Featured by Frederick Floyd

Chapter 17 Notes
[1] On which of Beethoven's violin sonatas is the most important, Fu Lei and Fu Cong had different opinions and started a heated debate.At that time, foreign music circles generally agreed that the ninth "Kreutzer Sonata" was the most important, which coincided with Fu Lei's view, while Fu Cong insisted on his own musical feelings and disagreed with this view.In a rage, Fu Lei criticized Fu Cong for being too arrogant: "How many books have I only read!" The young Fu Cong felt aggrieved and ran away from home, staying with Fu Lei's friend Mao Chuen for more than a month.

[2] Niu Ende, the goddaughter of Fu Lei and his wife, a famous pianist.When she was only two years old, her father passed away due to illness, and her godfather Fu Lei took the initiative to take on the responsibility of teaching her, often guiding her in life, study, and art.

[3] Soviet pianist, Fu Cong's piano teacher when he was ten years old, and later moved to Canada.

[4] That is, Mei Baiqi, an Italian pianist who was once Fu Cong's piano teacher.

[5] That is, "Symphony No. [-] in C Minor", also known as "Symphony of Destiny".

[6] Fu Lei is accustomed to expressing temperature in Fahrenheit, and "96 degrees" in the text is about 35.6 degrees Celsius.

[7] Wu Shangzong and Fu Lei once taught students at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts.

[8] When Fu Lei was teaching at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, he fell in love with the student Cheng Jiahe's sister Cheng Jialiu, who is the good father in the following text.

[9] refers to Fu Cong who became a British citizen in May 1964.

[10] There is Chiang Kai-shek's head behind the small mirror, and Song Meiling's photo is on the pictorial.This is what Zhu Meifu's third sister Zhu Chun stored in the box of Fu Lei's family before liberation.Because it was deposited by others, Fu Lei and his wife never touched it.

(End of this chapter)