Old-time musicians

Chapter 632 Subsequent Ideological Influence

Recently, Fan Ning has been thinking about Wagner on the Blue Star in his previous life far more frequently than usual.

After the investiture ceremony on the evening of April 19 and the interview with the Special Patrol Office, nothing seemed to have changed. He returned to Ufranser, calmly and methodically advancing all aspects of his projects. Plan, without telling anyone around me any unnecessary details about that night.

However, Fan Ning had to admit, whether he was "happy" to admit it or not, this interview had a lasting impact on him.

And it is mainly ideological.

One of the most important influences was that a certain trend of thought or value was stimulated from his heart overnight in a "rebellious" way, or even an "overcorrecting" way. Then, it was closely related to his artistic personality. The part of him that already possesses the concept of "martyr" merged and produced some kind of irreversible chemical reaction, crossing over to a new boundary.

""Siegfried", an opera in three acts, the third couplet in the musical "The Ring of the Nibelung" by the German music master Wagner."

Fanning lay on the sunny floor in the outermost room of the living room of Turner Art Hall, propped up pillows, stretched out his body, and looked through the opera lyrics that he had memorized while composing music.

Looking up one meter away, you can see the tall and pure black "Boethius" seven-foot grand piano.

Recently, he often plays the preludes, interludes or certain arias of Wagner operas on it.

"Among Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung", "Siegfried" should be regarded as the most heroic one. Well, if you want to use art terms to evaluate it, the orchestral techniques here should be" "Natural light": bright, radiant, flowing vitality, rustic pastoral flavor, and open-ended positive development. Of course, the dramatic scenes in the opera, the protagonist's painful psychological struggle, especially the awakening of the Valkyrie Brünnhilde The description of the process is still full of depression, suspense and tension."

"The technique and atmosphere are all suitable for reference for my third movement."

Fan Ning's mind was wandering, and he thought that the period when Wagner's artistic creation set off a craze in the music world might be similar to the old industrial era he was currently living in. He even thought that the Vienna Conservatory of Music was established at that time. "Wagner Society".

Fans believe that "not since Orpheus (a Greek mythological figure) has a musician's music had such a significant impact on the lives and art of generations."

Of course, Fanning was not like those enthusiasts at that time who worshiped Wagner himself.

He paid more attention to Wagner's works and thoughts.

“There was something special about Wagner that was completely different from all previous opera singers.”

"In his operas, orchestral music, or the so-called 'pure music' or 'pure instrumental music' parts, are elevated to an unusually high status, even higher than the epic text itself!"

“In Schopenhauer, music is ‘the direct objectification and copy of the will that makes up the whole world itself’; in Nietzsche, the birth of tragedy represents the awakening of the human spirit, and ‘music occupies a dominant position in tragedy’; Finally, with Wagner, music became everything, the soul of the overall art!”

"It was in order to declare this relationship between 'ruling' and 'being ruled' that he ambitiously created the genre of 'musical drama'. In the musical drama "The Ring of the Nibelung", which consists of four operas , in the total performance time of 15-16 hours, the orchestra ruled the whole play according to the absolute and perfect logic of music itself, and each 'leading motive' penetrated and dominated the behavior of all characters."

"Well, since the status of pure music is so transcendent in all forms of truth, then if people like Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and Wagner were asked to answer questions like 'Do you think they believe in the mysterious art of leadership?' ’, it seems too lighthearted and ridiculous.”

Fan Ning recalled Mr. Wax’s inexplicable expression at that time.

Moreover, he later realized that in this life and the previous life, Anton and Wagner were the two people who had the most profound influence on his symphony creation concept (although Bach was equally influential, there was no one in that era. symphony).

The former taught Fan Ning about brass orchestration, organ-like sound thinking, tonal wandering techniques, wide interval writing, how to create long-lasting tension, and how to highlight the importance of the finale in the overall structure. sex.

The latter's enlightenment to Fan Ning was the idea that "a symphony should be all-inclusive", the harmonic language of the changing sound system, the huge structural ambition, and the preference for grand narratives.

Of course, there is also a more important view on "pure music".

This neutralized Fanning's attachment to "epics, legends and folk songs" and prevented him from falling into the other extreme of "playing with titles".

You can also resolutely try to temporarily withdraw from "chorus" when your fame is at its peak.

"What a pity, I can't find anyone here who can talk to me about Wagner."

"Sheeran is willing to listen to anything I say and can understand it, but she has more unconditional admiration and recognition and less questioning, analysis and collision. Miss Roy prefers to use the latter method to communicate. It is a shared experience worth cherishing, but where should I start to describe what kind of person Tsinghua Genna is? Should I start with the history of opera development and philosophy development in the previous life?"

Fanning, lying by the French window, smiled helplessly, picked up the music book beside him, and raised it above his head.

In the scherzo movement, after the lively D major horn theme, there is a salon-style waltz melody in B flat major, which is connected with a 5-bar transition phrase.

In the following development, Fanning used an extremely new counterpoint technique, and the instrumentation of the modulation part focused on the melancholy timbre of the French horn, and the low and dull woodwind and string groups responded.

Everything was very inspired by Wagner's "Siegfried".

However, Fanning is willing to write the music with more layers, and each part is clearly divided by the change of materials and short pauses.

"Carlon, it's 12 o'clock in the afternoon, and you want me to remind you to go downstairs for dinner."

"Why are you lying on the ground writing again? You will wear glasses after doing this!"

First, there was a knock on the door, and Sheeran's voice sounded from outside the door. When she stretched her foot to this side, she immediately blamed him helplessly.

"Miss Secretary, the floor is really cool. I suggest you try it."

Fanning said, but he still got up and explained: "Well, I sit at the piano or desk most of the time."

Shilan rolled his eyes at him and reminded:

"Don't forget your schedule today. There will be four groups of guests who need to meet and talk later."