Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 433

The music and dance troupe of the Princess Mansion were convinced by Yu Xiaoxiao and Su Nuan, and their chariots and horses arrived at the entrance of the pipa store. Cheng Ji looked at the pipa hanging on the screen wall in amazement.

Such a unique gate is an excellent signboard. It seems that Master Su is not only a master of music, but also a genius in business.

The onlookers who followed a group of people to the Pipa Store also had the idea of ​​going in and sitting there when they saw such a unique gate.

Su Nuan bowed her hands to everyone and said:
"Our bank will open in about three days. Drinks will be free at that time, and all the neighbors are welcome to join us!"

The onlookers applauded one after another, saying that they would definitely come to join in on the opening day.

Jiang Gui directed the servants to move in the belongings of the music and dance troupe. After they were settled, the little yellow door cupped his hands and said to Su Nuan:

"Master Su, our family is going back to the Princess Mansion first. If there is any inconvenience, you can come to the Princess Mansion to look for our family at any time."

The Tang Dynasty attached great importance to Shilin style reviews, and a pipa master who was destined to be famous in Chang'an could determine the existence of Shihlin style reviews.

Not to mention an outstanding dancer like Yu Xiaoxiao, the combination of two swords can definitely dominate the entire Chang'an folk art world.

So Jiang Gui spoke with a lot of respect, and when the emperor returns to Chang'an in the future, maybe these two will also be guests of the Princess Mansion.

Su Nuan and Jiang Gui were polite, and stuffed another silver cake into Jiang Gui's arms.

Seeing the other party being so polite, Jiang Gui's words became more polite.

At this time, Cheng Ji was standing in the crowd, covering her face with her sleeves. She wanted to kill the other party's prestige, but she didn't expect to become a clown.

After entering the pipa shop, many dancers and musicians exclaimed that the accommodation conditions here are too good.

Pipa House was originally a place for pipa sales, training, performing arts brokerage and theater functions. Naturally, there are dormitories for female pipa learners.

Originally, these dormitories were very narrow and dark, and there were even Datong bunks where several people lived together.

Even if this music and dance troupe is from the Princess Mansion, their accommodation conditions when they were in the Princess Mansion were not very good.

This is something that can’t be helped, no matter how glamorous they are on the outside, these dancers and musicians are still “servants” who run cheap jobs, and naturally they are not qualified to live in a good house.

But at Su Nuan's strong request, these dormitories were converted into single-person suites.

Although the room is not big, but having your own bed, table, and a storage box can be regarded as having a private space.

The leaflet bedding in the room is made of cotton from Longyou, which is soft, comfortable and warm.

There are also oil lamps in the room, and these musicians and dancers are excited to see the living environment.

Cheng Ji touched the soft and comfortable quilt cover, and was even more amazed at Su Nuan and Yu Xiaoxiao's generosity.

She walked over in shame, and said to Su Nuan, "Master Su, it's the slave's class who got the ax."

Su Nuan helped Cheng Ji up and said, "Miss Cheng, you are serious. You will still be the lead dancer of the music and dance troupe in the future, but everyone should rehearse well."

Cheng Ji's heart warmed up, only to hear Su Nuan say again: "From now on, in the pipa practice, it is enough for everyone to be sisters, slave family, concubine body, these words should not be used anymore."

"We are self-sufficient, and we are not inferior to anyone else."

Su Nuan's words crossed Cheng Ji's heart. It turned out that she was ashamed of being a dancer, but hearing Su Nuan say this, it seemed that it was the same thing.

I sell my art but not my body, and I earn the money you want and I want, and there is nothing inferior in itself.

This was the first time someone treated her with such respect, and Cheng Ji's heart warmed, and she almost shed tears.

After setting up the music and dance troupe, Yu Xiaoxiao and Su Nuan gathered together to discuss the dance music to be rehearsed.

Yu Xiaoxiao said: "The emperor returns to Chang'an, it seems inappropriate to use the sword dance?"

Su Nuan also nodded and said: "This business fair will make people difficult, of course it is better to use palace music for this kind of occasion."

Yu Xiaoxiao scratched her hair and said: "Gong Yue, I have found a few court musicians and collected some court music scores in the past few days, but those palace music needs too many musicians. ?"

Su Nuan said: "We'd better confirm the music score first, if it doesn't work, we can adapt it. Let's confirm the music first."

Yu Xiaoxiao thought for a while and said: "There are only a few popular palace music in the Tang Dynasty, how about "Neon Clothes and Feather Clothes Song"?"

Su Nuan shook her head and said, "It's not good, it's said that this song was composed by Li Longji for Yang Yuhuan. I'm afraid the emperor doesn't like to watch this dance song."

Yu Xiaoxiao also said: "It seems to be the same. I watched those dancers perform before, and this neon dress and feather dress song is too colorful, and it is not suitable to perform on such a solemn occasion."

Yu Xiaoxiao said again: "How about "Qin Wang Breaking the Battle"!?"

Su Nuan also immediately echoed: "Okay! This is the music and dance made by Emperor Taizong. It was originally a military song of the Tang Dynasty. It should be a good performance when we return to Chang'an!"

Yu Xiaoxiao is also an activist. The next day she found a former court musician and bought the score and dance score of "The Music of the King of Qin Breaking the Array" from him.

But after Su Nuan saw the score, Su Nuan immediately became obsessed with it.

We must know that the score of Qin Wang's Breaking the Array has long been lost in reality, and we don't know how this "game" restores this score.

Only the score of pipa and part of the score of Guzheng and Guqin have been handed down, but what Yu Xiaoxiao found was the score of the entire Qin Wang's Breaking the Array.

After studying obsessively for two days, Su Nuan closed the sheet music exhausted and said:

"Difficult, too difficult!"

Yu Xiaoxiao couldn't understand the score, but seeing Su Nuan's appearance, she knew that the score was not simple.

"Can you perform?"

Su Nuan supported her forehead and said, "It's difficult. The Qin King's Breaking the Array was originally military music, and after several generations of musicians enriched it, it has become a huge set of royal ritual music."

"I read the information. Even in the emperor's time, it was difficult to gather musicians and dancers to play Qin Wang's Breaking Array, so the Emperor changed a set of "Little Breaking Array" with fewer people and simpler, but We still need hundreds of performers."

"A hundred people? How many people are needed? Doesn't King Qin need thousands of people to break the formation?"

Su Nuan sighed and said, "Gong Ting Yue, the number of people is normal. The genuine version of Qin Wang's Breaking the Array requires two hundred musicians to play."

Yu Xiaoxiao gasped and said, "But we only have 30 musicians."

Su Nuan said: "The number of people is second. The most difficult thing is that this music still needs chimes and bells to perform."

Yu Xiaoxiao fell silent now, there are quite a few court musicians living outside, as long as they are willing to pay, they might be able to gather a hundred of them.

But chime bells and exhaustion are different, these are proper royal ritual vessels.

Even if Chang'an City has them, these things are all in the Yuefu of the imperial palace, and they will never be loaned to a pipa shop for use.

Yu Xiaoxiao said: "Then if it doesn't work, just change it?"

Unexpectedly, Su Nuan's stubborn temper came up, and she said, "No! I'm going to play this!"

"Xiaoxiao, do you know how powerful this piece is? How majestic and magnificent it is played?"

"As long as we can perform it, our video will definitely become popular!"

"Not to mention these things, if I can play this piece, it will definitely be the pinnacle of my artistic career! I finally have this opportunity, and I don't want to give up!"

This time it was invited by the princess to present a gift to the emperor who returned to Chang'an.

That's why they had the opportunity to play this kind of royal repertoire. Su Nuan and Yu Xiaoxiao would not be qualified to practice such repertoire in the long arrangement.

So for Su Nuan and Yu Xiaoxiao, this is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Seeing Su Nuan being so resolute, Yu Xiaoxiao said, "Why don't we ask that Eunuch Jiang to see if we can borrow the palace chime?"

Su Nuan shook her head and said, "If it's too late, one chime bell needs a band, and Chang'an definitely can't get it all."

Yu Xiaoxiao asked anxiously: "Then what should I do?"

Su Nuan said: "I'm going to adapt it, and change the chimes and bell parts to other instruments."

"Change to another instrument? Change to what?"

Su Nuan said, "Piano."

"what?"

Su Nuan said: "The piano is also a staging instrument, and one person can play complex melodies, which can save the manpower of a chime class."

Yu Xiaoxiao asked: "Where is this piano? We can't build it ourselves, can we?"

Su Nuan smiled slightly and said: "You don't know yet, Longyou has already made a piano. I ordered a piano before coming to Chang'an, and it will be delivered to Chang'an City at the end of the month. We can rehearse other instruments first." part, we will play together when the piano arrives."

"Can this work?"

Su Nuan said: "The piano is definitely not as majestic as the chime bells, but the piano also has the advantages of the piano. This kind of large ensemble is definitely usable."

"Let's save the chime for use when King Jianning ascends the throne."

"As for whether it can work, you have to try it to know, but you have to adapt the dance part."

Looking at the dancing shop, Yu Xiaoxiao also felt dizzy for a while.

This "The Music of the King of Qin Breaking the Battle" was originally a military song sung in the army. It is said that there were 3000 armored warriors when it was performed for the first time.

These are soldiers who actually go into battle to kill the enemy, and the dance at this time is also in the nature of military dance.

Later, after Li Shimin adapted it, it was reduced to a dance troupe with 200 people.

But anyone who has a little experience in organizing theatrical performances knows how terrifying it is to schedule a group dance of 200 people.

Yu Xiaoxiao had to find a way to change it into a dance music that their dance troupe could perform, and also be able to see the shadow of King Qin's Breaking the Array.

Thinking of the workload, Yu Xiaoxiao almost fainted.

But thinking of the effect of the performance, Yu Xiaoxiao was full of anticipation.

This is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
(End of this chapter)