I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 187 The uncanny music master

After the lively picnic party, people took a short break and then started the vigorous dance party again.

The picnic was held outside in the garden, and by the time the dance began, the sun was finally setting. As night fell, people moved to the indoor banquet hall.

Although the current Buckingham Palace has not yet been renovated and expanded, it is obviously more than enough for holding balls.

People were sitting or standing in the hall, chatting in small groups, waiting for the first opening dance to arrive.

The platform set up at the end of the hall was filled with bands playing. Among them was an old man wearing a white wig who looked particularly energetic.

Not far from Xia Qingdai's side, the Austrian prince was enjoying himself among the warblers and swallows.

He pointed at the musicians on the platform and said something, which made several girls giggle.

Xia Qingdai didn't pay attention at first, but suddenly she heard a familiar name "Haydn" from his words.

After a few "haha"s, Xia Qingdai politely inserted a sentence: "Your Highness, I just seemed to hear you mention Mr. Haydn? Is it Franz Joseph Haydn?"

The Austrian prince's full name is Alexander Leopold Johann Joseph. He will not turn twenty years old in a few months, which is when he is young and full of energy.

Hearing Xia Qingdai speak, he looked over with a smile on his face and listened carefully, giving people a feeling of being respected.

It was surprising that this Eastern princess, who had always been very cold, actually took the initiative to talk to him.

Joseph is a Jia Baoyu-like figure. He believes that every girl in the world has her own unique charm.

He is always full of patience and kindness when facing girls. Whether they are the poor Xiaojiabiyu or the aloof princess, they all have their own charms in his eyes.

The poor girl has the beauty of the poor girl, and the princess has the helplessness of the princess.

Although he couldn't marry all the beautiful and lovely people back home, he was still willing to spend time and energy talking to them.

As a little prince waiting to die, it is not his turn to succeed to the throne, and he has too much time for leisure. Compared with other men who spend their time on cockfighting, horse racing and gambling, he prefers to hang out among flowers.

Last year, his brother, who was about the same age as him, went to join the army. He had nothing serious to do, so he started traveling around the world.

Growing up, he had flirted with countless girls. Although he has never made a promise to any girl, because of his handsome appearance and his automatic emotional intelligence when facing girls, no girl resents his betrayal.

It has to be said that central air conditioning is quite a skill when it reaches his level.

He has long been interested in Xia Qingdai, who is very different from Western women. It was just because Xia Qingdai was too cold that he couldn't have more contact with her.

It wasn't that he fell in love with Xia Qingdai at first sight, but when he saw a unique beauty, he habitually wanted to flirt with her and get to know her better. It is his life goal to be friends with every beautiful girl.

Therefore, upon hearing Xia Qingdai's question, Prince Joseph immediately became energetic.

When he heard Xia Qingdai ask about Haydn, he introduced what he knew about Haydn's life in humorous language. It can be said that he knows everything he knows and talks about it endlessly. At this time, the first dance started, so Prince Joseph took the opportunity to invite Xia Qingdai to dance together, and then introduced her.

Although Xia Qingdai didn't like the prince, she didn't object to dancing with him. After all, the prince was handsome and well-spoken.

Owen, who had been waiting silently, wanted to invite Xia Qingdai for the first dance, but was stopped halfway. Suddenly, it felt as if cement had been poured into his throat, and he felt a sense of grievance for no apparent reason.

Originally he looked cold and arrogant, but now his whole body could freeze into ice.

He simply skipped the first dance, silently picked up a glass of wine, leaned against the wall in the corner, stood under the silver candlestick with twelve candles, and looked at the people on the dance floor without saying a word. Someone who is chatting and laughing happily.

After the dance, Xia Qingdai had determined that the person who was directing the orchestra on the side was Franz Joseph, one of the three giants of classical music she knew, the teacher of Mozart and Beethoven, and the father of symphony. Haydn.

She immediately became excited. Being able to watch Haydn's performance live and listen to his music made this banquet really worthwhile!

During the previous picnic, the band played for a long time, but she didn't pay attention. If she hadn't heard Prince Joseph talking about Haydn, she would have almost fallen into the trap without knowing it.

When she didn't know Haydn was Haydn before, Xia Qingdai only thought the band played lively; now that she knew Haydn was Haydn, she felt the music was so shocking!
She abandoned Prince Joseph and Princess Elizabeth who came to look for him. She didn't even look at the person next to her who was exuding resentment. She ran directly through the crowd to the end of the hall and looked up at the performance on the stage. musicians.

It turns out that Haydn looks like this. He is an old man in his sixties, but he does not look old. The curly white wig makes him look more like an oil painting.

Western white people are particularly fair and tender during their teenage years, but because they have less subcutaneous fat, they will suddenly experience a cliff-like aging process one day when they enter adolescence, and they will suddenly feel older. Compared with Chinese people of the same age, he is at least ten years older.

But when they reach old age, they haven't changed much, and they look like they are old.

While Xia Qingdai was enjoying the music performance fascinatedly, a pianist who had been facing everyone on the stage suddenly turned his head and looked at Xia Qingdai.

Xia Qingdai, who has strong senses and senses, immediately felt this line of sight and raised her eyes to meet it.

As soon as their eyes met, the young man playing the piano smiled at her.

Xia Qingdai covered her mouth and was so excited that she couldn't speak.

Oh dear, this pianist is actually another great figure in classical music - Beethoven!
She thought she would have to wait until she cured Mozart before she could hear Beethoven's performance, but she didn't expect to hear it the same night they met!

She was really in for a treat today!
Perhaps because the audience was too supportive, Beethoven played more immersed in his playing, not as perfunctory as before. His music suddenly became expressive, and Haydn couldn't help but glance in this direction.

During this period, Haydn was already quite famous, but Beethoven was only slightly famous.

Historically, it was only in 1792 that Beethoven left Bonn and came to Vienna through the funding of Count Walstein, where he became a disciple of Haydn and studied music with him.

But now, thanks to Xia Qingdai's butterfly wings, the two of them met in London ahead of time.

(End of this chapter)