Author: Beethoven
Title: Für Elise
Background story:
The piano piece "Für Elise" is a German composition Written by Beethoven in 1810. The author dedicated this exquisite piano piece to the female student Therese Malfati. The music is written in rondo form. The theme that appears at the beginning is simple and friendly, depicting the image of a gentle, beautiful, simple and lively girl. This theme is repeated three times, with two contrasting interludes in between. The first insert is based on the new tonality, with bright tones, expressing joyful emotions; the second insert, set against the fixed bass of the left hand, is dark in color and strong in rhythm, making the music appear serious and firm. A series of ascending triplets and then smooth and lively descending chromatic tones naturally lead to the third recurrence of the theme. The music ends in a joyful and bright atmosphere.
A Winter Night
——To Alice
Beethoven’s life was great but also full of suffering. The world never gave him any joy, but he created eternal joy and dedicated it to the world. When people feel sad, Beethoven will quietly come to them, sing his forbearing heart songs on the strings, and comfort those crying people. Therefore, Romain Roland said that Beethoven is a great hero who relies on the kindness of his heart.
One winter when Beethoven was in his twenties, on a cold Christmas night, a poor and lonely young musician wandered alone in the middle of the streets of Vienna, as if looking for something, and seemed to be something. Aimlessly, just to enjoy the cold starry sky on this Christmas night...
The aroma of roast goose and apples on the tables of the rich floated in the air, and the young Beethoven was in the cold wind With his head held high, his flaming curls fluttering in the wind... He seemed to feel an impulse in his heart...
Suddenly, he saw a thin little girl hurriedly walking out of the church. Come over. Her face was so ugly, as if she was in despair because of something unfortunate. Her weak body was shivering in the cold wind...
"Little girl, what makes you so sad? I can Can I help you? ”
It turns out that the little girl’s name is Alice, and one of her neighbors, Father Redel, is seriously ill. He has no relatives around him, and his only granddaughter also got sick last month. Died of typhoid fever. Father Redel was blinded by crying and was lying on the bed with a high fever. He has a wish. Before this wish comes true, he cannot die, otherwise, his soul will not be able to ascend to heaven.
Little Alice said, "Sir, Father Reddell is a kind man. He loves painting and listening to music. Every spring, he rides a horse into the forest, and in autumn he takes A large bundle of paintings came back. He gave all the money from selling the paintings to us poor neighbors, and he was so poor that he only had a broken piano. He said every day: "Let me see the forest again." Let me go to Tahiti and the Alps to see them! ... This is my last and only wish in this world! '" the little girl told the gentleman in front of her with tears in her eyes! Said: "What a good old man! But no one can help him realize this wish!"
"No, maybe!"
On this cold Christmas day At night, the young musician followed little Alice to the old painter's side. He gently opened the cover of the old painter's old piano.
He sat in front of this old piano, and a mysterious passion seemed to surge in his heart... His fingers gently pressed the keys...
Yes, his inspiration and passion burst out. , the moment he touched the keys, there seemed to be an indescribable mysterious call, and as if he was receiving help from gods deep in his heart, he played, played... so freely, so focused... < /p>
At this time, Father Redel stopped coughing, as if it was a flashback. He sat up, grinned, smiled, and shook his head to the beat of the music... little Alice looked at the old piano with surprise, as if wondering whether this young gentleman was a wizard, why he seemed to have magic...
"Ah, I see it! I see the snowy peaks of the Alps, the seawater around Tahiti, the seagulls, the forest, the dazzling sunshine... Oh, God! My soul can finally ascend to heaven... …
Daddy Redel rushed forward and hugged the musician who was immersed in the sound of the piano. "Sir, thank you for letting me see everything I wanted to see on Christmas night - me. A lifelong love of nature.
Beethoven stood up, "No, it is your kind heart that is calling me and moving me, and you, the beautiful, lovely, angelic Alice!" It was you who led me to this piano..."
"No, it was you who helped Father Redel realize his beautiful wish. ”
“Please allow me to dedicate this piece to you - lovely little Alice. "After saying that, the young musician lowered his head, kissed little Alice gently, then turned around suddenly, opened the door, and strode into the night, his flame-like curly hair fluttering in the wind, majestic His posture was like that of a lion...
Many years have passed, and Beethoven has never forgotten this winter night. Finally, one day, his heart was haunted by an indescribable emotion. He wrote the piece with accurate memory, and he felt a little calmer. He could not forget the kind and beautiful little girl Alice. He titled the piano piece "To Ellie" without thinking. "Silk"...
It should be said that Beethoven is a great composer who integrated the culmination of Western classical music and pioneered the romantic music school. However, compared with his grand works, some instrumental pieces have formed a new style. The sharp contrast also left a deep impression on people.
The piano piece "To Elise" is a typical example in this regard. Beethoven never married, but he was always looking for sweetness. The unremitting pursuit of love, the creation of "Für Elise" contains such a romantic story: When Beethoven was nearly 40 years old, he once took a female student named Therese with him. Having developed a good impression of her, Beethoven was in a very emotional mood at this time, so he wrote a piano piece and gave it to the student, and inscribed "Dedicated to Therese" on the score. Later, this score It remained with Therese. After Beethoven's death, there was no such piece in his catalog until 40 years later, when the German musician Noel was sorting out Therese's belongings in order to write Beethoven's diary. The manuscript was discovered in 2011, but when the score was published, the pen "Therese" was mistaken for "Alice". By the time it was clarified, people had already accepted the fait accompli of "Für Elise", but I did not. I think that whether "Therese" or "Alice" is good is not the most important thing. We can understand that what Beethoven is ultimately dedicated to is the noble "love" and all kind-hearted women in human beings. In "Für Elise", Beethoven gave a general description of Therese's gentle and beautiful image based on a simple and cordial theme. In the first half of the work, it seemed that Beethoven had many cordial words to express to Therese. Lei Ze said that the second half sounded like the two were having a cordial conversation
Author: Lucy Tan
Song title: The North Wind Blows
Background story:
Looking at the human world, for thousands of years, poor people were exploited and beaten. How many long-term workers were slaves, and how many happy children suffered from endless tears. Their hatred merges into the surging river and sea.
Scene 1: Yang Bailao's Family
On New Year's Eve, farmer Yang Bailao and Xi'er's father and daughter prepare to celebrate the New Year. The traitor and landlord Huang Shiren comes to collect debts. , beat Yang Bailao to death and took away Xi'er. Wang Dachun and the villagers couldn't bear it and rose up to resist.
Uncle Zhao instructed them to join the Eighth Route Army.
Scene 2: The Huang Family
The noble family is full of alcohol and meat, and the Buddhist hall is full of evil. Xi'er, who couldn't bear the insult, escaped from the tiger's mouth with the help of Aunt Zhang.
Beside the Reed Pond in Scene 3
Mu Renzhi, the loser, chases after Xi'er and finds Xi'er's lost shoes by the reed pond. He mistakenly believes that Xi'er has drowned in the river and is angry. And return.
Scene 4: Barren Mountains and Wild Forests
Xi'er struggled in the wind and frost swords for many winters and summers, and her hair turned from black to gray, and from gray to white. She climbed the mountain and looked up to the sky: "I am scooping water that will never dry, and fire that will not be put out. I want to live, and I want revenge!"
Scene 5 Home Village
Dachun led the Eighth Route Army back to his hometown, determined to save the suffering people from the sea of ??suffering. When he learned about Xi'er's experience, he became even more angry. Huang Shiren and Mu Renzhi were frightened and fled in a hurry.
Scene 6 Nainai Temple
The white-haired girl (Xi'er) met Huang Shiren and Mu Renzhi in Nai Nai Temple. When they saw their enemies, they were burned by fire and wanted to tear them into millions. strip.
Dachun and others came after Huang Shiren. They were surprised by the white-haired girl and chased her down...
The seventh scene in the cave
How many years have passed, how many changes have occurred, and how many relatives have changed. We meet in tears. The sun came out, and the people who had suffered so much could see the light of day again.
Scene 8 Square
Thousands of years of revenge must be avenged, tens of thousands of years of grievances must be redressed, Xi'er and the working people are reborn.
You can listen carefully to find out where the song appears and what the plot is~~~