Chapter Twenty-Eight: Moonlight—The Siege

"In order to protect the island's fishing grounds and the rights and interests of the islanders, please support the people's spokesperson, Masato Shimizu."

As if a slap in the face, a small car with a loud horn drove over the road at the door. This kind of way that seems to be used to promote a certain store is actually used to promote the councillor, Du Kang feels quite happy.

In the ancestral ** family, Du Kang has never seen this way. In the United States, he was bored in the laboratory, or he followed Miyano Shiho intentionally or unintentionally, and he had never seen this kind of play, and Du Kang felt quite fresh for a while.

"Well, the village chief is going to be elected on the island recently." Asai Narumi's face couldn't help but turn red, "It's usually quiet. ”

"It's okay." Du Kang waved his hand, signaling Asai Narumi not to be ashamed, "Compared to Tokyo, this place is very low-key. ”

I've never seen anything like this in Tokyo, but there are still reports on TV about running for election or something.

"By the way, why did Mr. Du Kang come to Moon Shadow Island, did you see any tourist introduction?" Asai Narumi really didn't expect Du Kang to ask this question.

is also from Tokyo with the Maori Kogoro entrusted by himself, how can this not make Asai Narumi who has his own plan wonder. It would be too dramatic to say that it was a coincidence, but if it is not a coincidence, then why?

Rather than letting this unknown go unchecked, it's better to reach out to it. Find out who Du Kang and his party are and why they came to Moon Shadow Island.

"Well, actually, the place I originally chose was another island in the Izu archipelago. However, when my girlfriend saw the name of the island, she felt very Beethoven and decided to come to this island. Du Kang said, "Well, my girlfriend is an acting practitioner. ”

Chrissy Wynyard is indeed an acting practitioner and won an Oscar, although it is not a script by Du Kang. Du Kang wrote all the books of TV series, and he couldn't win the Oscar.

"Oh, that's right." Asai Narumi listened to Du Kang's words and responded.

Indeed, the name of the island is reminiscent of Beethoven's No. 14 Sonata. My favorite is the first movement. As if a temptation, Asai deliberately turned the topic to music, wanting to see if Du Kang really understood this, or if it was just a pretext. There's a reason to be here.

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2, is a solo piano work composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1802, also known as the "Moonlight Sonata". Even in China, this piece is very famous. But not because of the music, but because of the language.

In China, whether or not music lessons will be taken depends mainly on whether your Yumath and English teachers do not have a make-up lesson plan.

The article "Moonlight Song" in the first volume of the sixth-grade textbook "Chinese" is a moving "story" invented by the People's Education Publishing House with the title of "Moonlight Song". Attention, apocryphal.

There are three movements in this work. 1st movement - sustained adagio, 2/2 time in C sharp minor, trilogy style. Second movement - Allegro, D flat major, 3/4 time, trilogy. 3rd movement - agitated rapids, C sharp minor, 4/4 time, sonata style.

"Do you like the first movement, the average person should prefer the third movement." Du Kang said, "Actually, I always thought that moonlight was specific to the third movement. ”

"The third movement is indeed more skillful. It's more like catharsis after an emotional outburst," Asai replied, and then said as if embarrassed, "But I've loved the first movement since I was a child. Compared to the third movement, it is more tactful and melancholy. ”

"Well, everyone's tastes are different. Actually, I prefer the second movement. Du Kang said.

"The second movement. It's rare to see people who like this movement. Asai Narumi said in surprise.

"The second movement is like a small person, looking at the starry sky in the dark night. It's like the starry sky overlooking people in the dark night. Because of the night, the two have established a gossamer-like relationship. Du Kang said.

"This kind of evaluation is really unique." Listening to Du Kang's description of the music, Asai Narumi said, "It's like Nietzsche said, when you stare into the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you. Speaking of which, Liszt also described the second movement as a flower between two abysses. ”

"Well. Actually, I personally prefer Shostakovich's to Beethoven. "I've been listening to Leningrad all this time. ”

"Shostakovich. Xiao Qi's words are indeed very famous. "Asai Narumi thought for a moment and said, "Shostakovich himself said that this song is a poem of battle, a hymn to a strong national spirit. Mr. Du Kang is really scrappy. ”

Both are highly educated and understand the context in which this great masterpiece took place.

Dmitry Dmitrievich Shostakovich, one of the most important composers of the former Soviet Union, one of the world's most famous composers of the 20th century. If it hadn't been for the collapse of the USSR in '91, one could have even been removed.

To put it bluntly, Shostakovich is the best musician of the new human civilization if it is used as a time coordinate to divide human civilization after Marx distinguished between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. Of course, if someone has to add Lu Han, Wang Yuan and others, you should be happy.

His Seventh Symphony (1941), written about a month after the outbreak of the war and completed in just over three months, was written in the war-torn besieged Leningrad and was dedicated to the heroic city.

"Maybe I missed that era, but I didn't hear much about it. But I did hear the feeling of a siege. Du Kang said, "The people inside want to go out, and the people outside want to go in." ”

In 1941, Hitler's fascist army invaded the Soviet Union at lightning speed, encircling Leningrad and heading towards Moscow in just five months. In order to boost morale, the Soviet army sent people to the front line to find the musicians of the orchestra one by one, and safely withdrew them to the city for secret rehearsals, repaired the performance venue, and even transported the score by military aircraft.

Before the concert performance, the high command of the Soviet army gave the order to inflict heavy damage on the enemy, and for a time the artillery of the Soviet positions fired in unison, and all the artillery fire was used to carry out a fierce bombardment of the enemy troops. Powerful artillery fire was exchanged for a brief period of silence. That's when the music begins! People stepped out of bunkers and into the streets, listening to music broadcast on the radio.

Military parade on the 24th anniversary of the October Revolution on November 7, 1941. At that time, the army of Nazi Germany had already reached the vicinity of Moscow, but Stalin decided to hold a military parade as usual and gave his famous speech at the parade, and the troops were reviewed and immediately left for the front line to fight. On the way to Red Square in the parade phalanx, many soldiers were dusty and sloppy in clothes, and they didn't even know where they were going. The parade site was also relatively chaotic, and the column-type foot phalanx was extremely untidy for various reasons.

Although this is the most "unsightly" military parade in the history of the Soviet Union on Red Square. But there is no doubt that this is the greatest military parade in the history of all mankind. Not one of them.

And again, the concert that took place in Leningrad was the greatest concert in the history of mankind.

"Do the people inside want to get out, and the people outside want to go in?" Asai Narumi repeated Du Kang's words.

"Actually, this is what a writer in our country said, and it was originally to describe love and marriage." Du Kang said.

"Oh, that's it." Narumi Asai responded, "If I have the chance, I really want to read this book." ”