Chapter 376: Mendelssohn and Schumann

To this day, although Mendelssohn's house has been renovated several times, it is still a platform for people to communicate musically, where people feel the warmth from the bottom of their hearts and the infinite reverie brought by Mendelssohn.

Qu Lihua can also feel the atmosphere here, and she is still very envious of Mendelssohn's family conditions, such a child is lucky, with a good family, life and career are much smoother.

In the era of Romantic innovation, people began to pursue more richness and expression of inner emotions in music, and Mendelssohn's unique title music undoubtedly caused people to re-examine and understand music.

Robin also gave a detailed introduction to Mendelssohn's establishment of the conservatory, which also attracted Qu Lihua to listen.

In 1842, Mendelssohn founded a conservatory with Schumann and others, in the Leipzig Conservatory, which became very famous in later generations, and then Mendelssohn reappeared as conductor at the Birmingham Festival, which was also a great success. ”

Meng Wenjie said: "Mendelssohn's achievements are inseparable from his efforts on the one hand, and on the other hand, the excellence of Mendelssohn's family is also an important reason why Mendelssohn can achieve such achievements, Mendelssohn's family was very social at that time." ”

"Yes!" said Robin, "once Mendelssohn was invited to perform at the Queen's banquet, and it was a high honor to perform at Buckingham Palace at the time, and the Queen gave a grand ceremony for the musician, and Mendelssohn played a piece with his own signature, and when it was finished, the Queen praised Mendelssohn's performance very much, and praised him and said that you are a rare genius for this piece alone." ”

Mendelssohn, however, was honest enough to tell the queen that his sister had written the piece, and that he did not attribute her work to him. ”

Later, after discussion with the family, the family agreed to publish it in Mendelssohn's personal name, and on many occasions, Mendelssohn still explained that the piece was the work of his sister and did not take credit for his sister. ”

Mendelssohn's music is full of infinite imagination and dreamlike beauty, he also began to pursue local music when he lived a rich life, Bach's works were revived, Mendelssohn made important contributions, there is no doubt that Mendelssohn's life is beautiful, he brought the audience's imagination into the fairytale world, accompanied by melody, desirable, even if life is short, Mendelssohn contributed to the world all his beauty. ”

Qu Lihua asked Robin, "Mendelssohn's music is so beautiful, is it related to his personal life experience, he has not experienced hardship, he grew up in a family environment with good economic conditions, his career is smooth, and his family life is also happy, so the music he composed is all beautiful, unlike other musicians, who integrate the frustrations, sufferings, lovelorn, vicissitudes and pain of life into the music, Mendelssohn's music is peaceful and beautiful, and there is no struggle and pain." ”

Robin nodded, "Perhaps, the musician's style of composition is closely related to his personal life experience, and what he feels will be incorporated into his musical composition, and in Mendelssohn's work, A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Mendelssohn's most famous works, and we will take this work as an example." ”

"The simple and bright rhythm of A Midsummer Night's Dream is also a true portrayal of Mendelssohn's life, in which Mendelssohn shows us the poetic and dreamlike imagination from nature, but also reflects Mendelssohn's mastery of technique and infinite possibilities for musical expression, and A Midsummer Night's Dream as a teenager shows his musical talent and understanding of music to the fullest. ”

"Riding on the Wings of Song" is one of Mendelssohn's most widely circulated, the lyrics of this song are small poems that express inner feelings, through lyric poems, interspersed with smooth and sober melodies, for people to unfold a beautiful imaginary world, green meadows, slowly flowing streams, pacing with their lover on the edge of the river, flowers blooming everywhere. ”

"In the quiet night, listening to the sound of flowing water from afar, in the quiet grove, longing for happiness, enjoying the embrace of love, the warm and romantic scene is very picturesque, accompanied by music in front of people's eyes, it will be very comfortable to listen to. ”

Mendelssohn's works are more of a reflection of the love of life, the praise of beauty and happiness, under the appearance of classical music is the rich imagination of romanticism, in his works, the flow of water, and the style of another musician of his time is different, the following we want to introduce another famous German musician Schumann. ”

Robert Schumann is a 19th century German composer, music critic, Schumann studied piano since childhood, began to compose at the age of 7, his experience is much more bumpy than Mendelssohn, Schumann entered the University of Leipzig to study law at the age of 16 according to his mother's wishes, and studied piano at the age of 19, when he heard Paganini's performance, he was greatly affected, gave up the study of law, specializing in music, thus opening his musical path. ”

"This is his profile, and to get to know this musician in detail, we have to start with when he was born!"

Schumann was born in Zwickau, a small town near Leipzig in eastern Germany, to a shrewd and capable bookseller with a profound literary literacy, and a romantic woman to his mother, Johanna Schumann. ”

Schumann's passionate and sensitive personality, inherited from his mother, was already showing a talent for improvisation in 1817 when Schumann first studied piano with Kunsch. ”

In 1819, after enjoying Mosheles's performance, he was supported by his father to become a pianist, and since then he has worked tirelessly, and in 1826, his father died suddenly, and in March 1828, at the request of his mother, Schumann went to Leipzig to study law, a decision that made Schumann very painful. ”

His mother interfered with him too much and always imposed her views on her son, and Schumann was also depressed because of such a mother, and he felt very painful at that time, because he did not like to study law, and he did not want to be a lawyer in the future, he felt that he still liked music. ”

"From Schumann's life story, also gave us a lot of inspiration, now there are many parents who pull out seedlings to help their children, their own views and ideas to their children, against the child's nature, is not conducive to the growth of children, the two mothers compared, or Mendelssohn's mother gave her son more guidance and inspiration on the road of music, is a good mother, Mendelssohn can be so successful in his career is inseparable from his good mother and father with great financial strength, and Schumann is not so lucky. ”

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