When we hear the music of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert, it brings us not only beautiful melodies and interesting thoughts, but also the most sincere feelings, which are quiet and elegant, shocking, inspiring, jubilant or sad. ......
The other day, the Philharmonic Orchestra said that "the decline of classical music is a fact", but I objected and said something like "diamond". Now I want to say my own words: to some extent, classical music has indeed declined. Others will not mention it, just for myself. Although I cherish this diamond very much, it has become more and more like a collection in recent years, and I really don't like it more and more.
Presumably most of the musicians in this jar are loyal classical fans. I used to think I was, but now I'm more and more skeptical, because I found such a sad fact that I seldom listened to classical music in the past year (except watching the DVD of opera or ballet, of course, but I just listened and hardly listened to anything). Of course, there are some special reasons, but on the whole, I have lost my previous enthusiasm. Here, first of all, I want to give a few reasons why I used to think I was a fan of classical music:
1. I remember hearing this musician's point of view on the radio when I was in college, which is the "basic route" that musicians have taken. This basic route is roughly as follows: Hong Kong and Taiwan pop-European and American pop-pop rock-concept rock or art rock-classical music. The musicians mentioned here refer to those musicians who, like me, were born in a non-professional class, came from a non-philharmonic family, did not receive any systematic music education, and spontaneously grew up in the late 1980s and early 1990s. And my love music track basically follows this basic route, but my starting point is European and American pop (because my parents are fans of ballroom dancing, it seems reasonable to be disgusted and prejudiced against all pop songs in Hong Kong and Taiwan when I was a child, and ballroom dancing songs are mainly decadent music in Teresa Teng), but now it seems that Teresa Teng's songs are still the most quintessential pop songs. Since I entered the hall of classical music, I was impressed by its profoundness, so all kinds of pop music I used to like gradually faded out of my listening range, and the tape collection gradually concentrated on classical music (in fact, the tapes I bought during my junior and senior years were basically classical music). At that time, I thought my road to love was the terminal.
When I started to work after graduation, I also began to collect CDs. At that time, the quality of pirated CDs didn't seem to be very good. My CD player was an exquisite Japanese import machine, so I bought imported original discs from the beginning. Because of the low income, I have to buy one or two CDs a month on average, and because of the high cost, I only think that classical music deserves such a big price (in fact, in the contemporary era when everything emphasizes originality, this value seems undesirable, but once the concept of family status is formed, it is easy to erase it), so now those CDs imported from home are basically classical music, except for a few Soviet songs (originally sung by Russians) and a chief. I remember that at that time, because my hometown was a medium-sized city, the classical CD market was not rich, so every time I went to Shanghai, I would make a big purchase until I had only the train ticket money left in my pocket. I listened crazily when I got home, especially when my mother went out to visit relatives for a few months, leaving me "alone at home". After playing for a day and a night, my CD player's head was scrapped in less than a year, and then it was difficult to buy a matching head, which caused a lot of trouble and so on. This is another story. In those years, I watched TV and tried to find programs about classical music. Anyway, I searched all the radio stations and cable TV stations for this content. Whenever I step into the bookstore, I will stop in front of the audio-visual cabinet and go straight to the music bookcase. So now the non-fiction books at home are almost all music books except various reference books and professional books. I seriously ordered the symphony I have read for several years.
Then, the year before last, I was admitted to graduate school and went to Beijing to start my student life again. There is no salary, only a few hundred yuan a month for living expenses, but I began to gradually implement my plan to attend concerts, which is also my wish for many years. I always feel that not going to the concert is the greatest regret of philharmonic people. At that time, it was the third world of Beijing Music Festival, so I booked several tickets with the lowest price before the National Day. Because BH's home is not convenient to the theater, I still dare not play bullfighting, lest I make a trip in vain. I'm at the ravel concert in Toulouse/Plasson, of course, upstairs. Like Braveheart, I didn't pay attention to any technical problems. Anyway, I am very excited by the warm atmosphere at the scene. That concert was one of the few times I found a friend to go with. Of course, my friend was very excited. Her husband, who doesn't know music, was finally emotional contagion by the enthusiasm of Bolero and the audience. It is enough that classical music can be popularized here. After the music festival, I continued my plan and finally realized my desire to listen to various forms of music in the field of classical music. What impressed me most was the chorus concert in the concert hall before Easter last year. The first half is a widely circulated hymn mass, including my nine favorite mass "The Sound of Nature", and the second half is Mozart's requiem. Needless to say. I used to listen to these religious music, but I didn't feel much. But at this particular time, under this particular occasion and atmosphere, I went deep into it and was moved by the religious spirit contained in music. No wonder there are so many foreigners. With this music and atmosphere, I am willing to believe in religion!
In order to save money for the concert, I didn't buy imported classical CDs in Beijing for a year, but there happened to be a small owner of a video store outside the compound who was also a philharmonic, so I bought a lot from him. Although it is pirated or foreign rubbish, there are also many treasures in the music, such as the complete recordings of Rachmaninov's own performance and command, and the complete recordings of caruso's singing. These things, as well as tickets, programs and posters for various concerts, are basically my gains in Beijing. Before that, I can confidently consider myself a loyal classical music fan. However, changes have taken place.
I began to question the loyalty of my classical fans. Now I think it should actually start when I go to Beijing, because I have to consider the burden, but I can't bear to separate those expensive classical CD boxes. In addition, because I am not used to listening to music with headphones, in order to entertain the public (that is, my future roommates), the CD bag I carry with me is mainly pirated classics, and then some popular classics that I bought in the past but didn't listen to. Therefore, those carefully collected classical CDs have since been shelved and only become ornamental furnishings.
Leaving Beijing last year meant leaving the life of listening to concerts. I didn't find a good place to sell classical CDs near my residence in Tianjin (but I found a D version DVD cheaper than Beijing). Then Ouyang, a movie fan's program, was quickly found on the radio, and attention began to turn to movie music on a large scale. In fact, as early as in Beijing, after listening to Mr. Yang Dalin's program, my interest in film music was aroused, but at that time, there were reliable sources of classical CDs and the influence of concerts, and this interest did not overshadow my interest in classical music. In Tianjin, a stranger, it seems that my demand for music can only be met in Ouyang's programs (there is no radio program list, so I didn't find Xiao Jing's programs, and I occasionally found Ouyang's programs in the process of tuning channels). There are many kinds of music in Ouyang's program, but I found that my taste in music is actually very mixed. Just like when I was in college, among all the music programs of Nanjing Radio, my favorite was not pure classical programs or pure pop programs, but the kind where everything was mixed together, such as classical, rock, jazz, country and so on. At this time, Ouyang's program paid attention to movie music, which completely mobilized my miscellaneous interests and began to indulge in original music. Movie music is a mixture of various music forms, and when you think about it, movie music should be the first music I came into contact with (my sister is a foreign movie lover, so I have been accompanying her to watch foreign movies since I can remember), so my fascination with movie music now has a source!
What prompted me to start collecting movie soundtracks was another opportunity, that is, I met the film music master Enio Moriquand. Although I have been familiar with some of this old gentleman's works for a long time, and for me, it is the kind that comes to mind when it comes to movie music (Paradise Cinema, bounty black boy, American past, the legend of 1900, which obviously has a deep influence on me), I have known his name for only two years. I'm not satisfied with listening to his music only in movies, but because there was no original sound market in Chinese mainland earlier, I usually just hum from memory, which probably explains why I didn't become a movie music fan long ago, because there were no resources for me to collect. I don't think many people become classical fans and collectors at the same time. At this time, my admiration for this master has completely ignited my desire for his music collection. However, the reality is cruel. Although the domestic movie soundtrack market has occupied a small corner of the video store, it is still very poor. Maybe you can find some Hollywood big-name works like john williams, but the works of Morrigan, who is mainly active in the European film field, are almost zero. You know, classical music lovers may be worried about searching for what version of a work, but at least other versions of this work can be found in China, which means you still have to listen at least, and the problem before me is that I didn't listen at all within my power. What a torment it is for a music fan! So I had to turn to the Internet, and the domestic websites basically got nothing, while foreigners have a strong awareness of intellectual property rights, so there are few good things to download for free (even if I want to pay for it, I have no choice but to apply for an international credit card: (). But I found a BBS set up by his fans, so I went up to complain. I didn't expect to get sympathy and enthusiastic help from foreign fans and copy a lot of their collections and send them to me. Since then, I have been happily intoxicated by Moriquand's music "The Ocean" (this is a very prolific composer, so it's no exaggeration to describe the ocean). At the same time, I gradually began to pay attention to other excellent film musicians, and became familiar with john barry, Maurice Jared, Vanjellis and Zbignev Priessner ... I went to Hongkong twice, and the results were very different. The first time was the year before last. I won a bunch of "classic and best" cheap versions around the world (each one is cheaper than domestic ones and close to 20 yuan), and added a lot of tracks I always wanted; And this year's harvest is all movie music. Ever since I fell in love with movie music, I have hardly bought classical CDs, and I have hardly deliberately listened to classical music (of course, I still enjoy listening to it in movies sometimes). There is a simple reason. The treasure house of movie music is equally rich, and it is still increasing. It's like I fell into another kaleidoscope, and I can't see anything. The initial enthusiasm for classical music has now shifted to film music. However, it is much more difficult to collect movie music than classical music in China at present. Whether it is genuine or pirated, there are few choices. Fortunately, I found a good P to P software, which can exchange MP3 with movie music lovers all over the world and download and listen to it all day.
If the first few years were my knowledge stage in the field of classical music, then the next few years should be my knowledge stage in the field of film music. Of course, I know very well that I know little about classical music. According to a certain menu, my taste is a bad musical aesthetic standard, but I can't help it. I just prefer melodic things, so if I have to choose between Lao Chai and Beethoven, I will still choose Lao Chai as I did a few years ago. I began to like classical music because the timbre and harmony of orchestral music are more colorful and the emotional intensity of opera singing is stronger. Asago's views on "enjoyment" published here before really benefited me a lot. I am a hopeless hedonist. I have listened to classical music for several years and studied hard for several years, but once I want to dig deeper, I need to spend more time and energy, so I began to shrink back. Just like my major, I crossed the borderline, everything touched the edge, but nothing went deep, so I still stayed in sensory enjoyment.
However, I am not depressed by this reality myself, but enjoy the Philharmonic as always (just now I dare not call myself a classical fan). If I don't walk in front of the axons of neurons to experience the ultimate pleasure, then I am wandering between dendrites, not deep, but still colorful and happy. For me, classical music has not really declined. I still have a pure land in my heart. I will still buy DVDs (although I don't seem to have much time for quiet enjoyment now, at least I will after retirement). I just hope that the life span of D version is longer than mine). I still have to find a chance to go to the concert (now it may be the only occasion where I can concentrate on enjoying great works), and some familiar tracks will often reappear in my heart.