musicians of old

Chapter 244 Scriabin's "Apocalypse" (4K [-]-in-[-])

"It has something to do with Scriabin?"

If it were any other musician, Fan Ning would not find anything strange, even if he is now, he can't think of anything, but if it is Scriabin.
His dry eyes were fixed on the WeChat chat interface.

When Fan Chenxun came into contact with the demand for this overseas order, Fan Ning’s last spring semester had already started. As the spring recruitment season, Fan Ning’s return to school was very synchronized, so he was no longer at home at that time. The employer’s understanding of this order , I knew it from a few words on the phone.

When Fan Ning heard that this person claimed to be a descendant of Scriabin, and what kind of artistic ideas he was practicing, and what kind of commemorative activities, he just felt that this fanatic of the fighting nation was rich and self-willed, and his level of entertainment was really hard to come by.

But now, Fan Ning has added the mystic cognitive variables of this life to the knowledge reserve of his previous life.

When the dusty memory in his mind was excavated and examined again, he felt that there was really something wrong with this matter!
Scriabin (1871-1915): Russian composer, pianist, and mystic. He has a very special position in the history of Western music and among classical music fans.

On the one hand, his character has at least reached the height of the "new moon" in his previous life. Not only is it a must-memory test point for music majors, but his works also have a wide range of exercises: concerts, master classes, course assignments, case studies, music thesis .The frequency of occurrence is very high.

But on the other hand, the appreciation and discussion of his works-referring to the degree of thoroughness, comprehensiveness and fanaticism-has always been limited to a small circle.

Music fans or professionals who really have the taste, love Scriabin's works so much that they can hear a spiritual orgasm, or call "God" in their hearts while playing.

Most of the people who don't have the taste are practicing the homework assigned by the teacher like a tool man to deal with the concert or exam. They can only accept his works in the early stage. As for the works that have undergone drastic changes in style after that, It is often prohibitive.

Fanning thought that in his previous life, he should not be counted as a fanatical supporter of Scriabin in that "small circle".

But as an extreme audiophile, as long as it belongs to the category of serious music, he listens to everything, not to mention Scriabin, even modern or contemporary avant-garde composers still cover a wide range. His understanding of Scriabin’s life and works The degree is no lower than that of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and other musicians.

So this does not prevent him from carefully digging through Scriabin's works and life in the current hotel to find the connection point with Fan Chenxun's suspicious overseas order.

What kind of musician is Scriabin?
This question is really difficult to answer.

This musician had a rough life experience. Although he was born in an aristocratic family in Moscow, his mother died of tuberculosis when he was one year old, and his father went to Turkey on business, leaving Scriabin, who was still in his infancy, with him. Grandmother and grandfather's aunt, in her childhood cognition, this is almost the same as an orphan.

He later entered the Moscow Conservatory of Music to study, and he admired Chopin enthusiastically in his early years. His works can be seen everywhere in genres such as nocturnes, mazurkas, preludes, and etudes. He is committed to integrating Chopin's artistic temperament into the Russian music tradition. His works have broad melodies, colorful harmonies, full of emotional drama and optimistic and resolute heroism.

If you stop here, Scriabin should be regarded as a romantic genius musician. If you follow the normal process, he will become a Russian romantic music master without accident.

However, he later came into contact with some philosophical theories such as Schopenhauer's "voluntarism", Nietzsche's "superhuman philosophy", Wagner's "super-morality", and began to agree with his radical viewpoint of dividing music and sister arts into will and appearance , the germination of exploring the way of "art fusion" appeared in thought.

Then he came into contact with Blavatsky's Theosophical works, Solovyov's religious philosophy and knowledge of Eastern mysticism, and fell into them fanatically. In theory of salvation, the real need of human beings should be to abandon materialism and embrace soul and gnosis, and the way to achieve all this must require insight into the truth from the mystery of the heights of the art world.

Romanticism, no doubt, had little to do with him now.

He became a complete mystic.

In 1898, when Scriabin was 27 years old, his creative style changed, and the "F-sharp Minor Third Piano Sonata" (Op. Many fragments are clearly beyond the scope of Romantic vocabulary, with obscure harmonies, grotesque outlines and eerie sounds.

With the in-depth study of mysticism, Scriabin's personality gradually changed, he suffered from depression, and developed some weird living habits: obsessive handwashing, touching banknotes with gloves, spending money in the dressing room The energy is as long as that of women, carefully check the wrinkles and hair loss every day, narcissistic personality, hypochondria and extremes are getting worse.
He began to give his works titles with strong mysticism, and marked some confusing and obscure instructions, which made professional performers or conductors feel confused.

After Fan Ning has a lot of reading experience of hidden knowledge literature, it is very intriguing to examine the creative career of this musician in his previous life——

Symphony No. 43 "Poetry of Divinity" (Op. [-]) has a long and obscure introduction, and then the first movement is prompted as "Struggle, Mystery, Tragedy", the second movement is "Intoxication", and the third movement is "Sacred Game", he bluntly stated in his creation that "the spirit has wings", and he has "get rid of the shackles, be liberated, and climb to a higher place".

Symphony No. 54 "Poetry of Ecstasy" (Op.[-]), he made "luminous and flashing crescendo" performance prompts from time to time in the score, thinking that it "expresses the pleasure of the flesh, the dance of the divine, the creation will”, and sighed, “This is the first time I have discovered the glow in music, and the first time I have experienced the intoxication, struggle and suffocation in the climax.”

Symphony No. 60, "Prometheus: Poem of Fire" (Op. [-]), which he considered to include "piano, chorus and color background", requested for its Moscow premiere "with a A device that projects light and shadow on the stage" to express "the mystery of color" along with the music situation.

"The Seventh Piano Sonata" (Op.64), named "White Mass" by him, requires the expression terms of the performers to be "noble and fragrant", and frankly says that "every note of it comes from a mysterious height, Pure as a virgin. Please listen to this quiet joy."

"Eighth Piano Sonata" (Op. 66), he instructed "no counterpoint like Bach, all counterpoint sounds are harmony, they are full of mystery, they are in harmony with each other."

"Ninth Piano Sonata" (Op.68), named "Black Mass" by him, is different from the sensory blessing of "White Mass". This work is full of eerie sounds and uneasy emotions. It implies that the "White Mass" can get rid of pollution, and the audience can use the "Black Mass" to infer a secret ritual that "calls the devil back to the purgatory on earth".

And when he described the "Tenth Piano Sonata" (Op.70), he was completely incomprehensible: "My tenth sonata is an insect sonata, so there is no harsh sound here. Insects are kisses of the sun. Oh, When you look at the world in this light, how harmonious and unified the universe is"

This kind of neurotic person is obviously easy to get along badly.

Especially in a place like the art circle that pays attention to "decency".

As Scriabin indulged in mysticism, his body gradually weakened, his thoughts became extreme, his behavior gradually became weird, and his actions became shocking and shocking. For a public figure, this undoubtedly easily became the focus of controversy.

But Scriabin didn't care at all, he had already lived completely in his own spiritual world.

The study of mysticism is very fascinating, but the number of followers is decreasing, and the economic situation is becoming more and more difficult.

The turning point came soon, and one day, he received a sponsorship from a successful person.

The well-to-do Russian-American conductor and double bassist Koussevitzky, intrigued by his talk of eccentricity and the mystical tendencies embodied in his music, commissioned him to "conduct an exhaustive discussion on the secrets of heights."

Of course, in the form of creating a work.

The conditions are very generous, not only to help him publish all other works in the future, but also to provide him with an additional 5000 rubles a year.

An enthusiastic and productive conversation.

Scriabin excitedly revealed to the patron that he had actually been conceiving a "massive multidimensional work of art" "Apocalypse" since 1903.

This work can also be translated as "The Great Mystery", "Mysterious Matter" or "The Mystery of the End". Scriabin declared that it implements his "whole art" thought and is the terminator of works of art, which will synthesize all Human body senses, including but not limited to sound, sight, smell, touch. It will integrate all art forms, including but not limited to bands, pianos, vocals, dances, scenery, paintings, fragrances, sculptures, installations, performances Art.
In his vision, "The Secret Realm of Apocalypse" will be performed on the Himalayas in South Asia and India for ten days and ten nights. When the work reaches its climax, he believes that "the curtain at the highest place will collapse, and all the art in the past will be sacrificed. I will have no life, I will have no death, I will lead mankind to suffocate in the joy of "Apocalypse", and then the concept of 'end of the world' will no longer exist."

Scriabin spent a lot of time thinking about the details of the premiere of "The Secret of the Apocalypse", and composing music is only a part of it. He is still considering the performance venue and the coordination of elements other than music.He began to study Sanskrit dictionaries, studied maps of South Asia, and repeatedly selected various styles of sun hats in preparation for a trip to India.

This plan naturally failed, because in 1915, he died in an absurd way-according to news reports, he contracted sepsis after his lips were cut, so "The Secret of the Apocalypse" disappeared in his mind.

The battery of the mobile phone was 80%. After combing for a long time, Fan Ning turned it off, and the guest room was plunged into darkness.

This is not a secret information on Blue Star at all.

If it counts, Fanning will not know.

In fact, Scriabin is at least remembered as "New Moon", and he can find a lot of information on any search engine in his previous life.

When Fanning on the blue star read his life, like everyone else, it was purely with a mentality of knowing "artist anecdotes" or "rich novelty talks".

But when he is also a mystic.
"It can't be true, can it?"

Fan Ning couldn't help but guess now that the mysticism phenomenon in the old industrial world wouldn't be able to take effect in the previous life. It's just that he, as an ignorant person, couldn't get in touch with that group, right?
Theoretically speaking, the matter of "Apocalypse Secret Realm" cannot be falsified, because Scriabin died halfway.

"So the patron who claimed to be a descendant of Scriabin, what exactly did he do by recruiting this group of people? Did he really go to the Himalayas to organize commemorative activities and practice Scriabin's artistic ideas?"

If it was true, then what happened to Fan Chenxun afterwards?Could it be that "The Secret of the Apocalypse" was staged 100 years after Scriabin's death?

Unable to know.

The question about Scriabin and "The Secret of the Apocalypse" can only be left for a paragraph.

And now the situation of oneself
Based on the insinuation of the chat records, Fanning made a very simple and natural assumption without considering "how it happened".

Fan Chenxun on Blue Star is Vincent Fan Ning here, and he is himself.

Only in this way can we explain "Moon Night Over the Dnieper River" in the art museum and some doubts about the fragments of the audio sequence.

So what those words mean.
"Don't lose your old phone, give it to me then."

This sentence is easy to understand, literally, Fan Chenxun or Vincent seem to need the mobile phone they are holding now, but they don’t know whether he is dead or alive after disappearing nearly four years ago, and how to give it to him.

Stay vigilant to prevent loss or seizure, just observe the follow-up situation.

"Are you ready for the reception?"

It's not difficult to understand, let's just think it's an early warning of the crossing event, or an anchor point that is conducive to further confirming each other's information after crossing.

In this way, in this strange and chaotic world, there is another close person who is supporting him invisibly, and Fan Ning feels a little at ease.

"So it doesn't matter where it is, but don't be destroyed."

Fanning was a little uncertain about this.

There are three most important things for me now. If it refers to mobile phones, it is partly contradictory to the first article. If it refers to "old days"?Or art gallery keys?Why is it "it doesn't matter where it is", is it not important to be robbed by others?Also unreasonable.

"Watch out for the snake!!"

Still not sure, is it something that has not been touched, or...
The symbol of the Lord of Witness, the "Boa of the Word of Truth"?

I am naturally very careful, which Lord of Witnesses dares to treat it carelessly?Not to mention this extremely ancient and terrifying existence.

wrong
wrong!

What's up with that Vassius top hat! ?

Fan Ning suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

After the cold sweat, he once again felt a sense of extreme helplessness and terror.

The scariest thing about this weird world isn't the living threats or the sinister machinations of your opponents.

But an incomprehensible contradiction!
If beware of the snake means beware of the "boa of mantras", then the top hat with its symbol is an extremely dangerous thing.

I should stay far away from it, and never touch it again, let alone wear it on the top of my head several times in a row to carry out actions.

But if I don't use it to act, I will fall into a great passivity in the face of the special inspection hall, and the most important thing is that without it, I can't sneak into the seal room of the special inspection hall, and I can't get the phone at all. Can't see the chat history either!

If I followed the "Beware of the snake!!" prompt, wouldn't I get the "Beware of the snake!!" prompt?

Just now, the sense of peace of mind that "there is a response" evaporated instantly, and Fan Ning's legs were trembling slightly.

He suddenly realized that the information he got now was completely contradictory!He didn't know which side to believe!

Contradictions must be false!

"Could it be because I've been polluted by something so that even the pictures I see on my phone are fake??"

(End of this chapter)