The short story about musicians is urgent.

Schubert (1707- 1828) is one of the great musicians in the history of music, an Austrian. He lived in poverty all his life and died at the age of thirty-one. However, the value of music wealth left to future generations is immeasurable. There are more than 600 art songs alone. Nearly 200 years after his death, people all over the world are still singing his songs, such as Devil, Trout, Bodhi Tree, Serenade, Wild Rose and Lullaby. His songs are vivid, beautiful, lyrical and sincere, which has developed the expressive power of his songs to a new height. In the history of European music, he was honored as the king of songs.

However, this talented musician often lives on an empty stomach. One day, he was wandering in the streets of Vienna. It's getting late and hungry, but there is no money in his pocket. What about dinner? He can't think of a clue. He instinctively walked into a restaurant and sat down, but he didn't get any money. Why would he order? Maybe you will meet friends and acquaintances and then come in. Why don't you help? But looking around, I have never seen a familiar face. When he was disappointed, a poem from a newspaper on the dining table jumped into his eyes. The composer's intuition immediately turned his thoughts to the artistic conception of poetry. He was full of imagination and music, and immediately compiled it into a song and wrote it.

He showed the song to his boss. The boss realized Schubert's meaning from his clothes and face, so he made beef from a potato and changed a song. Many years later, the manuscript of this song was sent to Paris for auction, starting at 40 thousand francs!

This song is a "lullaby" published in the "Famous Foreign Songs" column of this website. Since birth, how many mothers in the world should sit at the cradle and hum? Its soothing, cordial and affectionate melody gently urges the baby to sleep, making the child embrace the warmth of maternal love and dream like an angel. From the perspective of infant psychology, babies who grow up in this atmosphere will be healthier, smarter and cuter. So the value of this song should be priceless, more than 40 thousand francs?

"This pigeon is shared by everyone!"

Although "Dove" was born in19th century, it is still regarded as a folk song and is widely sung all over the world. It was created in Cuba by the Spanish folk composer Latier. Because it is so well written, people in several countries are scrambling to describe it as their own folk songs and are proud of it.

Some people in Cuba say: This song was born in our country and is based on the rhythm of Havana folk dance music. Our folk songs, of course. Listen, the first sentence in the song clearly sings: "When I leave my lovely hometown of Havana ...".

As the author is Spanish, Latier compatriots naturally describe it as a folk song of their own country.

But many people in Mexico are unconvinced. They said that after this song was written, it was premiered by China singers when our royal family celebrated the birthday of the emperor and queen. We made it popular, didn't we?

Some people in Argentina don't admit defeat, because the tune of this song uses dotted notes and syncopation in many places, much like the tango music on the outskirts of their capital. Since the music material of the song comes from Argentina, Argentina is of course its hometown.

People in these countries have certain reasons. Its motivation is also worthy of recognition, because everyone is not fighting for money and land, but for the glory of beautiful songs; With this kind of "struggle", beautiful music works will spread more easily. However, I think it's better not to call again (playing too much will hurt your feelings! )。 Since this song became popular all over the world, everyone has contributed to spreading it. It is better to say, "This pigeon is shared by everyone!" "

She danced with a dagger and drew it from all directions.

At the beginning of the third volume of 300 Tang Poems, a seven-character ancient poem by Du Fu entitled "Observing Gong Sundaniang's Disciples' Jianfa" comes into view. The poem wrote:

That gongsun is so beautiful. Years ago, he danced with swords and flaunted everywhere. "。 The audience is like a mountain lost between them, and the world moves back and forth with her movements. As bright as a lead bullet, it sets in nine days, just like a group of emperors. She began to be like a thunderbolt, venting its anger and ending the shining calm like rivers and seas. ..... "(Note: The word" can't be entered "is replaced by" Ma "on the left and" Shen "on the right. Refers to the ancient horses riding on both sides of the car. )。

This is an earth-shattering, weeping scene recalled by the poet while watching the outstanding dancer Gong Sundaniang jump fencing. Once upon a time, there was a beautiful woman named Gongsun who danced a sword dance in the square, which shocked all directions. The audience was crowded with people, and the world changed color with the ups and downs of her sword dance. She danced the sword, and suddenly it was silver and the shadow of the sword was shining; She jumped to her feet and the tip of her sword pierced the sky, just like Hou Yi shot down nine suns. Her flying legs are rolling, just like an imperial fairy flying in the clouds with a dragonfly horse; When it is swift and violent, it is thunderous. When it is closed, the world becomes silent. After the dance, the sword is closed, and the blade is like a calm river and lake, condensing the clear light.

Zhao in Tang Dynasty and Han Dynasty were both famous female dancers in ancient China. The former is in the folk, and the latter is in the court. One is like a dragon flying and the other is like a swallow, which is a double gem in the dance world. Gong Sundaniang's majestic military uniform is in sharp contrast with the dance style of his contemporaries. It is said that Zhang Xu, a famous cursive script writer in history, realized the truth of calligraphy after watching Gong Sundaniang's dance at that time, and cursive script entered a higher realm. This matter became a beautiful talk at that time and was widely circulated.

"Dream" urges crocodiles to cry

Germany is the hometown of Beethoven, the greatest musician in the history of music. Many great musicians have been born and left a lot of precious cultural wealth to mankind. Unfortunately, during the Second World War, a handful of killers, led by Hitler, appeared. Their crimes are still fresh in my mind. At the mention of them, the German people and the people of the world gnash their teeth.

Among the few executioners, there was a man named Mellac, who was the commander of Ovisin concentration camp at that time. This man is cruel by nature and does all kinds of evil. He killed countless innocent prisoners in cold blood. It is said that his main task in Nazi was to study and experiment with poison gas to kill prisoners. For example, there is a method of killing people: forcing many female prisoners to take off their clothes, putting them in gas chambers, and then injecting salt into the rooms through catheters. Perhaps the chemical reaction between salt and some chemicals in the room produced toxic gas. All the female prisoners were killed after struggling in the poison gas.

However, while poisoning women, this crocodile allowed the women's symphony orchestra in Ovisin concentration camp to exist and often listened to their performances. German musician Schumann shed tears when the band played Dream.

Why does this crocodile cry when listening to a dream? I am afraid that psychologists who are familiar with the historical facts at that time can also draw scientific conclusions. The author thinks that the biggest possibility is that Mellac deliberately showed the prisoner with tears that he was also a cultured and emotional person, in an attempt to cover up his ruthlessness and cruelty. This is a deceptive trick. It is also possible that the power of "dream" temporarily restored his humanity while listening to music (humanity is complex, not as simple as either/or), and he really shed tears because of his true feelings. But whatever the reason, it is a masterpiece with rich emotional connotation. Schumann's Dream was originally published in the form of piano music, and was later adapted for cello solo, cappella, orchestral music and so on. People never tire of listening to it. It is indeed a world-famous musical treasure.

Music doctor and music killer

Music therapy experts are "happy" when patients are sick. Choosing certain music works to enjoy according to patients' illness can play an auxiliary role in the treatment of some psychosomatic diseases. This is news that can be seen in the newspaper from time to time. This shows that excellent music works can also be used as doctors to save lives under certain circumstances. It is said that Nietzsche, a philosopher, was once ill and accidentally listened to Bizet's opera Carmen, but he was cured. In a letter to a friend, he said, "I have been ill recently. After listening to Carmen of Bizet last night, I recovered from my illness. I thank this music. " There is a fragment of Carmen in "Famous Foreign Songs". Many examples prove that music not only has a pleasant effect, but also has a certain therapeutic effect. Music is sometimes a doctor.

So, the concert will not endanger health, or even become a killer? If a certain kind of music exceeds a certain intensity, especially the noise, it is definitely harmful to health. The intensity of sound is expressed in decibels. Scientific conclusion points out: when the intensity reaches 130 dB, the ear hurts; It reaches 150 decibels, which is unbearable; At 190 decibels, even the rivets on the machine will be shaken off, not to mention people. A country once did an experiment to study people's tolerance for supersonic jet noise. When the plane flew over people's heads at 10- 12 meters, all the participants were spared. A few years ago, the newspaper introduced a special case, and a piece of music became a killer in history, which was even more creepy.

1932, French composer Lance Charles composed a piece of music called Black Sunday. It is said that more than one hundred people died after listening to this piece of music. It is an invisible killer and is called "the invitation of the devil". The first person invited by the devil is a Hungarian youth who is drinking in a bar in Budapest. After listening to the music played by the band, he could no longer control his extremely sad mood, so he shot at his temple to relieve his pain. An American girl borrowed this music record out of curiosity, and finally committed suicide in her own house because she couldn't stand the pain it caused. 1945, western countries banned the performance of this song, destroyed its records and music scores, and drove away the devil.

Hens also know music?

The world is full of miracles. A few years ago, a Korean newspaper reported a case in which villagers let chickens lay more eggs while listening to music.

In Yueshan Village, Hongcheng Town, Hongcheng County, there is a professional chicken farmer named Zhang Dongyuan. Like many other families in the village, he raises chickens for a living. One day, Zhang's son read a report in the newspaper that foreign cows were allowed to listen to music to improve their production, and told Zhang. Inspired by this, Zhang installed a horn in the chicken farm and played classical music to the chickens all day. At first, he did it with the mentality of trying. Unexpectedly, three months later, he achieved good results. The laying rate of hens has increased from the highest 73% in the past to 80%, and the eggs laid are bigger than before. As soon as the news spread, other families in the village followed his example, and every henhouse played music, which increased the egg production.

Is the increase of hen's egg production a direct result of music or is it caused by other unknown factors derived from playing music? Do hens really understand music? I dare not comment. However, let the music around the henhouse float, and let the chicken farmers relax their nervous nerves in the busy and broken work. As long as the expenses are not big, why not?

A sad song saved his life.

There are many famous sentences in China's ancient poems. Two of them are often used to describe poems, songs or words with extreme sadness: "However, ask her for this song, and in the first few words, I hope you will cry." It comes from an ancient music story in China.

During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, there was a Cangzhou singer named He Manzi, who was outstanding in beauty and art. For some reason, she was sentenced to death by the government. The death penalty was executed in the capital Chang 'an. Before the execution, the executioner asked her what she wanted last. The singer said that what she wanted to do most was to sing a song before she died. The prison guard thought that the prisoner was a fragile woman and asked her to sing a song without any accident, so she agreed. He Manzi, who was dying, was not afraid of death, but extremely indignant. Singing, like a spring gushing from a crack in the rock, accuses the world of injustice, pours out one's own grievances, breaks one's heart and intestines, touches the audience in the dark world, and some tears can't help but wash down. Song, just as the executioner raised his butcher's knife and lowered his head, suddenly there came a hurried voice: "Wait a minute! The imperial edict is coming! " . It turned out that when the singer narrated the beginning of the elegy, one person in the palace saw that He Manzi was superior in color and art, and thought it was a pity to kill him, so he rode a horse and raised a whip to tell the then emperor Li Longji. Li is the emperor who likes singing and dancing most in the history of our country. He is very talented in music. He is good at composing, playing and choreographing. He personally founded a large-scale court music and dance institution-"Liyuan". Of course, he didn't want to kill a talent like He Manzi, so he immediately pardoned her for capital punishment. He Manzi didn't expect a sad song to save his life.

Soon, someone sorted out the songs on He Manzi's execution ground and named them "He Manzi". Since then, "He Manzi" has become synonymous with elegy. The poet Bai Juyi wrote a poem: "Man Zi is the name of a person in the world, and the song began when he was sentenced." A song with four words and eight stacks is heartbroken from the beginning. Zhang Hu, a contemporary poet, also wrote a poem called He Manzi: "Thousands of miles away, a maid-in-waiting lived here for 20 years, but asked her for this song. In the first few words, I hope you will cry." . "Legend has it that after reading this poem, prostitutes in brothels lamented themselves and He Manzi's" We are both unhappy-forever "and cried earth-shattering, and immediately put it into a very popular song.

As light as a swallow, Zhao

Song of the Han Palace, a quatrain in the Tang Dynasty, sang: "Before the curtain of jade frost and flowing water, Zhao Jiafei waited on Zhao Yang, dancing in the palm of her hand and stopping the flute, and the autumn night in the thirty-sixth palace was long." In the poem, Zhao, who served the emperor in Zhaoyang Palace, played a beautiful melody with his flute and danced with the music on the autumn night when the bright moon was in the sky. Later generations learned from this poem that there was a woman named Zhao in the history of our country, who could actually dance on the palm of someone else's hand. This is a miracle among miracles.

Zhao, a native of Han Dynasty, was born in a musical family. My sister and I are twins. They are smart and beautiful. My sister sings very well, but she dances very well. After the death of their father, their financial resources were cut off, and the two sisters were forced to live on the streets of Chang 'an and make a living by playing straw sandals. By chance, Emperor Han Chengdi found her and called her two sisters into the palace. Soon, the former queen was abolished and Zhao Yanfei was established, so she became the apple of the emperor's eye and was loved by Zhaoyang Palace.

Zhao has a slim figure, light posture and light steps. Perhaps because of her rare figure and extraordinary "internal strength" gained through hard work, it is said that she can dance on the palm of her hand. Eunuch hands folded, stretched forward, palms up. Zhao Yanfei stood on the palm of his hand, making various dance movements on a small area, waving his sleeves like a swallow. Emperor Han Chengdi made a crystal plate specially for her, and let the two maids put it on the plate. Zhao ups and downs on the mattress, waist gently, rotating, flying, like a fairy dancing in the wind in the sky of Wan Li.

"Once every emperor is a courtier." After the death of Emperor Han Cheng, when the throne was passed to Emperor Han Ping, officials in the DPRK denounced her for having no royal descendants and demoted her to a civilian. An extraordinary dancer was finally forced to commit suicide and died tragically.

Say goodbye to the sound of music

Auld Lang Syne is a world-famous and widely circulated song. It used to be an ancient Scottish folk song, often sung at parting. The local people have a tradition: before leaving, they sang this song hand in hand in circles, praising precious friendship and expressing their feelings of parting. Some schools in the old society of China also imitated this tradition in the farewell ceremony for students' graduation. At the end of the ceremony, the students sang in unison and waved goodbye to their alma mater in the lingering sound. Because it is often associated with parting, its titles are translated into "elegance" and "can you forget your old friends?" Moreover, because it was used as the theme song by the famous American movie "Soul Broken South Bridge", some people took the name of this movie as its song title.

Broken South Bridge describes the tragic love story of British officer Chloe and ballerina Mara. One of the plots is very poetic: during the war years, young officers are about to bid farewell to their loved ones and go to the front. In the evening, they went to a hotel and talked to each other, but they couldn't enjoy a thousand words. But it was late at night, and the hotel band had to play the last song Auld Lang Syne. The slow and affectionate melody urges lovers to leave their sadness. Every time musicians finish playing their own phrases, they will blow out the candles on the music stand and leave their seats gently. Finally, only the lonely sound of the violin was left, and then the last candle on the music stand disappeared, so they had to say goodbye in the sad and cold voice.

Love songs became the "second national anthem"

My Sun was originally a love song written by an Italian composer. Because it is beautiful, well-known and very popular in Italy, people think it is a folk song. After World War I, fascist leader Mussolini ascended the throne and ruled with iron and blood. The Italian people are suffering, and people in other countries hate him.

One year, the World Olympic Games was held in Finland. According to the regulations, national sports teams must play the national anthem when they enter the stadium. Out of disgust with Mussolini's government, when Italian athletes entered the stadium, the band deliberately played My Sun instead of the national anthem on the pretext that the embassy did not send the national anthem score in advance. When loud music sounded in the square, the people present were surprised at first, and then they couldn't help singing along with the music: "Ah, my sun, that's you!" " That's you! ",expressed his hatred for Mussolini and sympathy and support for the Italian people. Since then, this love song has spread more widely. When people mention Italian songs, they will naturally think of this song; And when its voice echoes in people's ears, it will naturally think of Italy. My sun has actually become the symbol of Italy and the "second national anthem".

The mouse listens to the piano

Recently Sohu > Music >; The piano edition of Western Classical Music published a story about a mouse listening to the piano. With the consent of the host, the original text is reproduced as follows:

"There are two girls practicing the piano in the basement of a unit in Nanchang, Jiangxi. I don't know when a little mouse climbed onto the piano bench and' listened to the piano' without moving.

In this converted piano room in the basement, soothing melodious music slowly rises and falls in the huge room. The little mouse lay motionless beside the piano, with only two small ears pricked up and eyes wide open, as if fascinated. Miss Wang said that they came here to practice around 10 in the morning. At that time, one of them was playing the piano and the other was reading a book. The lady reading the book said,' At first, the little mouse stood by the platform, then it listened, and then it swaggered to the piano to continue listening. More than an hour passed, and it still didn't mean to leave. When the author photographed the mouse, Master Wang reached out and touched it. As soon as the hand touched it, it jumped forward, but it didn't go far. "

This is a realistic story. There is a similar ancient legend in music that is even more magical than this:

1284, a small town in Germany called Hamern was infested with rats, which made local residents nervous. Just as everyone was worried about this, a young man in a flowered coat and playing a bamboo flute came to town, claiming that he had a way to eliminate rats. So the residents asked him to kill rats.

I saw the young man pick up the flute and play a strange tune. After a while, the mouse rushed to the flute. Seeing that the mouse was fascinated by his flute, the young man blew the flute, walked into a small river on the edge of town and waded to the other side. The mice couldn't resist the temptation of the flute and jumped into the river in droves and drowned. The young man easily wiped out a serious rat plague with his flute.

Yang Guifei and "Part of the Invisible World"

Yang Guifei was the favorite concubine in the Tang Dynasty, and Li's "thousands of favorites" were concentrated on her. During the Kaiyuan period, the poet Li Bai worked in the palace. One day, the peony in the palace was in full bloom. The emperor made a masterpiece, and even enjoyed the peony by candlelight in the middle of the night, asking Yang Guifei to accompany the wine and letting Li Bai recite poems. Li Bai's "Hundred Poems of Fighting for Wine" was full of poetry when he was drunk and smoked, and he improvised three songs. The tune used is "Qingpingdiao", a big song of the Tang Dynasty at that time. At the beginning of Anshi Rebellion, the officers and men were defeated. The officers and men blamed the disaster on Yang Guifei, who was forced to hang herself. Li Longji was shocked by this. Legend has it that Yang Guifei lived in Penglai fairyland after her death and spent a miserable life in the illusory fairy cave. Later, Bai Juyi wrote the love story of Yang and Li into a famous narrative poem "Song of Eternal Sorrow". Almost everyone who has read this poem remembers the last two sentences: "the earth will last forever, and the sky will last forever;" One day, both will end, and this endless sorrow will last forever. "

From 65438 to 0932, famous musicians in modern China created the first cantata Song of Eternal Sorrow in China (composed by Wei). The eighth movement, entitled "Part of the Intangible World", is particularly moving, and the musical theme used is the ancient song "Qingpingdiao". The simple and thought-provoking melody expresses the sadness that Yang and Li fell in love with each other in the world of mortals and in the blue sea but could not get together.

Songs, beautiful melodies, memorable.

According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a Korean singer named Han E, who was famous all over the country. One year, South Korea suddenly launched a storm, floods burst its banks, huge waves soared into the sky, destroyed villages and houses, and people fled everywhere. Han E survived with the help of the villagers and went to Qi. I ran out of money on the way and had to make a living by singing. She sang all the way, and her voice was beautiful and moving, which was the peak. When she left, everyone still thought she was around, and the song was still hovering between the beams for a long time. Therefore, the idiom "reverberation around the beam for three days" comes from this.

When Han E came to Yong Men, Qi, it was already dark. Hunger and fatigue tortured her, so she went to the inn and prepared to stay. Who knows that as soon as I stepped into the store door, I was pushed out by the owner. At this time, Han E deeply felt the sufferings of fellow villagers and his humiliation in front of him, and turned his passion into the saddest song in the world. This song floated in all directions of Yong Men. For a while, the mountain wind stopped whistling, the rivers stopped flowing, pedestrians stopped walking, and the earth trembled with tears. As a result, after Han E left, men, women and children in Yong Men still sank into the sea of misery, unable to eat during the day and unable to sleep at night, every day. So people elected a young man as a representative, urged Ma Yangbian to catch up with Han E, and begged her to return to Yong Men. On the way, people greeted each other warmly. Han E felt the affection of the people as family members, turned grief into joy, and sang a joyful song, which immediately spread to thousands of households. So everyone's melancholy dissipated, and they sang and danced, turning Yong Men into a sea of joy.

Virgin pregnancy and "angel report"

A song called "Angel Inform" tells the following beautiful story.

There lived a kind and beautiful girl in Nazareth, Galilee. Her name is Mary, and she is the fiancee of Yue Se, a local carpenter. One day, God sent an angel to see Mary and said to her, "You are blessed by God, and you will be pregnant soon." Mary is pregnant. Yue Se has a kind heart. After learning that his fiancee was pregnant without sleeping with him, he did not humiliate her, but secretly prepared to divorce her. When God knew this, he sent an angel to his dream and said to him, "Please ask your wife to come here quickly, because she is pregnant with the Holy Spirit in heaven. You have to name the child Jesus. He will save the people from sin in the future. " Yue Se obeyed the will and immediately married Mary. Yue Se, a Jew, took her out of Nazareth soon after she got married and prepared to live in the Jewish city of Bethlehem. When they got there, the inn was full of people, so the couple had to live in the stable temporarily. Just then, Maria's delivery had arrived, and a baby, Jesus, was born in the stable. He was later called the savior and became a household name.

The mouse bit through the bellows to promote the birth of "Christmas Eve"

Silent Night is another hymn that has been widely circulated in the world for a long time. It was born because a mouse bit the bellows of the organ.

1818 65438+On the morning of February 24th, gruber walked into the church in the town of Auburn Tofu and sat on the piano stool, preparing to practice the hymn to be accompanied that night-Silent Night. However, as soon as the pedal was stepped on, there was no trace of piano sound in the organ, only a few squeaky air leaks were blown out. After careful examination by the priest, he found that the bellows had been bitten out of many holes by the hateful mouse. Gruber is anxious like a cat on hot bricks: In a few hours, the holy Christmas Eve will come, and what a disaster it will be without music at mass! Reverend Moore was calmer. He took a piece of yellow paper from his pocket and said, "This is a little poem I wrote. You should set it to music at once and then teach the children that there will be music tonight. " Gruber took the poem and read it again and again. The more he read, the more interesting he became. The inspiration came at once, and soon it became a song, and I immediately taught the children in the choir.

Christmas Eve came and the bells echoed in the town. In the candlelight, the children sang Silent Night, and gruber played the guitar to accompany them. The children's high-pitched, bright and pure singing, coupled with Moore's high notes and gruber's low notes, is particularly pleasant to listen to.

The next spring, a repairman who came to repair the bellows found the song very good and took it back to his village in the valley. People who are good at music in the village spread it to other places. Spread more and more, spread further and further. Famous people such as Austrian King, Russian Tsar, British Queen Victoria, French Charles Louis Napolé on Bonaparte and German poet Goethe have all heard this song. The song finally spread all over the world.

A friend who appreciates his talents very much

Liezi is one of China's famous masterpieces, which records a musical story. The original text is as follows:

Boya is good at playing drums, but Zhong Ziqi is good at listening. Boya Guqin, looking at the mountains in the distance, Zhong Ziqi said, "Well, I am like Mount Tai!" Determined to run water, Zhong Ziqi said, "Good, like a river!" Zhong Ziqi will understand what Boya said.

Boya swam in the shadow of Mount Tai. When he died in the rainstorm, he stopped at the bottom of the rock and felt sad, so he played the drums with the help of the piano. At the beginning, it was the "Lin Yu" exercise, which made the voice of "mountain collapse" even louder. Every time a song is played, Zhong Ziqi needs to be poor for its benefit. Boya gave up the piano and sighed, "OK, OK, my son listens to her husband! Imagination is still my heart. Where can I escape? "

The main idea of the story is: he is good at playing the piano, and Zhong is good at understanding and appreciating music. Playing music representing mountains, Zhong said, "Great! Your mind is like the towering Mount Tai! " Boya played the song "Running Water", and Zhong Ziqi said, "Great! Your mind is like a rushing river! "No matter what Boya plays, Zhong Ziqi can hear the thoughts and feelings in his music.

One day, Boya and Zhong Ziqi were playing in the south of Mount Tai. Suddenly they were caught in a storm, so they took shelter under the rocks. At this time, Boya felt sad and picked up the piano to play. At first, I played a piece called Lin Yu. Later, I became more emotionally involved and played a song called "Mountain Collapse". As soon as the music started, Zhong Ziqi immediately said the meaning of music. Boya then let go of Qin and said, "It's smart of you to listen to music, and you said everything I wanted to say in my heart."