Musicians are creators. The rotating melody and beating notes are a beautiful piece of music. Music is the most beautiful sound that can heal your mood and express your feelings. Let me introduce to you the story of a famous musician.

A short story about a musician (1):

The story of Mozart

Mozart is known as a "musical prodigy". His musical talent began to show at the age of 3. He learned piano from his father at the age of 4, composed music at the age of 5, and learned violin from his father at the age of 6. He composed a number of sonatas and symphonies at the age of 8, and wrote his first opera at the age of 11. He only lived 36 years old. The heavy creation, performance and poor life damaged his health and caused him to pass away prematurely. His musical works have become precious heritage in the world's music treasure house.

He was born in Austria in 1756. His father was a violinist in the court orchestra and a composer. Since his father was an unknown musician, all the children in the family were nurtured and influenced by his father. When Mozart was 3 years old, one day, his father was teaching his sister to play the piano in the piano room. Mozart moved a small stool to watch aside, and he began to He developed a strong interest in music. From then on, whenever his father taught his sister how to play the piano, he would listen to it. Mozart had a good memory and he would remember every piece of music he had heard. Whenever his sister played the wrong music, he would listen to it. He can accurately point it out when it happens.

In Mozart’s guidance, the father discovered his son’s genius, so when Mozart was 4 years old, his father began to teach him to play the piano. Although Mozart was young, he had many concertos with complex techniques and difficulty. He memorized them all and played them very well.

Little Moza, who is 4 years old, often shows his musical talent to his family. Whenever the family has dinner, he will perform a song for everyone's entertainment. Especially when there are guests at home, he likes to express himself. He often runs to the piano and starts playing regardless of whether you allow it or not. Every guest who listens to him playing will give him a thumbs up.

When he was 5 years old, little Mochute, who had just entered first grade, could compose various songs by himself. People in this city knew that there was a little musical genius in their family.

At home, two of my father’s friends often came to practice violin. These two friends were violinists who performed on the same stage with my father. One day, Mozart heard his father and his friends playing in the living room. A trio of violin music, so he took the violin to the living room himself. He usually played the piano mainly to learn piano from his father, and his father taught him the violin purely for adjustment.

?Dad, I will be your second violinist, okay?

?No, you haven’t practiced this piece yet?

?I Can you read music?

Okay, let’s let our little genius try it. The second violinist on the side spoke.

In this way, Mozart played the violin trio with his father and another uncle. When the performance was over, the three adults stood there motionless. Everyone looked at the little Mozart and marveled at his talent. stunned.

? Oh my god, you little guy is really a genius?

Mozart’s father discovered that his son did have talent in music. In order to broaden the children’s horizons, his father took him to Taking the children to perform in other places, the 6-year-old Mozart and his sister went to Vienna, the Netherlands, Munich and other places to perform. Their performances received warm applause from the audience, especially Mozart's performance. Mozart was often asked to perform many additional pieces.

When Mozart was 14 years old, he met the music master Bach. Bach liked this musical genius very much and personally guided his performance and composition. The fields of music composed by Mozart include operas, symphonies, concertos, chamber music, etc. Mozart also wrote a lot of diversions, serenades, dances, etc. In these folk works, Mozart adopted elements of folk music.

Reflecting his connection to folk music.

In general, Mozart’s creative achievements cover all fields of music. They reflect the pursuit of a perfect society and bright and just human dignity by the oppressed German and Austrian intellectuals at the end of the 18th century to get rid of the fetters of feudal despotism. His music style is characterized by sincerity, delicacy, popular elegance, lightness and fluidity, and is mostly full of optimism.

A short story about a musician (2):

The story of Bach

Johan Sebastian Bach in March 1685 Born on the 31st in Germany, his parents died when he was 10 years old, so he had to live with his eldest brother Christoph in other places. Christopher once learned piano from an organ master and owned a copy of the master's manuscript music score. He locked the music score in a cabinet with a lattice door in his study and kept it very confidential. Bach had a strong desire for knowledge, and this music score was undoubtedly a great treasure for him. So, one bright moon night, little Bach sneaked into his brother's study, reached into the lattice door cupboard with his little hands, rolled up the music score, took it out, and copied it by the moonlight. Six months later, I had copied an entire thick book of music scores. Unfortunately, when his brother found out, he violently confiscated the music score. Bach did not resent his brother for this. He described this "innocent deception" with emotion in his obituary in memory of his brother.

Studying abroad

In the era when Bach grew up, in poor and backward Germany, transportation and music score printing were not yet developed. If you want to learn from famous masters, in addition to copying their precious music scores The only way to obtain manuscripts is to visit them in person and listen to their teachings. For Bach, who came from a poor family, he was destined to embark on a difficult educational journey.

At the age of 15, Bach left his brother and walked 300 kilometers to Lüneburg to study. While studying at St. Michael's Church in Lüneburg, he met and became familiar with the city's organ master B?hm and his music; Bach also walked for a whole day to Hamburg several times to listen to Reinken's performance, and once walked Spend two days traveling to Celle to listen to the French-style court band playing there.

On his way back to Lüneburg from Hamburg, he ran out of travel expenses and sat down next to a small roadside restaurant to rest due to hunger. Suddenly two fish heads were thrown out of the restaurant window, and Bach quickly picked them up to satisfy his hunger. Unexpectedly, there were two gold coins hidden in the fish head. It turned out to be a donation from a kind person. Bach was extremely grateful. This time he not only filled his stomach, but also collected enough travel expenses for his next trip to Hamburg.

In 1705, Bach had already served as the organist of the New Church in Arnstadt. He asked the church authorities for leave to go to Lübeck to listen to a recital of the organ works of the famous German composer Buxtehude. There he was enchanted by Buxtehude's music and stayed for four months before returning. For this he was reprimanded by the church authorities.

King of the Organ

Bach can be called the "King of the Organ". The organ was Bach's main creative tool throughout his life, and it was also the instrument that best reflected his performing art. Bach's reputation as an organist far exceeded his reputation as a composer. Bach pioneered the five-finger organ playing technique (previously musicians rarely used their thumbs to touch the keys) and highly developed the technique of using pedals.

At the end of 1714, Bach visited the city of Kassel and played the organ for Prince Friedrich, which caused a sensation. Many years later, someone recalled the scene like this: His feet were flying on the pedals, as if they had wings, making the sound echo like thunder and lightning in a storm. The prince took off the ring from his finger and gave it to him. Just imagine, if Bach's skilled feet also received such a gift, what would the prince reward him with?

A famous musician commented on Bach after his death: "Just like Greece only has There is only one Homer, there is only one Virgil in Rome, there is only one Bach in Germany.

Whether in the art of composition or the playing of the organ and harpsichord, no one in Europe can compare with him so far, and no one will surpass him in the future. ?

Another unique skill of Bach is improvisation. His son later recalled that his father often improvised indescribable and beautiful melodies for hours, and no written music could compare with it. In 1720, Bach went to Lübeck to visit the 97-year-old organ master Reinken, and improvised the Fantasia "On the Banks of Babylon" based on his theme. For two hours, his thoughts turned into beautiful notes and gurgled out. Reinken exclaimed: "I thought this art (improvisation) was dead, and now I see it's alive in you." ?

It is said that Bach also liked to play in simple little churches in the countryside. Once, when a village organist who had heard of Bach for a long time but did not know him personally heard Bach play amazing and beautiful music on a simple organ, he said to the extraordinary stranger in front of him: "If you were not the great Bach, , is an angel from heaven. Only he had such skills!?

Buried

On July 31, 1750, Bach was buried under the south wall of the cemetery of St. John's Church in Leipzig without a tombstone or any other Memorial. As a result, the exact location of his grave was quickly forgotten.

Nearly a century later, people remembered this music master again. The Bach Society, established in 1850, decided to rebuild Bach's mausoleum in 1885, the 200th anniversary of Bach's birth, in order to make up for the sin of its predecessors who neglected the master. However, the world has changed, the scenery has completely changed, the cemetery has become desolate and overgrown, and Bach's tomb site can no longer be found. Reluctantly, the Leipzig City Council had to nail a nameplate on the south wall of the cemetery, which was engraved with:

?Johann Sebastian Bach was buried here on July 31, 1750?

After another nine years, the church cemetery was renovated, the south wall was torn down, and the foundation was excavated. Only then did we have an opportunity to find Bach’s remains. But there were more than 1,000 people buried here in 1750, so searching for Bach's remains is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Fortunately, after checking the records, we found out that among the more than 1,000 people, only 12 were buried in oak coffins, and Bach was one of them.

One day in 1894, three oak coffins were unearthed. One of them contained the skeleton of an adult male. He was short in stature, with a large head, a slightly flat forehead, a thick chin, and sunken eye sockets. After comparison with Bach's portrait and scientific examination, it was determined that these were Bach's remains. The remains were then put into a heavy sarcophagus and placed under the altar of St. John's Church. The sarcophagus is simply and solemnly engraved with:

Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750

More than half a century later, due to the destruction of World War II, Bach The coffin was moved to St. Thomas Church in 1950. In this way, Bach was finally laid to rest 200 years after his death. Although he did not enjoy a state funeral like Handel, with all the honors (Handel was buried in the Westminster Abbey cemetery where kings and saints of all generations were buried. It can be said that he was born great and died gloriously?), but he did not die of poverty or illness like that. Like Vivaldi, he was hastily buried in a mass grave so that future generations could never find him. Bach's life can be described as a solid life and an ordinary death, but he created a greatness that transcended the boundaries of life and death in his ordinary life and death.

The short story of the musician (3):

The story of Beethoven

The German musician Beethoven is one of the most famous musicians in the history of European music. First, he was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770. When Beethoven was young, his father had very high expectations for him, hoping that his son would become a Mozart-style musical prodigy. When Beethoven was only 4 years old, his father put a pile of music scores in front of Beethoven and asked him to play. Sometimes Beethoven's little hands were swollen from practicing and he still didn't dare to rest.

One day, the church bells had struck 12 times, and Beethoven was still practicing. He had to wait until his father came back to check his music before he could sleep. His mother looked at Beethoven, whose eyes were narrowed into slits. , said to him pitifully: "My child, it's already 12 o'clock, go to bed first." ?

?No, my father will beat me when he comes back later and sees me not practicing. ?

My mother had no choice but to hold Beethoven by the piano and cry. Soon, Beethoven fell asleep in her mother's arms, and her mother put him on the bed.

When the bell rang again, Beethoven’s alcoholic father came back. Where is that little brat? Even if you ask your child to practice the piano, you have to kill him before you give up?

?Yes, you are right? Beethoven's father said as he came to Beethoven's bedside, Lifting Beethoven up, mother could not stop him no matter what.

Beethoven was playing on the piano in a daze with his eyes closed. Despite this, Beethoven's piano sound was still very smooth and natural.

Okay, this still looks a bit like Mozart. ?The father said happily on the side.

A few years later, Beethoven grew from 4 years old to 8 years old. After 4 years of hard practice, his piano level has been greatly improved, and his alcoholic father was also satisfied, so he started playing piano. He held a solo concert at the Conservatory of Music. The performance was very successful, and the father enjoyed the joy of his son's success.

When he was 17 years old, Beethoven came to Vienna. He met Mozart with great reverence. Mozart gave him a difficult piece of music for him to improvise. Beethoven's performance was praised by Mozart. Sure, he said: "You should pay attention to this child, he will alarm the whole world in the future." ?Due to his hard work, he finally occupied a place on the Vienna art stage. He often performed on stage as a pianist and played his own works, which was recognized by people.

Just when he was in his prime, he suffered from an ear disease and later became completely deaf. This was a cruel blow to a musician. However, all this did not defeat Beethoven. He still He has created many excellent works with his tenacious perseverance. In his "Symphony of Destiny", we can all hear the sound of his struggle with fate.

In 1807, Beethoven was living in the home of Duke Lichnovsky in Vienna. One day, a large number of guests came to the Duke's house. They were all French officers sent by Napoleon to occupy Vienna. The Duke wanted to invite the guests to listen to music, so he sent someone to invite Beethoven, but did not explain the situation to Beethoven. Beethoven didn't know what was going on and came excitedly with his newly written "Appassionata". When he entered the living room, he saw a group of occupying troops. Beethoven immediately rejected the Duke's request. The Duke became so angry that he ordered Beethoven to play with a straight face. Beethoven was so angry at Lichnovsky's shameless traitorous act that he picked up the music and left angrily despite the heavy rain at night, and smashed a bust that the Duke had given him before. The next day, the Duke received such a letter: "Duke! You became a Duke only because of your accidental birth." And the reason why I became Beethoven is all because of myself. There are many dukes now, and there will be more in the future, but I will always have only one Beethoven!?

Musician’s Story (4):

Johann Strauss, Jr.

Johann Strauss Jr., son of Strauss Sr., is an Austrian violinist, conductor, and composer of waltzes and Viennese light music. His creations are famous for his more than 120 Viennese waltzes, and he is called the "King of Waltz" by later generations. Johann Strauss Jr. inherited the tradition of his father and predecessors such as Lanna, but he was better than his master, and his achievements exceeded those of his father.

He has composed more than 500 works, mainly life dance music, including waltzes, polkas, marches and some operettas. The core of his creation is the waltz, which is based on the rhythm of folk dance music and other expression techniques. It has a smooth melody, free rhythm, and a sincere and natural musical language. He also transformed the gentle Lendler dance, which originated from southern Germany, into a music genre with simple structure, flexible rhythm, beautiful melody and unrestrained emotions, which occupied an important position in citizens' lives. Johann Strauss Jr. once led the orchestra to visit various European countries, making the Vienna Waltz popular throughout Europe. His waltzes are the main repertoire of the Vienna New Year's Concert every year. The most famous works of Johann Strauss the Younger include "The Blue Danube", "The Artist's Life", "The Story of the Vienna Woods", "Sound of Spring", "Wine, Feelings and Songs", "Emperor's Waltz", etc. Among them, "The Blue Danube" is known as Austria's second national anthem. In addition, he also composed more than 120 polka dances from the Czech Republic such as "Thunder and Lightning" and dozens of other dances. Since 1870, he has created sixteen operettas such as "The Bat", "The Carnival of Rome", "Alibaba and the Forty Thieves", and "The Gypsy Baron", which have played a considerable role in the development of operettas in Europe

far-reaching impact.

Musician’s Stories (5):

The Story of Xian Xinghai

He was born into a poor boatman's family in Macau. His father died before he was born, and he relied on his mother as a domestic worker and his grandfather's support. He entered private school at the age of 6. After his grandfather died of illness, he dropped out of school and went to Singapore with his mother. He returned to China in 1918. Because he could not afford the tuition, he enrolled in a volunteer school run by the YMCA of Lingnan University in Guangzhou and joined the school's wind band. At this time, he had already shown his talent in music

Xian Xinghai was a late bloomer in music. He didn't start learning to play the violin until he was about 20 years old, and was jokingly called by his colleagues: "A chicken-killer who plays the violin with his hands is as ugly as a chicken-killer." When he first arrived in Paris, he spent most of his time on food and clothing. Afterwards, he met Ma Sicong, a Chinese student there, who introduced him to Oberdofer, the chief violinist of the Paris Opera House, and music master Gallon. The masters admired his perseverance and exempted him from his monthly tuition of 200 francs (approximately 10 silver dollars). He composed the sonata "Wind" based on the famous poem "The Thatched House Broken by the Autumn Wind" by the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu. It was included in the program of the new works concert at the Paris Conservatoire and was broadcast on the radio. He became famous ever since.

In 1929, Xian Xinghai came to Paris, France, known as the world’s music and culture center, to study music. He supported himself by working as a waiter in a restaurant and as a busboy in a barber shop. He fainted several times under a plane tree by the Seine River and was almost sent to the morgue by the French police. After that, he was admitted to the advanced composition class of the Paris Conservatory of Music, where he studied under the famous violinist Oberdorfer and the famous composer Dukas, and wrote his early works such as "Violin Sonata in D minor" and "Wind". In the summer of 1935, he declined the offer from the Paris Conservatoire to stay and returned to China to fight against Japan and save the nation.

In 1934, Xian Xinghai was admitted to the advanced composition class of the Paris Conservatory of Music, where he studied composition and conducting. He was the first Chinese candidate in the class in decades. Because his clothes were not flashy enough, he was almost blocked by the French police and was not allowed to enter the examination room. After the exam, the examiner Ducasse announced on behalf of all the judges: "We have decided to give you an honorary award. According to the traditional regulations of the college, you can put forward material requirements on your own." Xian Xinghai only said the word "meal ticket" and was speechless.

Music can reflect the destiny of a nation. When Xian Xinghai was studying in the West, he suffered from discrimination against weak ethnic groups by Western powers. When he was passing through London on his way back home, British Customs refused to allow him to enter the country and he was detained for several hours. After returning to China, he directed the orchestra of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Industry to perform Beethoven's "Eighth Symphony", but there was not a single Chinese in this orchestra from conductor to performer. He deeply understood the suffering of national oppression, so he embarked on the path of pursuing revolution, and used music to send out a cry for liberation. Xian Xinghai studied at the Paris Conservatory of Music and returned to China to become a celebrity.

The Kuomintang wanted to use him to write odes, and profit-seeking businessmen also bribed him with large sums of money to write commercial songs such as "There are many beauties in the peach blossom nest", but he remained unmoved. He carefully composed music for the progressive films "Resurrection", "Thunderstorm", "Big Sunrise", and "Midnight Song", and he did not ask for any compensation in order to fight against Japan and save the nation.

During the Yan'an period, Xian Xinghai not only joined the party in terms of organization, but his artistic creation also reached a new level. Without a single piano in Yan'an, he completed most of the major works in his life and trained a large number of music cadres for the party. It should be said that this is precisely the result of the influence of the revolutionary environment around him. Xian Xinghai, like Nie Er, regarded music as a weapon for mass liberation, and the people will always remember them in their songs.

Suites, a symphonic poem, an orchestral rhapsody, as well as many instrumental solos, ensembles and many art songs, and also wrote many musical papers.