The Life of the Characters in Rez Cerise's Works

Rezs seress is a short, humorous Jew who plays the piano badly and has always regretted not receiving a good music education. His life, except for a period in a concentration camp during World War II, was mainly spent in the Kispipa Hotel in Budapest, where he played the piano for guests.

Because of his short stature, he was blocked by a brown piano when playing. Whenever a new guest comes in, especially a familiar friend, he will raise his left hand (wearing a striking gold ring on his stubby ring finger), lean out his head and show a funny smile to welcome him. This greeting is a trick he plays to hide that he can only play music with his right hand. It is said that just to show off, he often puts some music on the piano stand and puts his nose in front of the piano stand to pretend to play according to the music, but in fact he can't read the music skillfully.

He comes from a poor family, but he is ambitious and determined to be an excellent piano player. It's a pity that his qualifications are average, he has not received a good education, and he relies entirely on self-study. So his piano playing level is really terrible. It is said that he can't even play music. Of course, no one wants to hire him. At that time, he had a girlfriend and told him, "You can't take the road of music, so take another road, or this basic life will become a problem." But Lourance Charles wouldn't listen. He wouldn't allow his ideal to be desecrated, so they quarreled. As a result, my girlfriend left her boyfriend in a rage and couldn't find it. He composed this piece of music on a rainy Sunday. He is famous for Black Friday. He tried to save his relationship with his girlfriend Loina, but her girlfriend committed suicide, leaving only a piece of paper with the words "szo moru vasárnap" (Black Sunday).

Later, the beautiful Helen divorced a handsome and rich officer husband in order to marry him. He looks obscene, but his wife Helen is one of the most beautiful women in Budapest. Helen is not only almost two heads taller than him, but also a Christian (at that time, European Christians rarely married Jews).

After "Melancholy Sunday" became famous, many famous musicians, artists and celebrities visited him (or visited hotels after his death), which made his visitor records look like "Who's Who in the 20th century", including artur rubinstein, Judy Menuhin and arturo toscanini. Luchino visconti, Spencer Tracy, Wallace Beery, Sonia Henny, Nikita Khrushchev, john steinbeck, Prince of Wales, louis armstrong, ray charles, Farah Diba, King reza pahlavi, Paul Robeson, Cyrus Eaton, U Thant, Benjamin Geely, Conrad Waite, George Kuker, etc. Every time he is told that a big shot in music is coming to see him, he becomes very nervous. He often spends days hiding at the end of the hotel kitchen, practicing music on a big chopping block with piano keys painted on it.

He actually leads a double life in a strange way. He plays the piano for a living, but he plays it badly. He is famous all over the world for writing Melancholy Sunday, but he has never left Budapest in his life (except being put in a concentration camp). He was poor all his life, but after his death, he accumulated millions of dollars in new york Owen Trust Bank (he could not withdraw it before his death, and others paid him royalties). From 1947 to 1950, he visited the Kispipa hotel while conducting a series of concerts and operas in Budapest. And left this sentence in his visitor record book: "He is not a musician-he is just a genius", which means he is not a musician, he is just a genius.

1969 On a cold winter day, he committed suicide by jumping off a building in his seventies. As for the reason for his suicide, one theory is that he felt that he could never make such a good song as "Melancholy Friday", so he chose to die in a long despair; Another way of saying it is that his music killed many people, and he felt sorry when he recalled his old age, especially the death of his girlfriend, which greatly stimulated him.