Chapter 258: Classical Music
Ye Chen didn't expect that there would be so much news about Zhao Yunyan.
On these news headlines, Ye Chen looked at them one by one.
"Zhao Yunyan, the inheritor of classical music, won the 5th Xuanyuan Classical Shengshi Award."
"The pride of Shangjing City, how far can the classical music girl Zhao Yunyan go."
"Calling for the spirit of the times, the classical girl Zhao Yunyan won the Top Ten Girls Award in Shangjing City."
Ye Chen smiled at this strange award, the Top Ten Girls Award in Beijing City, he only knew that there were top ten teenagers in that world.
However, the next report made Ye Chen speechless:
"Pop music Ye Chen beats classical music Zhao Yunyan, the decline of tradition is still the progress of the times."
Ye Chen couldn't understand why the media was involved with him again.
And it's also the title of this pull hate.
It is normal that Ye Chen has not paid attention to Zhao Yunyan all along, because after coming to this world, he has not paid attention to classical music.
Even in the previous life, Ye Chen's exposure to classical music was limited.
After all, he relied on music to eat, and classical music was indeed too niche, if he relied on classical music, Ye Chen was afraid that he would have starved to death before he crossed over.
Since classical music has been mentioned, Ye Chen also wants to search for classical music in this world to see how different it is from that world.
After this search, Ye Chen found that it turned out that there was still a big difference.
Not only is the classical music of Xuanyuan different from that world, but even foreign countries are different from that world.
In terms of the classification of classical music, it is very similar to that world, not Xuanyuan classical music and Western classical music.
The country of Xuanyuan has a long history. The dynasties experienced are similar to that world, in ancient mythology. There is also the Yellow Emperor who fought Chi You, and then King Wu was defeated. Taigong was a god, the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the seven heroes of the Warring States, and then the Great Qin Empire was born.
The birth of the Great Qin Empire, the official beginning of Xuanyuan's feudal society, the establishment of the country, men and women weaving, Xuanyuan's classical music was produced in this era background.
It's just that when it comes to differences, it's also very different.
In that world, there was the first emperor who burned books and pit Confucianism. Many classics were burned, and then Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed Confucianism, which once again caused many schools of thought to be consumed.
In this world, the depletion of culture is even more serious than that world.
Not only did the first emperor burn books and pit Confucianism, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed a hundred schools, and this seems to have formed a trend of thought, every time the dynasty is changed, there are always so many emperors who restrain the people ideologically.
The centralization of power in that world, the imperial power, is constantly strengthened. In addition to the strengthening of imperial power in this world, the ideological constraints are also quite serious.
The cultural crystallization accumulated by successive dynasties has become more and more pale in such a collection again and again.
After the overthrow of the decaying Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the new Xuanyuan, we look back on more than 2,000 years of feudal history. The tide of learning from the painful experience and liberating the mind is surging among the people.
The era of Xuanyuan culture has finally arrived.
Seeing this, Ye Chen also understood why Xuanyuan Kingdom's science and technology were so developed, but its culture could not keep up with the development of science and technology. It turns out that this can be regarded as a historical-legacy problem.
It is precisely because of this extreme control of human minds that there are not so many classical songs handed down in the Xuanyuan Kingdom of this world.
It's very different from that world. There are ten major classical music in that world.
"Mountains and Flowing Water", "Three Alleys of Plum Blossoms". "Sunset Xiao Drum", "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace", "White Snow in Spring", "Fishing Wood Q&A", "Eighteen Beats of Gu Ji", "Guangling San", "Flat Sand and Falling Geese", "Ambush on All Sides".
These ten ancient songs are well-known at home and abroad.
It's just that in this world, Ye Chen only found "Yangchun White Snow", and there are some that are not available in that world, such as the song "West Lake Drunk".
In addition to the difference between Xuanyuan and the country, foreign classical music is also very different from that world.
In that world, Western classical music was developed during the Renaissance in Western Europe.
It was born out of religious music in its early days.
Before the Renaissance, music was mainly religious-religious Eusa, which was akin to chanting and relied entirely on the human voice.
The human voice was also the earliest instrument, and even now, the human voice is known as the best instrument.
During the Renaissance, the majesty and power of the Holy See began to weaken, capitalism sprouted, and in order to adapt to the development of society and people's new ideas at that time, music began to preach people-oriented, and Western classical music was born in that background.
Once it struck, it was an unprecedented boom.
During the Renaissance, the Baroque era, and then into the Viennese classical music school, there were three masterpieces of classical music.
Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart.
It's just that this world is not on such a trajectory.
This world religion has survived for more than a century after its decline.
So there was no such thing as a Renaissance at all.
Due to the slow development of capitalism, the first and second industrial revolutions were delayed, and although modern science and technology have developed exponentially, they are still relatively backward in terms of culture.
Therefore, none of the three masterpieces of Viennese classical music have appeared in this world.
"The development of classical music in this world is so backward, no wonder Zhao Yunyan will be reported with such fanfare."
Ye Chen also understood why Zhao Yunyan was concerned by so much media.
Ye Chen, who has long understood the pop music of this world.
Although classical music is backward, pop music is more prosperous than ever.
After all, classical music is a product of the transition from agrarian civilization to industrial civilization.
And pop music is a product of modern civilization.
Due to the rapid development of modern scientific and technological civilization, pop music has developed rapidly.
In fact, the biggest difference between pop music and classical music is the difference in connotation.
Pop music does not pay much attention to connotation, it serves the masses of the people, and it is what the masses like to see.
As long as it's good and has a high degree of singing.
Classical music in that era was more for the aristocracy and the upper echelons of society.
Western European aristocrats are generally more sophisticated and pay attention to serious connotations.
Therefore, the creation of classical music is profound and thought-provoking.
This distinction is very similar to that between literary works and popular works.
Literary works emphasize literary content, and for this reason, readability is sacrificed, so that the audience is narrow.
The four great masterpieces of that world can be circulated not because of their literary nature, but more because of their readability.
Seeing that the time was close to 0:00 in the evening, Ye Chen didn't think much about it, anyway, he was in the same school as Zhao Yunyan, and it was estimated that there would be a chance to meet.
Besides, the new students will start school, and it is estimated that there will be many things going on in the school tomorrow.
It's only two or three days, and then it's time to enter the period of freshman military training.
Thinking about it, although it was a bit hard, the college life that Ye Chen was looking forward to was about to unfold slowly. (To be continued.) )