelaide and Leonora! Victoria’s hero tribute! And the Missa Solemnis! You three- and four-part interweaving treasures! A stormy symphony. "The joy of God's beautiful spark," you swan song! Muse of song and strings! Please gather around his grave and scatter laurel wreaths on the grave.
He is an artist and a human being. A person in all the meaning of the word person. Because he is isolated from the world, he is said to be hostile to the world; because he avoids emotions, he is said to be cold and heartless. Ah, if anyone knew that he was hard-hearted, he would not run away! It is precisely because the emotions are too rich that we avoid them! ——If he escapes from the world, it is because he is unable to resist the world in the depths of his loving heart; if he escapes from the world, it is because he has given everything for them and received nothing in return. He is lonely because he can't find a soulmate. ——But until his death, he treated everyone with an ordinary heart, treated his family with a father's heart, and dedicated his life and property to the world.
He was such a person, he died like this, and he will live forever like this!
And you, you won him. It was as the door of life closed behind me that he leaped onto the door to the palace of immortality. There is no doubt that he will stand side by side with the great men from ancient times to the present at the gate of the palace, forever and ever. Therefore, you sadly and calmly bid farewell to his resting place, and now in your lives, when the power of his works has passed over your hearts like a coming storm, and when your tears are now As the generation that has not yet been born flows through, you will recall this moment and think to yourself: When they buried him, we went to the funeral; when he died, we shed tears.
Interpretation:
On March 29, 1827, at Beethoven’s funeral, Austrian playwright Franz Grierpaz, the founder of classical drama, published this A eulogy.
Beethoven was a great musician, a genius who "composed music with his soul precisely because he was deaf." At the same time, he was a complex person. Throughout his life, family relationships, love, and social interactions were in chaos. In addition, he lived in isolation due to his deafness, making him increasingly withdrawn. "His ability to get along with the world completely collapsed."
All this will inevitably lead to the world's misunderstanding of him. Many people think that although he is talented, he is violent, violent and ruthless.
Obviously, in this eulogy, in addition to impartially evaluating and highly praising Beethoven's great achievements in music (time has long proven that these praises are so accurate), Franz is also prepared to change people's perception of Beethoven. Beethoven’s misinterpretation: He avoided emotions precisely because they were too rich; he escaped from the world precisely because he gave everything but never received anything in return; he dedicated his life and talents to the world, but was said to be indifferent to this world. The world is hostile. After reading Franz’s eulogy, perhaps we will reflect again: it is we who have been hurting him, but we always think that it is him who is hurting us; he has been lonely because of the lack of close friends, and we only know how to hold ourselves to be hurt. His poor self-esteem thinks that he is too withdrawn and too proud. —Perhaps this is the same pain that most great men are destined to bear.
If humans can learn to understand and reflect, can the greatest among us be respected and loved more while they are alive, not just when they pass away? , only to know that "the music gradually disappeared, and we stood here crying"?