Chapter 448: The Mystery of Mozart
After coming to the Austrian capital (Viena), Pingguo has been very entangled, wandering around with or without an agarwood box. The agarwood box was really heavy and big, but importantly, the weather became very hot and stuffy, although there was still a cool breeze under the shade of the trees.
However, if he didn't carry it in his backpack, Pingguo felt sorry for Pingwei and Pingyu, two old friends.
Pingguo couldn't figure out whether he was dreaming every night, or if he was really talking and talking with these two old friends every day.
Pingguo believes in Lao Tzu, the road is simple.
So, when he finally went out to Mozart's house again, Pingguo only closed the glass windows of the north-facing room of the family apartment on the third floor, because the distance from the neighbor's drying platform was too close, and when he didn't know if there was a safety factor, he just paid attention to prevention.
Then, Pingguo opened the agarwood box, folded his hands, and said, "I'm sorry, you two are more self-reliant, aren't you? ”
Then, Ping Guo locked the door with Ping Hanhan and set off.
In the dark, Pingguo felt that there was green smoke following their mother and daughter, floating above Pingguo's head.
The sun was shining brightly, and where there was no shade, it was very hot.
When you step out of the metro, you can see the majestic Gothic or Baroque architecture of the Austrian State Opera. After walking a little further, I actually met the statues of Goethe and Mozart in a green park.
Mozart, Pingo said, "Shall we go to Mozart's house?"
Ping Hanhan was very happy and said, "Okay, anyway, there is this attraction in my budget travel guide."
Okay, Mom, I'm going to take you to Mozart's house right now, it's not too far from us, just walk a pedestrian street away.
As you must know, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), born in Salzburg, Austria, died in Vienna, was one of Europe's greatest composers of classical music and a Freemason.
Mozart, who died young, left behind many important works, which also summarized all the genres of music at that time.
With works related to piano and violin, Mozart was a gifted artist.
His concertos, sonatas, symphonies, serenades, etc., all became the main forms of classical music in the future.
Mozart was also a master of opera, and his drama is still immortalized today. ”
Pingguo loves to listen to Mozart, especially when he is lonely, when he is alone at home, pour a cup of dry red, recline on the sofa, listen to Mozart's witty, humorous, passionate and bitter, the melody and its artistry, like a lively, cheerful, pleasant baby, make people love it.
Ping Hanhan continued: "Mozart's historical status is on an equal footing with Bach and Beethoven.
In particular, all of his works make people feel the difference between the baroque period and the classical period.
In fact, classical music is the inheritance of the development of Baroque music, and it is a musical style or an era in the history of European music.
During this era, genres such as multi-movement symphonies, solo concertos, string quartets, and multi-movement sonatas emerged.
The sonata and the rondox became the most common forms of the classical and romantic periods, and their influence was far-reaching until the 20th century.
The orchestra was larger than in the Baroque period, and the orchestra was led by a conductor, which gradually became a regular rule.
The piano, the king of modern musical instruments, also appeared in the classical period and gradually replaced the harpsichord in its historical place.
The impact of the French Revolution on society was enormous, and composers were no exception, and Mozart became the first to change from relying on the court and church to become an independent operator.
Early representatives were Haydn, Samatini, C. P. E. Bach and Gluck, Mozart and Clementi in the middle period, Beethoven and Schubert in the late period. They all lived and worked in (Vienna).
Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756 and belonged to the Holy Roman Empire.
His father was a player and composer of the Salzburg Archbishop Symphony Orchestra, and Mozart, the seventh child in the family, was a survivor.
When Mozart was 3 years old, by chance, he showed his genius for musical curiosity.
His parents found that he not only had absolute intonation, but also had a memory beyond ordinary people.
At the age of five, he asked his father to teach him the harpsichord, and later hunted for violin, organ, and composition.
At the age of six, in 1762, Mozart composed three minuets and an allegro of his own.
For the next ten years, Mozart toured Europe with his parents.
When he traveled to London, Mozart met Bach in England and was immediately fascinated and deeply influenced, so much so that in his later works, he was deeply influenced by Bach.
At the age of 11, Mozart wrote his first opera, Apollo and Chiacindus, which surprised people with their Latin comedy performed by students from the Upper School of the University of Salzburg.
At the age of 12, Mozart wrote two more operas, "The Shepherd and the Shepherdess" and "The White Lies".
At the age of 13, he was nominated by the Archbishop to be the concertmaster of the orchestra.
In order to enable him to get in touch with neighboring Italy, Mozart's father specially applied for leave without pay, and Mozart moved with his father to a foreign country to study opera, and wrote three operas in one go.
At the age of 17, Mozart was unwilling to accept the restriction that his new employer, the Prince-Archbishop, demand that his works be written for religious purposes, and the conflict between him and the Prince-Archbishop grew deeper and worse.
Thankfully, Mozart met the great composer Haydn in Wienna, and the two corresponded with each other and established a sympathetic friendship.
Haydn said to Mozart's father: 'Before God, I will tell you honestly, that your son is the greatest composer I have ever known or known, and that he has the best knowledge and taste. ’
Mozart described Haydn as: 'He alone has the secret that makes me laugh and penetrates deep into my heart.' ’
Such a deep friendship is really enviable, jealous and hateful, isn't it a mother? Life, sometimes, really, you have to know it, it's enough!
At the age of 20, Mozart decided to leave his homeland, but the Prince-Archbishop refused to let him go, otherwise he would be relieved of his position as concertmaster.
After a year of preparation, Mozart followed his mother to Munich in the Duchy of Bavaria to find a job, then to Mannheim, where he fell madly in love with a soprano, which provoked his father's wrath, and Mozart finally understood that he had to first support himself and his family.
In Paris, Mozart composed Symphony No. 31 (Paris), but his job search was unsuccessful, and in the midst of the crisis, he struggled to find anyone to pay for his work. His mother fell ill and died soon after. Grief-stricken, Mozart had no choice but to reconsider returning to his homeland.
Passing through Munich, Mozart discovers that the soprano has fallen in love with another opera director, and that her first love has failed.
Desperate and frustrated, Mozart finally returned to Salzburg to find that his father had persuaded the Prince-Archbishop to re-employ him, and the Prince-Archbishop often openly teased him with 'rice buckets, waste'. Mozart decided to go to Wienna and become an independent composer who was no longer restricted.
As soon as he said and did, Mozart was finally free to compose his favorite music, and Mozart was naturally very happy, and began to accept Ms. Weber's grant.
During the decade of Vienna's independence, Mozart was free from the control and control of his father and employer, the Prince and Archbishop, and Mozart was finally able to compose more freely.
He met Constanze and tied the knot with his father without her written consent.
The wedding took place in the church on August 4, 1782.
Later, under the influence of Baron von Svieten, Mozart became acquainted with the works of Bach and Handel.
Mozart was strongly attracted to Bach's counterpoint, which in turn directly influenced his later related works. In the same year, he began composing a series of six string quartets for Haydn.
Mozart joined Freemasonry and was quickly promoted to president. Many of his works were dedicated to the Freemasonry brothers.
In 1786, Mozart met the playwright, Lorenzo da Ponte (official poet of the Vienna Theater).
Soon, da Ponte persuaded the emperor to approve the creation of a song based on Beaumarchais' Le Nozzles di Figaro. But later the emperor considered the play to be hugely subversive and banned it.
Mozart, however, continued to add Da Ponte's lyrics to music, which premiered in Vienna on 1 May 1786 to great success, but the poster was quickly removed.
Annoyed and angry, Mozart went to Prague to perform, and it was an unprecedented success.
In order to pay homage to the city, Mozart wrote Symphony No. 38 in D major K. 504 and the Prague Symphony dedicated to the warmth of Prague.
In the last years of his life, Mozart was in poor health, and despite his many lucrative accomplishments, he became increasingly struggling with poverty.
He composed many sonatas, concertos, symphonies, and operas.
In 1791, Mozart composed a fold of "The Magic Flute", which became an instant hit, which was also Mozart's last opera.
In July, he was asked anonymously to compose a "Requiem", and he had to do so, with a high honorarity. Now that we all know the Count of Walseggen, one speculates that perhaps he wanted his friends to guess the author's name, or that he wanted to take the copyright for himself.
Mozart, riddled with illness and poverty, had to deal with a heavy workload.
In early August, he received a request to compose an opera for the coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, which he had to write in three weeks, but the 35-year-old Mozart did not survive and died in December, leaving behind an unfinished Requiem, which was later commissioned by his wife Constance to his students.
As a result, three mysteries exist:
One: The legend says. In Mozart's Requiem, he said that he had seen the harbinger of his imminent death, and this legend was used in Forman's film Amadeus (Mozart), which is even more ghostly.
2. Where is Mozart's body buried? According to the funeral decree issued by Emperor Leopold II, he was finally buried in the cemetery of St. Marx on the outskirts of Vienna in the mourning place shared by the Mozart family and his friends. Contrary to folklore, Mozart was not hastily buried in a public cemetery. The common spiritual seat is actually only a pre-purchased place that can accommodate 10 corpses. So, where is Mozart's body in the end?
On December 14 of the same year, a memorial service was held in Prague with thousands of participants. and held a premiere of the Requiem in Vienna. Mozart is finally in the world's sight for eternity.
Three: The mystery of the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart's sudden death at the age of 35 is very strange, and the cause of death has not been determined. Later scholars believed that he may have died of trichinosis, influenza, mercury poisoning, venereal diseases, and even a rare kidney disease. At present, the cause of death accepted by most scholars is rheumatic fever. But no one knows whether he was murdered by a jealous villain, or if he was sick himself, or what the cause was.
Mom, what do you think it is?"
Pingguo said: "As a police officer, I think it is a kind of murder! However, I can't come up with evidence, and all the people involved are dead." ”
Ping Hanhan patted Pingguo on the shoulder, looking very mature, and said: "Fortunately, two boys, Mozart and Constance, survived and survived. Franz inherited his father's mantle and pursued a career as a composer, piano player, conductor, and teacher, while his son, Karl, worked in the administration. It's a pity that the two never married and left no descendants, otherwise, maybe Mozart II would come out again.
Today, we are happy enough, after all, in his short life, Mozart wrote a large number of musical works, genre forms involved in various fields, leaving many immortal masterpieces, including more than 20 operas, 41 symphonies, more than 50 concertos, 17 piano sonatas, 6 violin concertos, 35 piano and violin sonatas, 23 string quartets, and several plays, serenades, dances and religious music.
To better commemorate Mozart, "Amadeus" was filmed, also translated as "Amadeus". From the perspective of a court musician, the film presents the legendary life of the genius Mozart. Mozart, played by American actor Tom Hughes, won eight Academy Awards in 1984, including Best Film and Best Actor.
"From Mao Zedong to Mozart" is a documentary film released in 1981. It tells the story of the world-famous violinist Isaac in 1979, after the end of the Cultural Revolution, as the first violinist from the West to perform in China, and the whole trip to China. In 1981, it won the 77th Academy Award for Best Documentary. It records Isaac's performance of Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major in Beijing and some regular recitals, as well as Isaac's exchange lectures at conservatories in Beijing, Shanghai and other places, and has an in-depth exchange of understanding of music with Chinese philharmonics.
In particular, The Magic Flute, Mozart's last opera, premiered on September 30, 1791 at the Fried's Theater in Vienna, the same year the author died.
After only two days of rehearsals, the play premiered at the Vitol Theater outside Vienna and was conducted by Mozart himself to great success.
"The Magic Flute" is a diversified opera, Mozart put many operatic elements into it, he integrated the 18th century Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Czech and other countries unique to the various musical forms and dramatic expressions, to make its musical language richer. It can be said that it is a masterpiece of singing, which unifies the styles of Italian opera and German folk songs in the framework of Viennese popular drama at that time, with both the rigor of the drama and the flexibility of comedy.
The opera's overture begins in the form of a sonata with an E-flat that unifies the whole play, and the exquisite string sound is gorgeous and smooth. Like a spring of water gushing out, it symbolizes light and a good life.
Tamino is a lyrical tenor, and his two arias, "Dies Bildnis Ist Bezaubernd Schon" and "ie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton", are extremely melodic and well depict the delicate and rich heart of this lyrical character.
The character of Pamina is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and all the singing passages Mozart wrote for her are impressive. Among them, the duet with Papadino "Those Men Who Feel Love" is the most classic, and the soft melody fully reflects Mozart's genius.
The Birdcatcher is a highlight of the play with comedic elements, and in the first act, "I Am a Happy Birdcatcher" is based on folk songs, vividly portraying its happy nature.
"The Flame of Hatred" is an extremely gorgeous flowery aria, which can be said to be one of the best in the history of flowery soprano aria. As the soul of this opera, the quality of the role after the night directly affects the overall artistic level of the work, its transformation from good to evil, behind the transformation requires a very subtle distinction, Mozart uses the most difficult cadenza to portray her essence, beyond the vocal brilliance itself also gives her violent mood a satirical color, in the high range of F key, with a fast singing method, mixed with the repetition of the music, staccato and flute competition. It's the ultimate in a flowery aria. ”
Pingguo said regretfully: "It seems that the baby has appreciated "The Magic Flute", right?
Ping Hanhan said: "I also regret that I just watched the DVD and didn't listen to it at the opera house." In the future, if I have the chance, I will definitely invite my mother to the opera house to enjoy it!"
The Mozart House is located in a narrow alley with a narrow alley facing the gate. Walking in, Pingguo found that there were almost no real Mozart heritage items, except for the paper on which he composed the music, the red robe for the performance and some musical instruments, in this former residence, Mozart lived for ten years, created countless plays and movements, and finally was forgotten in the long river of history, but one day, (Wie) Yena finally remembered him, and opened this building as a place to commemorate Mozart's immortal contributions.
Think about it, Mozart's life not only relies on his genius-like mind, but also his emotional intelligence, such as the exquisite red-robed performance costume, which is Mozart's full use of wisdom to tell his desires, desires and expectations, in front of dignitaries.
As a result, the men and women who loved him fulfilled his wishes, making his creative passion gush out like a spring.
It can be regarded as a point of convergence with some current situations.
On one wall of various small screens, when an aria from "The Marriage of Figaro" was played at the same time, Pingguo was stunned, and couldn't help but gaze and admire it against the wall, feeling so beautiful that he forgot everything.
There was a long-haired girl who seemed to walk by casually, but hit Pingguo's waist, and Pingguo immediately crouched down in pain.
Ping Hanhan ran over, still holding the explainer in his right hand.
Pingguo said, "Hurry up, look inside my backpack, is the wallet still there?"
Ping Hanhan hurriedly opened it, looked through it, and said, "My paper black wallet is gone, and the others are there." Could it be that you put it somewhere else?"
Pingguo shook his head.
After Ping Hanhan's big red purse was stolen in Strasbourg, France, although she was finally recovered, she refused to use it again, preferring to keep it simple. I can't imagine that today, such a tragedy will occur again.
Without the bank card in this wallet, Pingguo's mother and daughter will not be able to go home!
Whose bottom line did it violate? Tossing Pingguo's mother and daughter so much?