The Long Wait (novel) Zhang Baotong 2016.9.10

1. Genius girl

One day in 1830, some of the school's most talented musicians gathered at the home of the music teacher Fred Wick in Leipzig, Germany. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info them to hold a small music concert together. At that time, Leipzig was the center of music in Germany, and Fred Wick was the most famous music teacher at the school. So, naturally, the level of this concert is very high.

At first, several other students played the piano, and then Schumann played Beethoven's Heroic Symphony. At that time, Beethoven was the most famous musician on the entire continent. His works are broad-minded, grandiose, emotional, and contrasting. The pianists take pride in playing his works.

Schumann's performance is solemn and delicate, carnival and majestic. It won the warm applause of the people present. At this time, everyone asked their teacher, Fred Wijk, to perform for everyone. Vic played Beethoven's Symphony of Destiny. Vic is one of Leipzig's most famous music teachers, and his precise piano skills and vigorous and heavy playing make people feel as if fate is knocking on the door, and make people feel the terrible fury of Othello when he mistakenly believes that Desdemona is having an affair with someone after listening to Egu's slander. Therefore, at the end of the song, everyone woke up from the dreamlike addiction for a long time, and then applauded vigorously. Vic waved everyone to silence and said, "Finally, let's enjoy the future genius pianist playing for everyone." ”

The future talented pianist is a girl who is only 9 years old. The girl has a slender body, wears a very beautiful dress, and has a delicate and beautiful face with a charming and confident demeanor. She was the most famous female pianist in Europe of her time, Clara Vic. There are many legends about this little pianist. She studied piano with her father at the age of five, and last year, when she made her first trip with her father, Liszt and others listened to her performance and were amazed by her performance. Another time, her 10-year-old brother, who was studying the piano with her, played in front of his father. He played a piano piece so messily that his father was furious and beat his brother violently. Then, let him stand by and watch how his sister played. Clara smiled calmly at her brother, walked past him, and then walked to the piano and played the piece smoothly. In fact, it is no wonder that she has been trained as a solo pianist since she was a child. Therefore, no one who has heard these stories will have any contempt for this delicate and childish girl.

The girl gracefully bowed to everyone and sat down next to the piano. The sound of the piano begins to flow cheerfully and romantically, and the melody is sometimes metaphorical and subtle, making people feel that a dancer dressed as a butterfly is flying lightly towards an unknown sky, and sometimes it is enthusiastic and unrestrained, as if there is a beautiful song floating in the soul.

Everyone was immersed in the dreamlike melody and wondered what it was, because none of them had ever heard of it. Only Schumann, who was sitting in the front row, could hear that it was his newly composed piano piece "Butterfly". However, he had only written this piece and had only given it to his teacher Vic two days earlier to help guide him. However, I didn't want to, but I had already made this girl play so well. It was too much of a surprise to him. He couldn't even believe that his music could be so good.

At the end of the song, everyone looked at this beautiful and lovely girl with amazement, and felt that they had really seen the genius daughter of this music teacher. At this time, Schumann liked this genius girl more and more, and could not hold back his admiration and impulse for her, suddenly got up from his seat, went over to pick up the girl, and was about to kiss her. But the girl said, "I'm too young, can you wait until I'm old enough to kiss me?"

Schumann nodded hurriedly and said, "Did you promise to let me wait for you? ”

The girl said very seriously, "I will love you alone." You must wait for me. ”

Schumann said, "I swear. ”

Although this was only an impromptu conversation, Schumann was very serious. At this time, Schumann was 19 years old, and the girl Clara was only 9 years old. Clara, who is only 9 years old, plays the piano much better than him. It gave him a sense of urgency. However, there is no way around it.

Schumann studied piano at an early age and began composing at the age of seven. However, in his youth, he began to suffer from the troubles of adolescence, and his father actively guided him towards music, but Schumann's mother wanted her son to study law so that he could find a decent job in the future. After the death of his father, Schumann went to Leipzig and Heidelberg to study law, as his mother wished, until in 1830, when Schumann attended a Paganini recital, felt that his love for music was irrepressible, and from then on he decided to become a pianist.

It was at this time that he was introduced to the pianist Vic. He talks a lot about Vic about music. This made Vic praise him a lot. Vic's encouragement and guidance made Schumann more confident. He wrote to his mother asking for her permission to change his music studies. Vic also spoke for him at this time, and Vic said to his mother: Give me three years, and I will make Schumann a great pianist. After all, a mother loves her son. So in the end, she agreed to Schumann's music studies with Vic. As a result, Schumann moved into the house of Mr. Vic and began to devote himself to learning the piano.

Vic's house is huge, living in an entire two-story building. On the ground floor is the living room and where the servants live. The second floor is mostly occupied by bedrooms. But there is a piano room in the middle of the second floor. The piano room is more than 20 square meters, and there is a very old-fashioned piano in the middle. Schumann and Clara were both students of Vic. Because Vic taught at school during the day, in the evenings, he had to teach Schumann first, and then Clara.

Vic was a very strict and very demanding teacher. No matter who you are, as long as you learn piano from him, you must listen to him in everything, and there is no negotiation. His ex-wife, Clara's mother, Mariana, was also a pianist. She often trains under the guidance of her husband. However, sometimes Mariana felt unwell, but Vic demanded that she have to take piano and vocal lessons, and Mariana was so unbearable that she ran away from home when Clara was 5 years old.

Vic was even more demanding of Schumann and Clara. Especially for his daughter Clara Jr., he completely cultivated her as a musical genius and a child prodigy. Schumann himself was very obsessed with music, so Schumann and Clara worked hard, which made Vic very happy. He felt that these two disciples would surely become the most famous pianists in Germany in the future.

Schumann and Clara often learn and play together, and often sit together and play a quartet at the same time. Getting along day and night and cherishing each other made the hearts of the two of them closer and closer. Gradually, the young Clara fell in love with her father's student from the bottom of her heart, and she was afraid that Schumann would fall in love with someone else first, and when she was 12 years old, she begged Schumann again, "Please wait for me to grow up." ”

Schumann said to her, "I've been waiting for you." "Because he had sworn to her.