Old-time musicians

Fan Ning moved his fingers on the score, explaining to Sheeran the most important "narrative framework" of this final movement.

The little girl sitting next to him leaned a little closer and looked at the music examples carefully.

There is a short introduction before the final movement, which starts with an explosive unison, and then a series of rapid passages played by the strings.

The "human motive", or the "giant motive", is played by the trombone from the 6th bar, but only four notes are played before it is rudely interrupted by the "devil motive", and the weird descending chromatic fragments start from From the woodwind section, to the string section, and then to the brass section, the timbre ranges from soft, to sharp, to ferocious.

Naturally, the two of them had never heard it played before, but just envisioning the effect in their minds made the hairs on their bodies stand on end.

Subsequently, the two fell into disputes and fights. The "Devil Motive", which symbolized fate and evil thoughts, wandered and deformed among the various parts. The "Giant Motive" was always presented as an incomplete melody, as if it was lingering.

It was not until the 54th bar that the full version of the "Giant Motive" was finally presented, played by the French horn, trombone, oboe, and clarinet in unison, fighting back with a heroic attitude of resistance, and fighting fiercely with the "Devil Motive".

The first appearance of the "Psalm Motive" is in measure 388, which is played by seven French horns, symbolizing divinity and purification. After a series of development, summary and sublimation, the music finally ends with a brilliant forte.

From the listening point of view, it seems to be a victorious ending.

But in the blank space at the end of the score manuscript, Professor Anton wrote the following two paragraphs:

“As we come to the last point, the ending of the piece is only superficial and entirely false. My intention was to express the struggle in which victory is sometimes thought to be close at hand, but in fact it is not. Out of reach."

"The listening experience is indeed brilliant, but the giant's motivation for resistance actually disappeared in the end. Victory has nothing to do with him. His time has either passed or has not yet come."

The ink notes for the two passages are of different shades and thickness, and appear to have been written on different dates.

"I can feel that this creates a strong philosophical meaning." Fan Ning silently looked back at the score again, replaying in his mind the final movement of this piece, which has a total of 731 bars. The actual playing time may be close to 30 minutes.

However, the previous movements are all empty, and Professor Anton did not complete it during his lifetime.

There was no time to find a suitable early perspective, nor was there time to establish an overall logic of changes in musical materials to form a large-scale symphony structure.

It is equivalent to writing a novel with a beautiful ending.

Fan Ning knew that if he wanted to have a successful debut at his graduation concert, he couldn't just recall the classical music works from his previous life and piece them together rigidly.

I must actually build on this foundation and expand Teacher Anton’s idea into a complete set of symphonic movements.

At this time, Sheeran spoke: "Dad is proficient in Tulungarian and has done in-depth research on Noah. He chose to use giants as a metaphor for the final movement. He must have noticed the meaning of this word... Speaking of which, that dynasty I think that in addition to naming themselves 'Tulungalia' it means 'Holy Dynasty', it is also because they feel that they are descendants of giants."

"It's quite ridiculous if they think so." Fan Ning said, "According to the descriptions of ancient scholars, giant does not actually mean 'tall human beings' at all, but a group of huge elemental creatures..."

Speaking of which, the abstract meanings represented by each phase do have some categories close to elements, such as fire, storm, frost, etc.

Some books say that the era when giants existed is the second history, and some say it is the first history, but they are all too far away, closer to legends - for it, popular mythology books mention it more frequently than serious historical documents. high.

From the historical point of view recognized by academic circles, humans gradually came to dominate the world in the middle and late stages of the second history. Before that, the history was seriously unsystematic, and no one can clearly explain it.

"Caron, you haven't learned and put it into practice yet." The little girl sitting next to her laughed at this moment. "Tulungarian language has a serious lack of adjectives, which leads to the reliance on metaphors and rhetoric. If they express themselves naturally, By claiming to be a descendant of a giant, I'm afraid they are still saying that they have the positive traits of a giant: majestic heroism, almost long life, the power to control elements, etc. Of course, these traits may also be their wishful thinking. "

Fan Ning showed an expression of sudden realization: "That's why the teacher chose giants as metaphors for his works."

In this way, the source of inspiration for this movement can be explained.

Myths, epics, literature, and philosophy are indeed often regarded as creative nourishment by artists.

But unfortunately, the teacher became obsessed with studying the mysterious chords in the fragments of the sound series. His inspiration first grew morbidly, and then the Pleasure Listening Club used the "Spirit-catching Mystery" to take away the light of his first understanding.

This secret ritual comes from the Blood Origin Cult classic "Original Secrets", which is part of the unnamed document that records the "Tulungalia Secret Technique of Illusion Man".

Fan Ning once again clarified the next focus: investigating Spencer Cecil, the introducer of Mr. Anton's auction of audio fragments, his Red Agate Culture Media Company, and the "agent" in the underground party.

Judging from the investigation results of his trip to the Turner Museum of Art the next day, the most likely scenario for the audio fragment was that it should be one of the guides left by his father.

But it had already been taken away by someone else, and then it went to Prudence Auction House, and then to Teacher Anton.

Could it be that this secret organization did it?

Fanning returned to the original topic: "I think the origin of the name is so credible, so what is the secret history about?"

"About the real possible reason for the demise of the Turungaria Dynasty."

"The real reason for the demise" Fanning's eyes flashed, "The existence time of the two main dynasties in the third history is particularly uneven, the Noa Dynasty lasted more than 100 years, and the Turungaria Dynasty lasted more than 1,400 years. Well, the common point is that the process of destruction was very rapid."

Shiran said: "The royal family of Turungaria controls a powerful organization of knowledgeable people, called the 'Grand Court School'. This organization has a wide range of research on the Lord of Witnesses, but the most in-depth research, and is committed to following, is a type of Lord of Witnesses that is completely different from the type we are currently familiar with..."

Completely different types? Fanning thought of the "watching death" and "flow" worshipped by the Transcendental Club.

Could it be that this is the same type? Or are there more types of the Lord of Witness?

Secret history is always obscure, fragmented, ambiguous, and even paradoxical, but the truth that is destined to exist behind the myriad of clues always attracts those who know to find out.

"It is said that the 'Grand Court School' has been investigating the reasons for the sudden collapse of the Noah Dynasty before them. They are afraid of following in their footsteps. They have made some discoveries and taken some actions, and the evidence is effective. They are not as short-lived as the Noah Dynasty, but have continued to prosper for more than 1,400 years..."

"The 'Grand Court School' regards those witnesses as the source of power for the Turangarians and as protectors who prevent their country from falling into the end of the Noah Dynasty. They have led the Turangarians to find a place for thousands of years. They firmly believe that this imperfect world is just a defective product that will eventually collapse, and that place is the ultimate refuge revealed by those witnesses."

"The ultimate refuge? Such descriptions are like common elements of secret doctrines in the church. There is a possibility of fiction based on a certain reality. So did the 'Grand Court School' find it in the end?"

"From some documents, it is speculated that the place really exists, and they finally found it." Xilan replied.

"What about them later?" Fanning couldn't help asking.

"Then, the third history ended and they perished."