Beethoven (1770-1827), German musician. Born into a civilian family in Bonn, he showed his musical talent from an early age. Later, he worked as an auditor at the University of Bonn and went to Vienna, the capital of music, for further studies. Just as Beethoven was working hard, a huge misfortune befell him...
A disturbing "buzzing" sound in his ears grabbed Beethoven, who was only 26 at the time. year old youth. Beethoven, who was in his prime and full of ambitions, has already attracted the attention of the music world. His moving music is clear and bright, like a touch of new green on the earth in early spring. Although immature, it spread with unlimited vitality in the formalist music world of the 18th century. This is a new beginning. As long as Beethoven seizes this opportunity, he will take music a big step forward and open a new page in the history of music. However, this endless "buzzing" sound haunts Beethoven day and night, like a devil spreading gloomy fog on the bright road. Through this erratic fog, Beethoven saw a lonely silent world, and saw that his most precious and indispensable wealth - hearing had gradually left him and disappeared into the fog.
As a musician, Beethoven knew very well what it meant to lose his hearing. He couldn't hear clearly the relaxed chatter and laughter of his friends, and the beautiful music became blurry. Beethoven secretly went to see a doctor and tried applying apricot oil and vanilla oil to his ears. He trembled and put all his hope in the doctor's hands. However, it was all in vain and doctors were already shaking their heads at the idea of ??curing his ear disease. Fear, pain, sadness and anger filled Beethoven's young mind. In the midst of his suffering, Beethoven used up his whole soul to cry out in grief and indignation to God and the eternal starry sky; "Oh, God, God, look down at the unfortunate Beethoven..." After shouting, he continued It is an angry curse, he curses the misfortunes that the Creator of nature has inflicted on him.
However, Beethoven could only shout in the deserted wilderness, tearing his own hair and cursing because he was afraid. He did not have the courage to declare to people that he was deaf, and did not have the courage to welcome the sympathy and comfort of his friends and the ridicule and ridicule of his enemies who hated his music creation. Beethoven would rather endure the pain alone.
Beethoven avoided. He avoided the city, the crowds, the gatherings, and the music. In the spring of 1802, Beethoven moved to Heiligenstadt, a small village outside Vienna. Here he experienced a critical period of life and death.
At first, Beethoven cruelly wanted to cut off all ties with music. He wanted to be a farmer in this beautiful countryside. Beethoven wrote to his friend: "What I want to tell you is that I must be isolated from my career, and the most brilliant page of my life will also disappear. I will no longer care about my own genius and strength. , I must endure the miserable experience." Beethoven suddenly became so weak, so helpless, even pessimistic and world-weary, and was on the verge of committing suicide. On October 6, 1802, he made the famous "Heiligenstadt Will". In this will, we can see that Beethoven experienced an extremely severe and intense spiritual crisis, struggling in the struggle between life and death.
"Oh, you think or describe me as a resentful, crazy or worldly person, you really misunderstood me! How can you know what is underneath those appearances? The reason. Since childhood, my heart and my spirit have had a tenderness and tenderness for good intentions. I have always been ready to accomplish great feats. But now I have fallen into a desperate situation. As the ignorant doctors made my condition worse, year after year, they deceived me into giving up hope of recovery, and finally I faced an incurable terminal illness. I was not interested in social activities, but I was prematurely forced to isolate myself from others and lived a lonely life.
Sometimes, I also have the idea of ??overcoming all this, but I am always pushed back by the double misery that my disabled hearing makes me feel; I can't say to others: 'Speak louder, let go. Shout loudly because I am deaf! 'Hey, how can I let people know that there is something wrong with my hearing? My sense of hearing should be more perfect than others. Previously, my sense of hearing was indeed a leader in the music industry. I can't say that to people. What made me feel doubly painful about my unfortunate experience was that it led me down the road of loneliness. It was impossible for me to have friends to make amends with me again. There were no long conversations with each other to confide in each other, no exchange of ideas, and I no longer existed in society. My presence is needed. I really feel like a fugitive here suffering through the years. When I approached a group of people, a shiver ran through my body, for I was afraid that others would discover that I was deaf.
"So I have recently lived in the country for six months. My wise doctor advised me to protect my hearing as much as possible, which is exactly what I want now. But sometimes when I feel an impulse to socialize , I can't restrain myself, what a feeling it is when the person standing next to me hears the sound of flutes in the distance but I don't hear anything, or when he hears the shepherd boy singing but I can't hear it. Such an experience almost brought me to despair: there was no need to hesitate anymore, I was on the verge of ending my life."
How could Beethoven escape? Woolen cloth? As he himself said: "It's just art, it's just art that keeps me. Oh, I feel like I can't leave this world before I have completed all the missions I feel." His inner musical power It was so exciting and surging, like the sea in a storm, how could he escape from it? When he was 5 years old, when he was receiving a severe lesson from his father and stood in front of the organ and cried secretly, his tears, his young fingers, and his sensitive thoughts had been integrated with the music forever. How could he let go?
His childhood life flooded into his memory. In this quiet and beautiful valley, he poured out his deep attachment to his hometown, the Rhine River: "My hometown, when I first saw the light , I felt lovely, and when I left you, you were still so lovely and bright." Beethoven was born in Bonn on the Rhine. Although Beethoven's family was poor when he was young, he could still lean on the window sill of the small attic and gaze thoughtfully at the lovely towns and quiet foothills outside. The boat struggled but moved strongly upstream in the Rhine River. There were thick ropes on the bank to tug the boat against the wind. There were lovely meadows and beautiful vineyards on both sides of the bank, and in the distance there were rugged paths and towering mountain peaks. The beautiful scenery of nature cultivated Beethoven's young mind.
Beethoven had an alcoholic father. He came back from the hotel every day with empty pockets, and the burden of the family fell on his mother's shoulders. Fortunately, Beethoven had a strong and patient mother, who not only had to maintain this small family, but also had to deal with the bills of the landlord and the grocery store. In order to give her sons enough shirts and trousers to wear, in order for them to have enough pate and potatoes to eat; she sewed and weaved all day long, hard and hard. Beethoven despised his father's incompetence and hated him for bringing torture and fatigue to his mother. He admired his mother's optimism, open-mindedness, strength and hard work, and her mother's character had a silent influence on him, which lasted throughout his life. Beethoven loved his mother deeply. When her mother was critically ill, he dragged his own frail body and overcame many difficulties; he rushed back to Bonn from Vienna to visit his mother. After his mother died of illness, he wrote to a friend: "I saw that my mother was still alive, but in a very bad condition. Her illness was lung disease. About seven weeks ago, after enduring excessive pain and sadness, she passed away. She was I am so kind and lovely. What if I could call her sweet "Mom"? Who could I tell now? Only the illusion of silence can bring back memories of the past." >
Beethoven showed his talent in music from an early age.
In Beethoven's music, the "hero" created is a tough guy who is not afraid of pain or death, who dares to face difficulties and obstacles, and achieves thrilling achievements. This tough guy is Beethoven himself. He expanded and sublimated his unyielding spirit and proved that he successfully passed the test of fate. From then on, all the important pieces of music composed by Beethoven were all about the hero's struggle against fate, and all were earth-shattering acoustic records of his fight against the world.
"Hero", "Destiny", "Ode to Joy", one after another majestic, magnificent and majestic movements made the whole world reach a crazy level, with applause and cheers surrounding Beedo Fen, but he cannot hear information from the outside world. On May 7, 1824, the "Ninth Symphony" premiered in Vienna. Beethoven looked down at the music score on the stage, beat the music, and supervised the performance. at this time. He was completely deaf. From the time he composed this piece of music to this moment, he has used his "heart and ears" to listen to the echoes of heaven, earth, humans and gods. When the whole piece was played, the audience applauded loudly, but he was unaware of it, still facing away from the audience, lowering his head to beat the beat. Finally, a female singer on the stage gently pulled his sleeve, and he turned around and saw the scene of enthusiastic applause, so he bowed in tears and thanked her. Although Beethoven has become famous all over the world, he did not get rid of illness and poverty until his later years. In his later years, Beethoven often wore a shabby coat and looked very shabby. One night, while he was wandering around the outskirts of Vienna, he was mistaken for a homeless man by Gucha and detained. At that time, Beethoven was furious and shouted: "I am Beethoven!" The police said: "You are a tramp. Does Beethoven look like you?" At this moment, Beethoven was still dragging his frail body. Completed the "Missa Solemnis in D major".
When Beethoven was 57 years old, he had realized that death was knocking on his door. He humorously said to people in Singapore: "Applause, friends, the comedy is over!" Now it has indeed come. . "
The day that really came was March 3, 1827. Before Beethoven died, lightning pierced the sky over Vienna at dusk. It was extremely strange to hear the roaring thunder in Vienna at the end of March. It was rare. At this moment, Beethoven suddenly opened his eyes, raised his right hand, and stared at the clenched fist above his head for a long time, as if shouting to the violent thunder and lightning: "I will fight against you. ! I am a hero, a fearless hero! "During the funeral, more than 20,000 Viennese people took the initiative to go to the streets. The funeral scene was particularly solemn and tragic. Eight famous conductors at the time wore coffin robes and walked in front of the crowd. The young Schubert held a torch. , followed closely. The crowd behind the coffin seemed to be endless, moving slowly in the sad and solemn atmosphere of Beethoven's "Funeral March". Beethoven was dead and played the strongest voice of that era. His life and soul sang "People are not born to be defeated." What he left to people is not only the endless music of Beethoven, but more importantly, he left the immortal soul to the world.