Old-time musicians

"It's actually related to Scriabin?"

If it were any other musician, Fanning wouldn't find it strange. Even if he were himself now, he wouldn't be able to think of anything, but if it were Scriabin

His dry eyes stared at the WeChat chat interface.

When Fan Chenxun first came into contact with the demand for this overseas order, Fan Ning's last spring semester had already started. As the spring recruitment and job hunting season, Fan Ning's return to school time was very synchronized, so he was no longer at home at that time. He had no idea about the employer behind this order. , I know it from a few words on the phone.

When Fan Ning heard that this man claimed to be a descendant of Scriabin and practiced some artistic concepts and commemorative activities, he just felt that this fighting nation enthusiast was rich and willful, and his level of playing was really unmatched.

But now, Fan Ning has added the cognitive variables of mysticism in this life to the knowledge reserves of his previous life.

When the long-lost memories in his mind were dug up and examined again, he felt that there was no real problem with this matter!

Scriabin (1871-1915): Russian composer, pianist, and mystic. His position in the history of Western music is extremely special, and his position among classical music fans is extremely special.

On the one hand, his style has at least reached the height of "Crescent Moon" in his previous life. Not only is it a must-memorize test point for music majors, his works are also widely practiced: concerts, master classes, coursework, case analysis, music Papers appear very frequently.

But on the other hand, the appreciation and discussion of his works - which means thoroughly, comprehensively and enthusiastically - has always been limited to a small circle.

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

Most people who don't like it are just like tools, practicing the homework assigned by the teacher in order to prepare for concerts or exams. They can only accept his early works. As for the later works that have undergone drastic changes in style, Often it is daunting.

Fanning believed that in his previous life, he was not a fanatical supporter of Scriabin in that "small circle".

But as an extreme audiophile, as long as it falls into the category of serious music, he will listen to anything, not to mention Scriabin, even modern or contemporary avant-garde composers. He still has a wide range of knowledge about Scriabin's life and works. The level is no lower than that of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and other musicians.

So this does not prevent him from carefully digging into 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 was Scriabin?

This question is really difficult to answer.

This musician had a rather rough life. Although he was born in a noble family in Moscow, his mother died of tuberculosis when he was 1 year old. His father went to Turkey on business, leaving Scriabin as an infant. Grandmother and grandfather's aunt, in their childhood, they were almost no different from orphans.

He later entered the Moscow Conservatory of Music and worshiped Chopin fanatically in his early years. His influence can be seen everywhere in his works such as nocturnes, mazurkas, preludes and etudes. He was committed to integrating Chopin's artistic temperament into the Russian music tradition. His works have broad melodies, colorful harmonies, and are full of emotional drama and optimistic and resolute heroic spirit.

If we stop here, Scriabin should be regarded as a romantic genius musician. If he continues in the normal course, he will become a Russian romantic music master.

However, he later came into contact with some philosophical theories such as Schopenhauer's "voluntarism", Nietzsche's "Superman Philosophy", Wagner's "Supermorality" and other philosophical theories, and began to agree with their division of music and sister arts into will and representation. Radical views, and the emergence of ideas to explore the "art fusion" approach.

Then he came into contact with Blavatsky's theosophical works, Solovyov's religious philosophy and Eastern mysticism knowledge, and fell into it fanatically. He believed that the end of mankind was coming and that there was an urgent need for theosophy and spiritualism. In terms of salvation, man's real need should be to abandon materialism and embrace soul and gnosis, and the way to achieve all this must be to discern the truth from the mystery high in the art world.

There is no doubt that romanticism had little to do with him at this time.

He became a complete mystic.

In 1898, when Scriabin was 27 years old, his creative style changed. The "Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor" (23) had already appeared. Many fragments of the 1901 "Second Symphony" (29) clearly exceeded It has exceeded the scope of romantic vocabulary, with obscure harmonies, weird outlines, and strange sounds.

With the deepening of his research on mysticism, Scriabin's personality gradually changed, he suffered from depression, and developed some weird living habits: compulsive handwashing, wearing gloves when touching banknotes, and spending time in the dressing room. She has as much energy as a woman, checks her wrinkles and hair loss every day, has a narcissistic personality, and has worsening suspicions and extremes.

He began to give his works mystical titles and provide some confusing and obscure instructions, which confused even professional performers or conductors.

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

Symphony No. 3, "Poetry of the Divine" (43), has a long and obscure introduction, and then the first movement is suggested as "Struggle, Mystery, Tragedy", the second movement as "Intoxication", and the third movement as "Sacred" Game", he bluntly said in his creation that "the spirit has wings" and that he has "freed himself from the shackles, been liberated, and climbed to a higher place."

Symphony No. 4, "Poetry of Ecstasy" (54), he made "luminous, flashing crescendo" performance prompts from time to time in the score, believing that it "expresses the joy of the body, the dance of divinity, and the will of creation." ", and lamented, "This is the first time I have discovered the brilliance in music, and the first time I have experienced the intoxication, struggle and suffocation in the climax."

Symphony No. 5, "Prometheus: Poetry of Fire" (60), he believed that its orchestration included "piano, chorus and color background". When it was premiered in Moscow, he asked for "a machine that can combine different heterogeneous lights and shadows". "A device projected on the stage" to express "the mystery of color" along with the musical situation.

"Piano Sonata No. 7" (64), which he named "White Mass", requires the performer's expression term to be "noble and fragrant", and frankly said that "every note of it comes from a mysterious high place, like a virgin." So pure, please listen carefully to this quiet joy.”

"Piano Sonata No. 8" (66), he instructed, "is no longer counterpoint like Bach, all counterpoints are harmonies, they are overflowing with mystery, they harmonize with each other."

"Piano Sonata No. 9" (68) was named "Black Mass" by him. Different from the sensory blessing of "White Mass", this work is full of eerie sounds and uneasy emotions. He implicitly hinted that " The "White Mass" can remove impurities, and the audience can use the "Black Mass" to infer a secret ritual that "summons the devil back to hell on earth."

And when he described "Piano Sonata No. 10" (70), it was completely confusing: "My Sonata No. 10 is an insect sonata, so there is no harsh sound here. Insects are kisses of the sun. When you When you look at the world from this perspective, the universe is so harmonious and unified.”

Such a neurotic person is obviously prone to not doing well.

Especially in a place like the art world where "respectability" is important.

As Scriabin became obsessed with mysticism, his body gradually weakened, his thoughts became more extreme, his behavior became increasingly weird, and his actions became shocking and shocking. For a public figure, this can easily become the focus of controversy.

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

It is very fascinating to study mysticism, but there are fewer and fewer followers, and the economic situation is becoming increasingly difficult.

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

The wealthy Russian-American conductor and double bassist Kusevitzky was very interested in his talk of strange powers and gods and the mystical tendencies reflected in his music, and commissioned him to "conduct a detailed discussion on the secrets of heights."

Of course, in the form of creating a work.

The conditions were very generous, not only tacitly publishing all his other works in the future, but also providing him with an additional 5,000 rubles per year.

A warm and productive conversation.

Scriabin excitedly revealed to the patron that he had actually been conceiving a "giant multi-dimensional work of art" "The Secret Realm of the 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 idea of ​​"total art" and is the terminator of artistic works. It will synthesize all The human senses include but are not limited to sound, sight, smell, and touch. It will integrate all art forms, including but not limited to band, piano, voice, dance, scenery, painting, fragrance, sculpture, installation, and performance. Art

In his imagination, "Secret Realm of Apocalypse" will be played for ten days and ten nights in the Himalayas of South Asia. When the work reaches its climax, he believes that "the curtain at the highest point will collapse, and all the past art will be sacrificed to me." There will be no life, I will have no death, I will lead mankind to suffocate in the joy of "The Secret Realm 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 "Apocalypse". Composing the music is only part of it. He is also considering the performance venue and factors other than music. He began to learn Sanskrit dictionaries, study maps of South Asia, and repeatedly selected various styles of sun hats in preparation for his trip to India.

Naturally, this plan failed, because in 1915, he died in a ridiculous way - according to news reports, he contracted sepsis after cutting his lip, and "The Secret Realm of the Apocalypse" disappeared from his mind.

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

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

If it were calculated, Fan Ning would not know about it.

In fact, with Scriabin being remembered as at least "New Moon", a bunch of information about him can be found on any search engine in his previous life.

When Fan Ning on the Blue Star read his life, like everyone else, he purely had the mentality of knowing "the artist's anecdotes" or "rich curiosity for conversation".

But when you are also a mystic,

"This can't be true, can it?"

Fan Ning couldn't help but guess that this phenomenon of mysticism in the old industrial world could not be empirically effective in the previous life. Is it just that he, as an ignorant, failed to get in touch with that group?

Theoretically, the story of "Secret Realm of the Apocalypse" cannot be falsified because Scriabin died midway.

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

If it is true, what happened to Fan Chenxun later? Could it be that "Apocalypse" was staged 100 years after Scriabin's death?

There is no way to know.

The question of Scriabin and the Mysteries of the Apocalypse has to be devoted to only one paragraph.

And now my own situation

Based on the insinuations in the chat records, Fan Ning made a very simple and natural assumption that did not consider "how it happened".

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

This can also explain the appearance of "Moonlight on the Dnieper River" in the art museum, as well as some of the doubts about the fragments of the audio series.

So what those words mean

"Don't lose your old phone. Give it to me when the time comes."

This sentence is best understood literally. It seems that Fan Chenxun or Vincent needs the mobile phone he is holding now, but he doesn'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 it from being lost or stolen, and just observe the subsequent situation.

"Are you ready for it?"

It's not difficult to understand. Let's think it is an early warning of a time-travel event, or an anchor point that can help further confirm each other's information after time-travel.

In this way, Fan Ning felt a little relieved that there was another close person in this strange and chaotic world who was invisibly communicating with him.

"So it doesn't matter where you are, but don't get ruined."

Fan Ning is a little unsure about this.

There are three most important things for me now. If it also refers to a mobile phone, it partially contradicts the first one. What if it refers to "old days"? Or a museum key? Why is it "not important where you are"? Doesn't it matter if someone robs you? Also unreasonable.

“Watch out for snakes!

"

Still not sure, could it be something I haven’t come into contact with yet, or maybe

The symbol of the Lord of Witnesses, the "Mantra Snake"?

I am naturally very careful. Which witness would dare not to treat it with caution? Not to mention this extremely ancient and terrifying existence.

wrong

wrong!

What's going on with Vasius's top hat! ?

Fan Ning suddenly broke into 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 is not the living threats or the sinister plots of opponents.

But an incomprehensible contradiction!

If being careful about snakes means being careful about the "mantra snake", then the top hat bearing its symbol is an extremely dangerous thing.

You should stay far away from it and never touch it again, let alone wear it on your head several times in a row to carry out operations.

But if you don't use it to act, you will be extremely passive when facing the Special Inspection Agency. And the most important thing is that without it, you will not be able to sneak into the seal room of the Special Inspection Agency and get your mobile phone at all. I can't see the chat history either!

If you follow the "Beware of Snakes!"

” prompt, you won’t get “Beware of snakes!

"Prompt?

The peace of mind that he thought he was "accepted" just now evaporated without a trace, and Fan Ning's legs were shaking slightly.

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

Contradictions must be false!

"Is it because I was contaminated by something, so that even the pictures I saw on my phone were fake??"