Chapter 42 Three Forbidden Songs from Hell II
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Chapter 42: Three Forbidden Songs from Hell II
The songwriter, RS, did not escape the curse of doom in the end. On a cold winter day in 1968, he committed suicide by jumping off a building when he was nearly 70 years old. S is reportedly a short, witty Jewish man, a poor pianist, and has always regretted that he did not have a good musical education. His life, with the exception of a stint in a concentration camp during World War II, was spent primarily at the Kispipa Hotel in Budapest, where he played the piano for guests. Due to his short stature, his entire body is obscured by a brown piano when he plays. Whenever a new guest, especially a familiar friend, came in, he raised his left hand (with a striking gold ring on his stubby ring finger), poked his head out, and greeted him with a funny smile. This greeting is a slippery trick on his face to disguise the fact that he can only play the tune with his right hand. It is said that, just to show off, he often brought some sheet music and put it on the piano stand, and put his nose in front of the stand and pretended to play according to the score, when in fact he could not read the score proficiently. After the song "Black Sunday" became famous, he was visited by many musicians, artists and celebrities, making his visitor record look like a "who's who of the twentieth century".
S gets nervous when he is told that some of the biggest names in the music industry are coming to see him. It often takes days to hide at the end of the hotel kitchen. He practiced his tunes vigorously on a large cutting board with piano keys drawn. S actually lives a double life in a strange way. He plays the piano for a living. But he played the piano badly. He was obscene, but his wife, Helen, was one of the most beautiful beauties in Budapest, and Helen was not only almost two heads taller than S, but also a Christian (Christians in Europe at the time rarely intermarried with Jews).
In order to marry S, she actually left her ex-husband, a handsome and wealthy officer! S became famous throughout the world for writing Black Sunday, but he never left Budapest for the rest of his life (except for being thrown into a concentration camp). S lived poorly, but after his death he accumulated millions of dollars in the Irving Trust Bank in New York, which he could not withdraw during his lifetime and was paid to him by others. From 1947 to 1950, POK, who conducted a series of concerts and operas in Budapest, visited the K Hotel. And left the following sentence in S's visitor register: "Eristkein Musiker-eristnurem Genie" (Heisnomusician-heisjustagenius), which means that Seress is not worthy of the title of a musician, he is just a genius. As for the reason for S's suicide, one theory is that he felt that he could never make a good song like "Black Sunday" again, so he chose death in a long period of despair.
The murderous piece was eventually destroyed, and the author repented on his deathbed out of guilt: "I didn't expect this piece of music to bring so many disasters to mankind, let God punish my soul in another world!" "The original Black Sunday was mainly accompanied by piano. It is said that no one who listened to it could laugh. Many people suffer from schizophrenia. depression and so on...... So if you hear Black Sunday right now. It's not that its magic isn't anymore, it's that it's no longer the original.
The full lyrics are: Desperate Sunday, my time is sleeping, dear, I live in countless shadows, the little white flowers will no longer wake you up, the black sad sedans (hearse) carry you, the angels will not look back to you, are they angry because I want to join you, desperate Sunday, Sunday is hopeless, with the shadows I will end it, my heart and I believe this is the end of it, soon the flowers and prayers here will be sad, I know that the Word (this prayer) keeps them from crying, Let them know that I am glad to leave, death is not a dream, because I caress you in death, I bless you in the breath of my soul, Desperate Sunday, in a dream, I am not just in a dream, I wake up and look for your side, my heart falls into a deep sleep, dear, sweetheart I hope my dreams do not distress you, my heart tells you how much I miss you, Desperate Sunday!
The author had some trouble trying to publish the song. One publisher once said: "[The refusal] is not because it is a sad tune, but because of the soul-wrenching despair that I think will do no good to any listener." However, after a lot of twists and turns, "Melancholy Sunday" was finally released in Budapest, and within two or three years it became a best-selling song. What no one expected was that the song would lead to a number of tragic and bizarre accidents (the local newspapers had covered them extensively), just as the ancient myth describes: once Pandora's box is opened, countless demons and disasters are released into the world. However, the last of the Pandora's boxes is "hope", which allows this imperfect world to continue; And "Melancholy Sunday" brought people a sound of despair. The song describes an unfortunate man who is unable to bring his loved one back to his side, and who frequently spends his despair of martyrdom on a melancholy (dark) Sunday, accompanied by a desperate longing for his lover.
Was it a British officer who was resting quietly at home, and accidentally began to listen to the postman bring him a record, and the first piece of music was Rulands? Charles's "Black Sunday", when he finished listening to this tune. His soul was stimulated extremely strongly. The mood could no longer calm down. Not for a while. He took out the pistol from home and ended his life. At the same time as the gunshots rang out, the song "Black Sunday" was playing, which was the only clue to his death.
As a result, it was concluded that he was indeed a suicide, but this "Black Sunday" was an indirect killer! And warn people not to listen to this music - because the police almost killed themselves while listening to this music! Then it caused a sensation throughout Europe, and people were incredible, frightened and curious, and many people who thought they had the psychological quality were curious to collect and experience it for themselves. Go on an adventure.
One of them, a middle-aged man in the United States, after listening to the song "Black Sunday" several times, shot himself and wrote in his last words: "Please make this song a mourning for my funeral." Similar suicide news came one after another, from Europe to the Americas, to Asia, and the whole world was panicked.
When attending a music recital, he insisted that one of the musicians present play the "Black Sunday" on the piano, and the pianist at first resolutely refused, but was forced by the pressure and demands of the curious audience. But had to play. At the end of the performance, the pianist vowed to never touch the piano again! And the celebrity who made the request has been incognito ever since. Disappeared.
One day, in a bar in Belgium, people were sipping a glass of wine while listening to music. When Charles composed the orchestral piece "Black Sunday", he heard a hysterical shout: "I can't stand it!" I saw a young Hungarian man tilt his neck and drink all the wine in his glass, pull the trigger at his temple with a pistol, and fall into a pool of blood with a "bang".
A female police officer investigates the case, but with great effort, she can't find out why the young man wants to commit suicide. In the end, she bought a record of "Black Sunday" played by the band that day, thinking that maybe she could find some clues to solve the case from here. After she played the record once, she also committed suicide. On her desk, people found her last words to the police chief: "Your Excellency, the case I have accepted does not need to continue the investigation, and the murderer is the music "Black Sunday". When I listened to this song, I couldn't stand the excitement of its sad melody, so I had to turn down. ”
A cheerful and lively female typist in New York City, USA, was chatting with people when she heard how "Black Sunday" was so sad that she was curious to borrow a record of this music and listen to it at home. The next day she didn't go to work, and people found her dead in her room, with the record of "Black Sunday" playing on the record player. In her suicide note, she said: "I can't stand the melody of it, and this piece is my funeral repertoire." ”
A newly established pianist was invited to a salon party and played for the guests. During the dinner, one of the guests suddenly received a long-distance phone call about her mother's death in a car accident, and since it was a Sunday, he asked the pianist to play "Black Sunday" for his mother to mourn. The pianist played the piece with great reluctance, and as soon as he finished playing, he fell on the piano due to a heart attack due to excessive grief and never got up again.
A musician who was puzzled by these anecdotes, and who did not believe that "Black Sunday" could have such serious consequences, tried to play it on the piano in his living room, but died at the piano, and wrote the last words on the score of "Black Sunday": "The melody of this piece is too cruel, this is not a piece that can be tolerated by man, destroy it, or more people will die from irritation." ”
Due to the increasing number of suicides, radio stations in the United States, Britain, France, Spain, and many other countries held a special meeting to call on European and American countries to boycott "Black Sunday." The melody is really sad, really not ordinary sorrow, and it may be appropriate to sing it in the tone of the dead to the living, and it is used at funerals.
The concert venue is in the world's top music palace Vienna Golden Hall, Vienna Musikverein, Vienna Musikverein, located in Vienna Bösendorf Straße 12, Austria, is one of the most famous concert halls in Vienna and the world. The Musikverein is not a separate building, but is part of the building of the Society of Friends of Music, which, in addition to the hall, includes performance halls such as Brahms Hall and Mozart Hall, as well as offices. With a length of 48.80 meters, a width of 19.10 meters and a height of 17.75 meters, the Musikverein is the official venue for the Vienna New Year's Concert on January 1 every year. It was founded in 1867. Completed in 1869. The Musikverein is known as one of the world's five largest concert halls. with the Berlin Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Concertgebouw, Amsterdam City Hall. and Boston Symphony Hall.
The Musikverein of the Vienna Musiksvere is one of the most famous concert halls in Vienna and the world. The Musikverein is not a separate building, but is part of the building of the Society of Friends of Music, which contains several concert halls, including performance halls such as Brahms Hall and Mozart Hall in addition to the Musikverein, as well as offices. The Musikverein is the fulcrum of Vienna's musical life and the perennial venue of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The Viennese New Year's Concert is traditionally held here. Every year, the New Year's concert is televised, showcasing the hall's splendid décor and unrivalled acoustics to audiences around the world. The association building was built by Hansen from 1867 to 1869.
The "Musikverein", where the Viennese New Year's concert was held, was fascinated by many music lovers around the world, and it was the "Musikverein" that gave birth to the sound of the Vienna Philharmonic. Speaking of which, this hall is also more than 100 years old. It was inaugurated in 1870 and officially known as the Hall of the Musiques, designed by the architect Ophel? Hansen Design.
With 300 stations, the splendour, architectural style and gorgeous acoustics make it worthy of the golden name. Since the day the hall was inaugurated, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra has been "encamped" here. During the annual televised New Year's Concert, music lovers from all over the world can enjoy the "Golden Hall" while listening to the music.
Compared to the Music Hall in Amsterdam and Carnegie Hall in New York, this "rectangular shoebox" is indeed a little more narrow. However, its sound fluidity is particularly good. Here, the balance between strings and woodwinds, woodwinds and brass is exquisitely balanced. That's why. The annual New Year's Concert brings unforgettable audio-visual enjoyment to music lovers from all over the world.
In their report on the 125th anniversary of the construction of the Associates, experts in Vienna pointed out that the roof of the "Golden Hall" is flat-topped and flanked by a balcony and a statue of the goddess of music. These aesthetically significant ornaments prolong and soothe the music that would otherwise hit the wall directly. The wooden floors and walls of the "Golden Hall" are like violins. The sound of the orchestra vibrates and reverberates in the hall, and the aftermath lingers. The Musikverein is truly unique and has the best acoustics in the world.
Pavarotti's full name is Luciano? Pavarotti, amazingly, this singer, known as the "King of Treble C" and "the world's chief tenor", does not know music. He himself revealed after one of the performances that he relied on his ear and his own system of symbolic alternative notes to learn the songs. Pavarotti once told reporters during the International Music Festival in Castello, a small town in the Umbrian district of Rome: "Yes, it's true. I don't know music, I'm not a musician. I haven't studied anything professional. Sheet music is one thing, singing is another. If I can remember a piece of music and can sing it in my voice, that's good enough. ”
As a young man, Pavarotti was taught by famous teachers such as A. Pola. Worked in Reckworth. Winner of the Eweria International Vocal Competition. He rose to fame for his role as Rudolph in the opera "The Artist's Life". Later, he successfully played the roles of Edgar and the Duke of Mantua. Recognized by experts throughout the world, Pavarotti's voice is full, full, and bright with a sense of transparency. Among them, the high vocal area is unified, the timbre is wide and thick, with a strong sense of natural beauty.
Italian tenor, Luciano? Pavarotti a brilliant and resounding name! In contemporary times, the name has become almost synonymous with tenor. Since Caruso, there has not been a tenor who has been as vocal as Pavarotti and has won global applause. This soprano C, known as the tenor touchstone, can not only sing freely, but also sing steadily and well, which can be said to be beautiful and shiny, bursting with metallic brilliance. In this way, Pavarotti has the reputation of 'King of Treble C'.
Pavarotti was lucky. In addition to his talent and hard work, his success and fame were supported by the famous soprano Sutherland and the maestro Karajan. In his early years, Pavarotti was young and promising, with a loud voice, but he was a primary school teacher. Singing is just a ticket holder. Even later specialized in singing. and won an international song contest grand prize. But every time he takes the stage, it is still mostly a domestic series. Later, he studied with A. Bora and E. Campoganani, and in 1961 he studied with Reggio in 1961. Winner of the International Competition of the Emilian Theatre in the role of Rudolph for the first time. In 1963, he sang Ed Gardo for the first time in Amsterdam, and later replaced Steafano in the Covent Garden Theatre as Rudolph. In 1946 he sang Adamantes at Grindenbaune College, and the following year he shared the stage with Sutherland on a tour of Australia, where he became the best partners. Sutherland discovered his good material, corrected his vocal problems, taught him many times, and even made him put his hand on her belly to feel the right way of luck, so that it was not long before Pavarotti's singing skills increased. The climate is gradually changing. In 1965 he sang for the first time at La Scala.
In 1968, she sang for the first time in "Girl in the Army" at the Metropolitan Opera. Pavarotti is known as the king of soprano C, in "Girl in the Army" there is a section called the tenor forbidden area "Ah, what a joy", Pavarotti sings 9 beautiful soprano C in a row with chest resonance, and it is firmly in the position of the world's number one tenor. Pavarotti is known for his powerful treble and thoracic resonance, and in this century, Pavarotti is the only tenor who can fly exclusively in the high register. Pavarotti began by singing Puccini's compositions and became famous for his involvement in works by Donizetti and Bellini, whose works later became his specialty, and he could play the tenor Donizetti or Bellini, Verdi and Puccini.
Since then, Pavarotti's reputation has risen from one to the next, appearing in opera or concerts, Paris or London or Carnegie or the Met, becoming an idol for Western music fans and a superstar in the music market.
Pavarotti was a brilliant tenor, and in the 70s and 80s he and Sutherland formed the best tenor duo in the world after Callas and Steafano, and every opera they recorded was of considerable quality. The Napoli folk songs sung by Pavarotti are also very charming.
He took to the stage of the famous Teatro alla Scala in Milan, where he sang with Sutherland and made a name for himself in Australia. And Karajan's support pushed Pavarotti onto a more prominent and broad stage of the world, and in Berlin, San Francisco, and Pavarotti sang under Karajan's baton, causing a sensation in the audience.
Today, Lao Pa is old and sixtieth. But the sword doesn't grow old. At the end of 1995, he teamed up with Domingo and Carreras to hold a world tour of the three tenors. It will feast the ears of music fans around the world and become a new story in the international music scene.
The old man in the sixtieth year is still singing the three tenors of the world, Placido? Domingo is 70 years old this year, according to the Chinese, long past the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, but he still gallops between the most famous stages in the world as the "King of Opera". Now, when a powerful tenor voice comes out of the old man's throat, "people are surprised to find that his singing seems to indicate that he is still in his prime". The Associated Press once commented that Placido. Domingo's opera performances may not have been a success, but most of them were. Moreover, once his singing is successful, it will be the pinnacle of success.
The maestro of one of the three greatest singers of our time was born into a musical family in Madrid. His parents were singers of traditional Spanish operettas. He studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City and began his opera career in 1959 at the age of eighteen. In 1961, she made her official opera debut in Monterrey, Mexico, and became famous for singing "La Traviata". Domingo has played leading roles in some 50 of the world's most famous operas, including Tosca, Romeo and Juliet, Aida, Thoustrour, Don. Carlos", "The Force of Fate", "Durandot", "Othello", "Carmen" and many others. In 1984, at a celebration to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera, he sang Wagner's Lohengrin, which was a great success.
Domingo is a tenor who performs a variety of classical and pop music, and is known as the "King of Opera". In 1982, he also participated in the filming of the film "Madame Butterfly". Domingo recorded audio tapes such as "Aida", "The Masquerade" and "Tosca".
Placido Domingo was born in Madrid in 1941. Both parents were Spanish operettas. He moved to Mexico at the age of 8. After studying voice, piano and conducting at the Mexico City Conservatory, he made his stage debut in Monterrey. As a singer, Domingo has played as many as 115 opera roles. More than any tenor in the history of music chronicles. Domingo's repertoire has 115 roles. Almost all the main roles in Italian and French opera. He has sung in all the major opera houses around the world. There are more than 100 kinds of recordings, including 93 recordings of the whole opera, often multiple recordings of the same play, a total of 8 Grammy awards. He has also recorded more than 50 video discs and made 3 opera films.
He was born in the typical urban area of Madrid; Having started his acting career at a young age, he recalls: "Sometimes my parents needed some children's roles in their singing dramas, and that's how I started to get some basic drama training."
By degrees. Domingo used his singing talents to the National Theater of Mexico to apply for "baritone". Now everyone describes Domingo's voice, and they all say that his singing voice is as soft as "velvet". In 1957, Domingo was recruited to sing opera for the first time. He was very nervous, but he was well prepared. After listening to the jury, everyone agreed that he was a tenor. Domingo's hunger for the world stage is beyond the limits of Latin America's borders. In his early years, he received rigorous training at the Tel Avi Opera, which laid the foundation for his future foray into the Metropolitan Stage in New York. Domingo's successful performances with the City Opera Company of New York led him to receive many European invitations, most notably Handberg and Vienna. After conquering the most important opera stage in the world. Domingo's friends and fans alike thought he would begin to indulge in the numerous successful debuts and popular atmosphere, underestimating Domingo's own opinions. He decided to add one more goal to his trick: commanding. However, he did command "The Bat" in Covent in 1983. In 1984 he commanded "The Bohèmes". Judging his mastery and accuracy of speed from the tapes he conducted, he found that he was able to retract and release without swinging his arms as vigorously as he had earlier to overcome his nervousness. The average music lover can see Domingo's qualities and the breadth he shows as a superstar tenor.
Domingo has given concerts all over the world, from the Far East to South America, from the United States to almost every European country. He has performed with Pavarotti and Carreras on three tenors around the world, from Rome to Los Angeles, from New York to Tokyo, from Melbourne to London, from Paris to South Africa. Domingo is also the founder of the world's largest annual vocal competition, the World Opera Vocal Competition. He founded the tournament in 1993 and has been held in Paris, Mexico City, Madrid, Bordeaux, Tokyo, Hamburg and Puerto Rico. He is one of the most revered artists of our day, often hailed as the "King of Opera" and "the true Renaissance musician".
Jose, the world's three tenors? Carreras, the youngest of the three tenors, was born in Barcelona in December 1946 to an ordinary family. At the age of two, Carreras nearly drowned in the river, but was rescued by his mother in time. His mother, who cherished him, believed that his beloved son, who would not die in great calamity, would surely become an "extraordinary person". Under his mother's tutelage, Carreras set his ambition to become a singer at the age of five. He often locked himself in his room and practiced Italian and Spanish folk songs for hours on end.
At the age of 6, Carreras watched the musical film Caruso the Great and immediately immersed himself in Mario. Lanza's beautiful singing. When he returned home, with his extraordinary musical memory, he sang all the arias in the film without missing a beat.
On his debut, Carreras appeared in mostly lyrical light musicals, such as Lucrezia. Gennaro in Borgia, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Rudolph in The Artist's Life, etc. His handsome and dashing stage image has captivated countless fans, but he did not stop there, but risked losing his voice and constantly broadened his acting path. He challenged himself with many difficult repertoire, such as Verdi's Othello and Puccini's Turandot. He said: "An art career that doesn't make mistakes and doesn't fail is boring. If I'm worried about my voice all the time and I'm stuck in certain roles, it's too painful for me. I want my life to be more colorful, even if the life of art is short, after all, I sing for life. ”
Of the three tenors, Carreras's voice is not as dramatic as Domingo and Pavarotti, but he is lyrical, not indulgent, and not overbearing, which is what characterizes him. Carreras is taciturn on the outside, but passionate on the inside. He is also one of the most loyal fans of the Barcelona team, and whenever there is a major tournament, he always goes to the casino to gamble on his beloved team. Carreras in life is also a lover. In 1972, while filming "The Artist's Life", he fell in love with his partner, the most famous Italian soprano, Jarelli, in a sweet and painful affair that lasted for 13 years. After that, he fell in love at first sight with the Austrian flight attendant Eger, with whom he lived for 19 years.
In 1987, at the peak of his career, Carreras was diagnosed with leukemia, but it took only two years for him to miraculously return to the stage, celebrating his escape from death with an unprecedented European tour. Three years later, the three tenors also released their suspicions and performed on the same stage for the first time, causing a sensation all over the world. "Of course, my voice is not as good as it was 30 years ago, but every note I sing is more expressive. A singer should sing with his heart, and if he pursues too much fancy, he is by no means a true singer. Carreras said. Carreras quickly showed his talent at the beginning of his musical career – he participated in a series of internationally renowned festivals, appeared on the stage of many of the world's great opera houses, such as La Scala in Milan, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the San Francisco Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House in London, the Munich Opera, the Chicago Opera, the Salzburg Festival, Edinburgh, Verona and many others, and quickly became a star in the opera world.
At the beginning of the singing, the three top tenors sang "Black Sunday", the melody of which was really sad, really not ordinary sadness, but sung to the living in the tone of the dead, which may be appropriate for funerals. The entire Golden Hall was filled with a grand black sorrow at the beginning, and with the help of the evil heart particle "Pandora" consciousness field energy, it was even more diffuse resentment, sobbing, and whimpering, if the singing continued, all the people in the entire Golden Hall would be like entering hell, as if they felt the coming of death, and they were about to die. At the same time, the distant sky came the sound of the Buddhist master Buddha Muni's Nan Wu Amitabha Buddha singing, and the vast four fields came from the sound of Gu Xiaolong's chanting of the "Tao Te Ching", and there was a trace of a sharp voice, singing the "voice of God" that penetrated the bottom of the heart.
The black sorrow in the golden hall, the diffuse resentment, sobbing, and whimpering, suddenly disappeared as if blown by a gust of wind, and the three wisps of Sanskrit singing, chanting, and chanting blew into the hearts of the three top singers like a spring breeze, and protected their hearts in real time, so that the three of them were instantly calm, and pulled them back from the edge of hell and death. The remaining three wisps of evil heart particle "Pandora" consciousness field energy were still flying around and escaping, and they were also covered by Gu Xiaolong with a positive and negative neutrino true mustard seed Taiji Yin Yang Fish Light Ball, and continued to communicate and flow along the Taiji Yin Yang Fish Eyes, until it completely changed from dark purple to noble and transparent rose. At this point, the consciousness field of the evil heart particle "Pandora" has all been purified and dissolved, and the consciousness field energy of the "meaning" of the fish that slipped through the net is left. (To be continued......)