1. Handel’s story

In 1707, Handel traveled to Venice without being known to anyone. Shortly after arriving, he was invited by a personal friend to attend a masked ball. But Handel was not good at dancing, so he sat down and played the piano. The famous Italian composer Scarlatti was also present. The two did not know each other at the time, but he had heard Handel's extraordinary performance.

At this time, he suddenly heard the beautiful sound of the piano. Scarlatti was stunned for a moment. He pointed at the man wearing a mask sitting next to the piano and shouted loudly: "Ah, devil! Devil! If the piano player is not the devil, he must be Handel!" After Scarlatti said this, he rushed over and took off the mask of the piano player, and it turned out to be Handel. From then on the two became great friends.

2. The story of Stephen Foster

Stephen Foster was a self-taught American musician with international reputation in the 19th century. Foster's songs are beautiful, lyrical, simple and sincere, and have certain achievements in art. Among them are "Oh Susanna!" ”, “Old Man at Home”, “Old Black Slave”, etc. are well-known in the United States and are also widely circulated in our country. He left a considerable amount of artistic wealth to future generations, but when he passed away, his entire financial inheritance was only 38 cents in his wallet.

3. The story of Beethoven

Beethoven came to the restaurant to dine. After ordering, he suddenly got inspiration, grabbed the recipe on the table, and composed music on the back of the recipe. Come. He was completely immersed in the beautiful melody. Seeing that Beethoven was very involved, he didn't dare to disturb him and planned to wait for a while before serving him food. About an hour later, the waiter came to Beethoven and said, "Sir, will the food be served?"

Beethoven woke up from a dream and immediately changed the money to pay. The servant didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "Sir, you haven't eaten yet!" "No, I have indeed eaten." Beethoven couldn't listen to the servant's explanation at all. He paid according to the price on the menu and rolled up With all the notes written on it, he rushed out of the restaurant.

4. The story of Boya Ziqi

Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi are a pair of close friends that have been passed down through the ages. Yu Boya is good at playing and Zhong Ziqi is good at appreciating. This is "a close friend." "The origin of the word. Later Zhong Ziqi died of illness. Yu Boya was extremely sad and thought that his close friend was dead and no one in the world could understand the artistic conception of his playing like Zhong Ziqi. Therefore, he stopped playing the piano for the rest of his life.

5. Chopin’s story

When Chopin was three years old, one night, there was a party at home. All the other children were dancing. Only little Chopin was watching his mother’s fingers while playing the piano. action. After the party, he sat in front of his mother's piano and played a melodious tune. His mother was surprised and hired a piano teacher for him the next day.

Little Chopin studied piano very seriously, but because of his young age and small hands, it was difficult to press the keys. Before going to bed every night, he put wooden plugs between his fingers to make the distance between his fingers wider. After five years of hard practice, Chopin was able to play the piano on the big stage when he was eight years old. Thousands of listeners were intoxicated by the beautiful music, and thunderous applause filled the theater.

Chopin loved to play the piano, and he was not afraid of hardship and practiced hard, and finally became a world-class pianist.