Faced with the little girl's question, Tao Xiangzhi was a little stunned.

It's not that he's stopped asking, it's that he's a little surprised that this little girl can ask such a question.

This question is no longer a classroom question, nor is it a classroom discussion, and it has even reached the point of academic discussion.

The origins of classical music, especially those of the West, are the most headache for students of the Department of Classical Music.

Especially in the period before the medieval religious music, because of cultural differences, regional differences, and historical familiarity, it is the most difficult to remember and learn.

This part is also the current domestic and even international music history circles, which is more controversial and has more potential to be explored.

This little girl was able to ask such a question, which shows that she already has a deep understanding of the period when the music of the Two Rivers Valley originated. This requires a very deep foundation and insight, after all, this is still the frontier of the academic world.

And what surprised Tao Xiangzhi the most was that the other students, after hearing the little girl ask such a question, the expression on their faces was not puzzled, or surprised, or they wanted to see his teacher's jokes, but a feeling of very agreement.

It's as if he, the teacher, is the narrow-minded side of the impoverished stage of knowledge.

He looked away from the little girl and looked at the others, "Do you think so too?"

Most of the other students nodded.

"Good. ”

Tao Xiangzhi nodded, closed the handouts and books on the desk, and walked down from the podium, "Then let's discuss this issue with each other." ”

Everyone else looked at him with some surprise.

In particular, the two classical music students sitting in the back were a little surprised, it was the first time they had seen Lao Tao perform like this.

The moment he closed the textbook and stepped off the podium, it meant that in the following discussion, Tao Xiangzhi and the nearly 100 students sitting below were standing at the same level.

He didn't know why so many students were sitting here, as if all of a sudden, all of a sudden, their knowledge of classical music history was so high. But since they are able to ask such questions and have such thinking, then as a teacher, they should also change their posture in a timely manner.

Elective courses do not have strict academic requirements.

If there is such a class that is close to the academic level, then this kind of class is the classroom that a real university should have.

"First of all, I very much agree with the question raised by this classmate. ”

Tao Xiangzhi walked to an empty seat in the first row, leaned his legs slightly on the edge of the table, and said, "Then why am I talking about the musical civilization of the Two Rivers Basin, which mainly originated from the ancient Babylonian royal family. There is only one reason, and that is ......"

Tao Xiangzhi pointed to the books on the podium behind him: "That's what the textbooks and handouts designated by the State Education Commission say. So, this pot, I don't carry it. ”

The other students couldn't help but laugh.

Tao Xiangzhi also smiled and continued: "First of all, we say that any history, any history of origin, is an indefinable and indefinite history. There are too many unknowable factors, some of which are due to human factors, such as the powerful forces at the time, who had their own veto power over what should stay and what should not stay. History is the history of those in power, and this sentence is true to a certain extent. Therefore, when we later look at history, what we see is only the history that they are willing to show us.

In addition, there are non-human factors, limitations in archaeological work, or some ancient ruins that have been destroyed, all of which lead to our future generations not being able to see the true history in its entirety. Even the human cognition and ethical concepts of modern society will cause differences. Therefore, history is a history of development, and historical knowledge is a knowledge or discipline that is constantly discovered and updated. ”

Listening to Lao Tao talk about these two paragraphs, everyone else nodded.

I remember a time before, when the boss of Boa answered a question about the origin of music raised by a certain person, he also made the same view.

"Here, we will not discuss how our descendants should look at history in this way, and how to get nourishment from history, which is not nutritious for academic inquiry. Just talk about the construction of disciplines,"

Tao Xiangzhi continued, "The history of human civilization is too huge, not to mention what has not yet been discovered, even if it is the history that has been discovered, it is subdivided into categories, music history, classical music history, Western classical music history, medieval music history, even the development of music in a specific era, it is enough for a music history student to study for most of his life."

For most of the music history and music courses in universities, it is certainly not possible to cover all of them, and even on issues such as the origin of the school, it is impossible to cover them all. In particular, we have a roundup of classical music. Even, what I've told you so far is only the origin of the review.

From the perspective of the curriculum designer, or the writer of the textbook, the history of music needs to include as many points as possible, and he also needs to be able to provide you with as many examples or historical events as possible at each point. It's not easy for them!"

The other students couldn't help but smile.

"Therefore, it is essential to simplify the complexity. This is a need for education, but in fact, it is also a drawback in modern university history, and even in most cultural studies. ”

Tao Xiangzhi continued, "In science and engineering, you can slowly digest one theorem and one theory, and these theorems are all certain. This theorem can't be solved, it's okay, basic mechanics can't work, you can look for it in quantum physics. But what do you want us to do with literature and history? This question of origin is still being discussed, and if you write it all, it will become a Siku Quanshu, or an unreliable Siku Quanshu. And when you just order a class like this, if you want to teach the whole book of the four libraries, the concubines can't do it!"

"Hahaha!"

The whole class burst into laughter.

The two classical music students sitting in the back leaned back and almost slapped the table.

To be honest, it was the first time they had seen Lao Tao have such a cute side.

If they hadn't listened to him carefully just now, they wouldn't have had time to open their mobile phones to record this paragraph, they would have cut out this paragraph.

It is estimated that it can really be "famous in the history of the school"!

"Okay, this is what I did before, and it was also some shameless defense I made for this textbook and handouts. ”

Tao Xiangzhi raised his hand, it was suitable for everyone to be quiet, and then continued, "Next, everyone will start to discuss the topic of the origin of music in the two river basins just now. It doesn't matter what he says in his textbook, what everyone knows and understands, just say it and discuss it together!"

After saying that, he turned around and sat down in the first row, leaning sideways and looking at the classmates around him.

Seeing that the teacher said this, the atmosphere between everyone immediately became warm.

To be honest, most people come to listen to Lao Tao's class for the same purpose as the two classical music students in the back.

It is to experience the pleasure and joy of crushing the teacher to a certain extent in terms of cognition and knowledge accumulation.

It's like, you go and teach an old man, your grandparents to use smart devices, and then you see a look of surprise and surprise on their faces, it's exactly the same.

Moreover, here, it is still on the strengths of the head of the department, Lao Tao, to discuss at the same level.

This feeling can't be more cool, right?

Tao Xiangzhi also knew it very quickly, and joined the discussion with everyone.

He didn't see himself as a teacher, but as a discussant.

But even so, he found that the accumulation of knowledge and attainments of the surrounding group of students in the origin of classical music was still beyond his expectations.

Even, a large part of it involves the frontier of the discipline, and even an old professor like him has not had time to involve and analyze it.

It's scary!

You must know that in the history of classical music, he can be regarded as a near-titan figure in the domestic academic circles!

Could this be the beginning of a revival of classical music?

Truth be told, pop music has been a popular object for students and the masses over the years. The classical music department, to some extent, has become a bit old-fashioned and backward.

Tao Xiangzhi knows himself, and in the past few years, he has also been thinking about how he can complete the progress of classical music among the public, at least among the students of the Conservatory.

Therefore, he is now very concerned about the dynamics of the domestic music industry.

Especially Yu Chenghao, who went out of the pop music department before, mentioned the rise of folk songs and said that he attaches great importance to it.

Folk music and classical music are very closely related. Therefore, he assigned research tasks to students on this topic.

Even freshmen, for them, at least the study of hot topics is a little more interesting than the reluctant study of classical music history.

Lao Tao's original intentions were good, but a group of first-year students could only shout bitterly!

......

Jingle bells!

The bell rang for the end of class, and nearly two hours of class time flew by in the midst of everyone's heated discussion.

The discussion gradually became quieter.

Tao Xiangzhi stood up with an irrepressible smile on his face: "Very good, everyone said very well in this class, which also surprised the teacher." I hope that in the next class, everyone will continue to have such enthusiasm and express their opinions. ”

He walked up to the stage and looked at the little girl sitting there: "That classmate, you asked this question very well. Your question, let's make this class the most meaningful class of the year, no, at least within four or five sessions, and it's only an elective course!"

The little girl smiled, her cheeks crimson.

"Alright, that's all for this lesson. ”

Tao Xiangzhi sorted out the handouts on the desk, hesitated for a moment, and still asked the doubts in his heart, "That classmate, what book did you learn about the Sumerian musical tradition? ”