Ah Hu recommended several books, all of which are very suitable for improving the appreciation of classical music!
1. Garden on the Edge of Happiness: glenn gould's Works?
Anyone who likes Bach should know Gould. Gould played Goldberg Variations for the first time. He was thin, shrugging his shoulders and playing the piano. He looks like Hawking from a distance. This collection of Gould's works is a compilation of his most representative articles, divided into music, performance, media and other topics. The binding of this book is also cool, with black cloth hardcover, mint green letter cover and grating technology, which allows you to see different Gould from different perspectives.
Reading Experience After reading this book, I realized that Gould was not only a musical genius, but also wrote many articles. His writing style is quaint and his thinking is eclectic. His humorous expression is full of insights, whether it is about Beethoven, Mozart and Richard Strauss or his understanding of Mahler and Schoenberg's creation. Understanding of classical music is not limited to music. Looking at the views of famous artists can jump out of music and better feel the charm of classical music!
2. The Irrevocable Moment: A trip to classical music, He Qiufan?
The author He Qiufan is both a music critic and a film critic. This book is a collection of articles about his appreciation of western classical music. The musicians mentioned in the book include richter, barrell, Igmnov, Hoffman, Mei Niuyin, Fu Niai, Matachek and mengle Berg. , all over Russia, Poland, France, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and other musicians groups or schools, including many famous musicians who are rarely recommended in China. The author introduces the musician's style, important works and his position and role in the inheritance of related music schools. In addition, this book can also distinguish between amateurs and lovers, because the author focuses on the evaluation and comparison of various recorded versions, and many people have no concept of recorded versions. In any case, it provides a rich music guide for friends who love classical music.
I read this book when I first came into contact with classical music. When I was just getting started, I didn't know where to start to learn a lot of information. This book has just become a guide. The introduction is very comprehensive, which can establish a basic understanding of classical music and know how to appreciate it. Is a highly recommended primer!
3. Music in western civilization, paul henry Lang?
On the stage of western civilization, the dramatic role played by music art from ancient Greece to the beginning of the 20th century was demonstrated. The author puts music in a broad "big culture" background, and with unique explanatory criticism and inspiring words, examines how music participates in, changes and shapes the face of western culture. If you think the content of the last book is a little scattered and want to be more systematic, you can chew this book first, but the head is too big, so you have to plan to finish it.
Reading feels like a textbook, and Douban's high score can also show that this book is well worth reading. Classical music is associated with western civilization, just like the poems in the prosperous Tang Dynasty are completely different from those in the late Tang Dynasty. If we put the development of classical music in the perspective of the development of western civilization, we can better understand the connotation of the times behind each school.
4. Polyphonic music: Bach and the fear of life?
A fictional literature about Bach and Goldberg's Variations, a book about Bach's mother's death. The subtitle of polyphony is "Bach and the fear of life" Philip Kennicott, the author of Polyphony, started writing from his mother's death due to illness, recalling his childhood, talking about music, talking about the entanglements and puzzles he got along with his mother when he was young, and also put forward the ultimate question of Talking about Life and Death. In the new book, the classical music critic and Pulitzer Prize winner's pen has no intention of pursuing beauty, but is as concise and clear as possible, but often points directly at people's hearts, just like our usual impression of Bach's average law and variation. The title of Polyphony is a pun, which not only imitates the musical style and characteristics of the famous Baroque composer Bach, but also summarizes the parallel narrative context of the book: talking about music is more important to life.
Reading and feeling classical music is always a bit far away for China people, but if we look at it from another angle, classical music can also be closely related to life. This is the biggest feeling that this book brings to me. Classical music is much longer than pop music, so it can accommodate more emotions and emotions. In this book, I heard the life of the protagonist from a track, which is a very touching story.