The Long Wait (novel) Zhang Baotong 2016.9.10

5. The gift of love

A month later, the famous German female pianist Clara piano concert was held at the Dresden Concert Hall. Before the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info, posters and news about the concert were published in many newspapers, and they also attracted a lot of attention. So, on the day of the concert, many music lovers from other cities came to listen to her performance. On the night of the performance, the concert hall was brightly lit and packed. The host announces the curtain and explains for her, while she plays the piano works of the music masters one by one. This young and beautiful girl's performance is as solemn and elegant as her appearance, full of lightness and intimacy. Her precise and skillful playing skills are even more impressive. So, every time she finished playing a tune, the hall burst into thunderous applause.

She was in good shape and her attention was always focused, so the whole performance was almost perfect, and the performance can be said to be very successful. When she returned backstage after a long curtain call, she was suddenly surprised to find Schumann waiting for her at the door with flowers in hand. She was so happy that she threw her arms around his neck and kissed him. Schumann, on the other hand, congratulated her and said, "I'm going to write you a long comment." ”

However, at this moment, Vic came from the front desk, and he was very happy, because his daughter had won a great honor for her and for him. He wants to congratulate his beloved baby girl well. However, when he saw Schumann and Clara hugging and kissing, he rushed over like a mad bull and punched Schumann in the face, saying, "Boy, I warned you, stay away from my daughter." ”

Schumann was stumbled by Vic, who covered his nose with his hand because it was already bleeding. When he stood up and was about to reprimand Vic, he saw that Vic had already pulled out his pistol, pointed it at his chest, and threatened, "If you want to see her again, I will kill you with this pistol." ”

When Clara saw this, fearing that her father would do something stupid out of anger, she pushed Schumann and told him to leave quickly, saying, "Go away." ”

Schumann glared at Vic through gritted teeth, and then was dragged out of the theater by the others. Clara was so angry at seeing her father so furious and manic, and she didn't want to pay attention to him, so she turned and walked away angrily towards the exit on the other side. At this moment, Vic caught up with her, took her arm, and shouted to her, "Clara, you come back with me." ”

However, Clara turned to her father and shouted, "You tyrant, dictatorship. Then, with a flick of his arm, he walked out of the theater in a rage.

However, this scene has become the content of reporters scrambling to report. The value of such coverage far outweighs coverage of piano recitals by a well-respected pianist and scholar who openly beats and even threatens his daughter's lover, who in turn is already a well-known composer and music critic. For a time, the story was quickly spread as a scandal throughout the European music industry.

Vic's threat to Schumann at gun became almost an explosive and sensational scandal in the music industry at the time, and in Europe, which had experienced the Enlightenment and cried out for ***, such a rude interference in the love of young people would be considered extremely immoral. When Vic took Clara to Paris to perform, Chopin expressed his extreme displeasure with Vic, and Vick's former friend Liszt announced that he had broken off his friendship with him in protest of his atrocities. Mendelssohn in Leipzig openly expressed sympathy to Schumann.

Because Vic had been touring Europe with Clara, Schumann never saw Clara again. And that incident also left a deep shadow on Schumann's heart. At one point, he thought that his love affair with Clara was almost impossible. As a result, the mood became more and more melancholy and irritable. In order to relieve this emotion and calm his mood slowly, Schumann decided to stay at Vienna for a while. Vienna is the musical center of Europe, with famous contemporary musicians such as Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart and Strauss gathering there. So, he wanted to go there and feel the atmosphere of the music. Because he has always been full of yearning for the music capital of Europe.

It was the spring of 1838 when he came to Vie, but when he actually came to Vie, he was somewhat disappointed. At this time, Beethoven and Schubert died one after another, and WYN's musical life also changed a lot. The classical music tradition was left out in the cold, and waltzes by the Upper Lanna and Strauss were scattered everywhere, and the authorities needed such music to elevate the music, and the authorities banned speech, and Schumann's application to publish the New Music Magazine at WYN was not approved.

By this time, Schumann had not heard from Clara for a long time, and knew almost nothing about her situation. However, in a newly published music magazine, he sees that Clara is still playing his compositions. This is tantamount to sending a signal to him that Clara is still waiting for him. It rekindled a new hope in his heart. While reminiscing about the good times he had with Clara, he wrote dozens of piano pieces. These vignettes are like musical sketches that record Schumann's beginnings and Carat

A slice of life when Ra met Clara as a 9-year-old girl.

He wrote a total of 30 sketches at that time, and selected the most beautiful 13 of them, and added a title to each of them, and combined them into an episode, which was named "Childhood Scenes". Just glance at the titles of the 13 pieces in this suite, and you will know that the music depicts children's lives, such as "Trojan Knight", "Fright", "Hide and Seek", "Strange Legends", etc., which are all scenes of ordinary children's lives. These pieces are based on very specific life events, and the composer does not say it, and outsiders cannot guess in any way, only Schumann and Clara will smile at each other in the funny places when they play these skits. And most people are only familiar with the seventh "Fantasia". This is a beautiful and warm piece, as quiet and serene as a lullaby. Its tunes are well-known in countries all over the world, and even people who don't care much about music can hum along with "Fantasia" when they hear it. The reason why "Childhood Scene" has become a famous song is mainly due to the popularity of "Fantasia".

There are some music appreciation articles that say that "Scenes of Childhood" is full of childish fun, which is true, but it would be biased to say that this is a composer's work reminiscing about his childhood life. This suite roughly describes Clara's life between the ages of 9 and 13, and is Schumann's observation and impression of a lively and lovely little girl with the eyes of a brother. The 10th track of the suite, "Too Serious", is Schumann's recollection of Clara's mischievous and giggling all day when she was a child, and sometimes she suddenly hid in the corner, pretending to be serious and thoughtful. Schumann later said to Clara, who had become his wife: "I wrote this work at WYN because I remembered your childhood. ”

Now, Schumann sends the work to Clara, who is far away, reminding her not to forget her lover.