musicians of old

Chapter 369 The Poem of Awakening in the First Movement (46): Who is Scheler! ? (two in one)

"Ding ding ding ding ding ding~~"

"I Breathe the Fragrance of the Bodhi Tree", in D major, the piano accompaniment begins with the dominant A weakening, bringing out a series of crystal clear upper tones.

The crisp and swaying wind chimes interrupted everyone's reverie, and the piano only used a few notes of seventh chords to make a simple connection, and then flicked out the second string of clear and pleasant sounds of nature.

"Ding ding ding ding ding ding~~"

Miss Nightingale's physical condition became active, her high-heeled shoes stood on tiptoe slightly, and her singing voice was as pure as if washed by spring water:

"I breathe a burst of fragrance..."

The first impression of this melody is so clear and sincere, like ice water pouring into the hearts of the listeners, and it is more beautiful than the nightingale song sent to the ears of the shepherds in the season when the rainforest is green and the berries are sweet.

But strictly speaking, the real accompaniment has not yet appeared.

The two ethereal ding-dong sounds of the piano are just a brief introduction. Master Lückert listens carefully to how the melody will develop and how the piano will interpret it with a scrutiny attitude.

At this moment, his mood is really complicated. There is no doubt that if this art song falls into the rut of those discussions, he will be disappointed and even angry, but he must treat the singer with a gentle and candid attitude—because , Even if I don't know how to express the artistic conception, how can I criticize others for showing it?
However, what everyone heard was not the accompaniment at all.

Not stanzas, broken or half broken chords, but, a melody.

Another one-note counterpoint melody!
In the slightly higher alto range, the piano played a series of clear and distant sextuplets without haste.

Its speed is very subtle, medium speed, fast one will be impetuous, slow one will be procrastinated; its strength is very restrained, strong one will be abrupt, weak one will be artificial, everything is just right.

The refreshing inspiration rushed to the face, and the audience felt that they really smelled the fragrance of the linden tree!
It came a little later than Miss Nightingale's singing, as if the young girl's exhalation was as blue as blue, and it penetrated into the audience's nostrils and into the souls of the audience at a slightly later moment!

"I breathed in a fragrance.

in the room,

A twig of the linden tree;
this is a gift
from my beloved;
The scent of the linden tree is so sweet!

The scent of the linden tree is so sweet! "

Ann's voice is tender, tender, and emotional.

The vocal melody is already like this, and the counterpoint melody of the piano is extremely transparent and quiet. Only the sparse bass in the left hand supports the skeleton of the harmony, implying that the quiet fragrance of the linden tree floats in the air and quietly sinks into the heart of the admirer.

Master Luckert was instantly moved.

Counterpoint, the "accompaniment" method of the piano is not an accompaniment, but a counterpoint with the same main role!

And it's not a counterpoint of the medieval style, but a beautiful melody mixed with romanticism and mysterious style!
For those two polyphonic melodies, the counterpoint relationship in music is naturally harmonious, but the imagery has always remained inseparable, just like the throbbing heartbeat in childhood: obviously all the attention is on the person you like, But even the slightest touch of the skin is reserved and shy.

The core creative inspiration of this poem of mine is to associate this green taste of love with the fragrance of the linden tree, and this polyphonic art song perfectly reproduces this artistic conception!
After many years of hard thinking and meditation, I have not achieved anything!

The master's hand holding the pen suddenly tightened.

However, it's not over yet.

In the second part of the song, the right hand of the piano added a third counterpoint melody in the high register!

It is like adding a natural narration to the lovely interaction and dialogue of the lovers. The fresh and sunny taste makes the artistic conception of the poetry and the music line more integrated, without the slightest affectation!
At this time, Miss Nightingale smiled softly, clasped her hands gently on her chest, and continued to sing in a yearning tone, expressing her heart to her sweetheart with green words:

"You speak so softly,

take a sniff,
It is also the fragrance of the Bodhi tree,

It is the scent of love! "

When the song disappeared in the extraordinary silence, the reaction of the tourists in the back row was completely different from that after Miss Cuckoo sang "The Queen's Aria". This time there was no overwhelming applause or cheers, but everyone There was no movement, those who stood up still stood in place, and those who sat still maintained their original postures.

Those fresh and throbbing fragrances still linger in the air for a long time.

Master Luckert finally spoke.

Throughout today's qualifying competition, he had very few low-pitched exchanges with the judges, and it was definitely the first time he took the initiative to speak to a singer——

"Who wrote this song?"

Ann didn't answer, because he immediately asked a second question without giving anyone a chance to answer.

This time the speaking speed was significantly faster:

"You had a second song, didn't you?"

"Yes, sir." Ann answered politely, holding up her skirt.

In the qualifying round, everyone prepared two songs, but Luckert cut half of them in order to catch up with the progress.

Naturally, he clearly remembered that Miss Nightingale was talking about the first song of "Lückert's Song" when she announced the curtain!
"Teacher, why are you not in a hurry?" Ku Ci looked at the girl in the white dress on the stage. Judging from the response, this Miss Nightingale was naturally selected. She clearly remembered that the teacher was on pins and needles before.

"Teacher, why is he in such a hurry?..." Another famous tenor singer felt that this tone was quite different from the teacher's usual style.

Prince Eleanor and the troubadour Senessino, who were on the left and right of Luckert, thought deeply.

One of these two is the person in charge of the opera house, Miss Cuckoo's elder brother, and the other is the person in charge of the Grand Concert Hall, Miss Cuckoo's teacher. It is inevitable that she will be promoted to the position of a famous singer this year. The royal family and the church background , plus her own talent, everything is in place.

There is no conflict in the selection for the time being. You can choose one or two, but the final award in the final is divided into genders!There is only one male and female famous singer, nominate three each!In this case, both of them are sopranos, and they are on the same track...

"What's the name of the second song? Can you sing it?" Master Luckert asked again.

It is human nature, this poet really wants to know whether the mentor behind has written such an art song, and which one is his own!His three famous singer students are also very curious about which one it is, because such works will definitely become their own repertoire in the future, such as the song "The Fragrance of the Bodhi Tree" just now.

However, Lückert's tone now has returned to the usual calmness that an elderly person should have, and he added:
"I have already said that this group of contestants will only sing one song, so whether to sing the second song is entirely up to you, and this will not affect my voting judgment."

"Very happy." An smiled lightly again, and crisply announced the title of the next song:

""If You Love Beauty"."

Teacher, how can he be so good!Ms. Nightingale is very happy now. It is only one aspect that everyone recognizes her singing voice. Another important reason is that she feels that her enjoyment state has risen, and she simply wants to sing another song from the bottom of her heart.

She asked Fan Ning that day, and the other party said that they did not specify the order of singing, so the five songs were determined by themselves.At this moment, she feels that her arrangement is very narrative and progressive, first moistening things silently, then "catching up with others", and finally moving towards summary and sublimation, and the second song "If You Love Beauty"... In her understanding, the meaning of poetry clearly belongs to the category of "taking people".

Hearing another poem of his own, Master Luckert nodded slightly in succession with a complex expression.

This work was created later, and it is also a love poem he wrote for his lover in his youth. It is a polyphonic poem with a classical and neat structure, but with unique and magnificent rhetorical techniques.

He really wanted to know how the creator would present it.

The piano descends in an earthy scale, leading to four-part harmonies that are tender and intimate.

"The writing method of 'Voice Polyphony'? It's true that the accompaniment of each piece is not out of the ordinary." These judges have so keen ears that they realized that this creative technique is not simple at the beginning.

Its counterpoint independence is stronger than traditional accompaniment, but weaker than contrasting or imitative polyphony: usually multiple layers are carried out around a main theme, sometimes separated, sometimes converged, and set off each other, thus forming a kind of human voice Acoustic effects contained in dense textures.

It sounds beautiful, but it should be noted that if the realm of harmony and melody writing is not perfect, this method is extremely easy to make the vocal and accompaniment irrelevant!But now—

Miss Nightingale lifted her breath and spoke again. This time, she no longer sang with restraint, but with bright eyes, opened her arms, and sang loudly with enthusiasm:
"If you love beauty, please don't love me!..."

As soon as the melody came out, before it was complete, everyone understood the magic of it. The piano gently embraced the singing voice, and the singing voice responded with deep love.
"Who wrote this?" The three famous singers, including Ms. Kuci, were puzzled. If there was only the amazing song just now, everyone's reaction would be amazed who could capture such an aura, but the first The level of the two songs is also very high...

Is it possible that there are still people who can play "Lückert's Anthology" stably twice?This is somewhat incomprehensible!

"If you love beauty, please don't love me!
To love the sun, the sun with golden hair. "

The word "Liebe (love)" in the poem is repeated in her singing, and with each piece of musical material, Fanning changes it slightly, pushing its emotion higher and higher in a series of negative words-

The second stanza of Miss Nightingale, transferred up a minor third:

"If you love youth, please don't love me!
To love the spring scenery, the same spring scenery every year. "

In the third paragraph of Miss Nightingale, the rhythm line is elongated:

"If you love wealth, please don't love me!
Go love the mermaid, it has countless pearls on it. "

And the dazzling emphasis in the high register of the last paragraph sublimates the theme of this poem, and all negations become affirmations at this moment, and every syllable of her is full of passionate yearning for love:

"If you love love, come and love me!
Love me forever, just like I will always love you! ! ! "

After reading the poetry, Fanning made a very interesting treatment here: he did not use the conventional sudden intensity at the emotional breaking point, but made the terminology of "crescendo and crescendo".

Even more dramatic is the next line, "Oja, mich liebe!" (Ah, you love me!), where he does the opposite, using a "decrease"!
"How did he know that when I wrote this sentence, I actually had a mentality of worrying about gains and losses!?"

Hearing Miss Nightingale's subtle "heart-wrenching" interpretation at the end, Master Luckert really couldn't sit still!
Everyone in the world believes that the protagonist who recites this poem must be a noble person who does not stick to material things and pursues spiritual love. He (she) must yearn for pure love and will pursue it with great confidence... …

Not quite right!In fact, facing the secular and material desires, the protagonist is not completely confident, and his (her) mentality is swayed by gains and losses!He (she) confessed so affectionately to his sweetheart, and racked his brains to make such a preparation, in fact, he (she) has exhausted his courage all his life, and he is also afraid of the result after that confession!

Why is the creator behind the poem so keenly aware of the real meaning behind the poem?
Why can this Miss Nightingale express herself so vividly? ? ?

"Who the hell wrote this!?"

The ending of the song is a continuous descending semitone, and before the cadence of the music dissipated for half a second, Master Luckert stood up all of a sudden!
Ann was taken aback by the New Moon Poet's reaction.

"Scheler..."

"My teacher, signed the invitation..."

All the judges looked at each other.

Who the hell is Scheler! ?
So, this musician who has never heard the name and signed the pink recommended band is her teacher?

Prince Eleanor's eyes flickered. Due to the competitive relationship between Miss Nightingale and Miss Cuckoo, he was going to use the power of the royal family and the church to investigate the background of Scheler.

"Did Scheler write a similar art song? Did you ask you to sing it during the final? Can you tell me what the name of the work is?"

Lückert directly asked three consecutive questions.

no way.

With such an unrivaled creative quality, no one can resist it.

The opponent played this psychological offensive, knowing that its purpose was to help his students get grades, but basically as long as they were individuals, they couldn't help it!Now the poet not only cares about whether his works have been re-created, but also can't help but repeatedly guess how many poems there are, which ones are specific, and how to write specific ones...

Facing this aged and prestigious master, Ann felt a little hesitation in her heart.

Fan Ning told her that "you can try not to inform in advance", saying that this may "maximize the expectations of the judges", and also said that there will be "other additions or changes on the spur of the moment"... Although it is not an official account, it is Say it casually, but An feels that she must listen to the teacher for everything she says.

"Sorry, Mr. Luckert, the teacher's plan has not been fully finalized." She saluted with apology.

"Where is your teacher Scheler now?" Luckert asked again.

"Ah..." Ann was taken aback for a moment, but the question was not worth answering. "He was at a concert, at Mr. Bruno Walter's..."

There was the creaking of tables and benches.

"I'm going to visit him now." Luckert got up and left the table.

Ah, this... The judges were stunned, the candidate singers were dumbfounded, and even the onlookers behind the auditorium on the stage were dumbfounded.

Halfway through the celebrity singer selection contest, the chief judge left right away?

Hell, there are more than a dozen contestants behind!Luckert took three steps and felt that something was wrong. The royal family and the church had a small face, but he couldn't break the promise of the things he promised to check.

"Miss Kuci, send Miss Nightingale back to the Grand Festival Concert Hall, and invite this Mr. Scheler to come to the open-air coffee table of the opera house tonight in my name!" He ordered his lover, "Yes Now, go to my lounge and give him a small blood jade fox lily ornament as a gift! These two art songs today are worth a thousand dollars!"

"Okay..." Ku Ci subconsciously agreed first, and then his tone was a little uncertain, "Now, now?"

Lückert waved his right hand one after another:

"Hurry up, you don't have anything to do with the evaluation here, if you don't go there, the show will end!"

　Five pieces of Mahler's "Songs of Luckert" have been added to the playlist. I deliberately put both the orchestral version and the piano version. They are not adaptations, but are the composer's own versions. Both have their own characteristics. You can listen to it, the Chinese comparison is synchronized in the track list related to the work~
　　
　
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