/kloc-In the first half of the 9th century, a German music critic published an article saying that Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C minor reminded him of "the moonlight rippling on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland".

So the publisher invented a touching "story" titled "Moonlight Song".

"One night, Beethoven was walking on the outskirts of Vienna when he suddenly heard the piano, and it was his work. He went to the window of an old house and found a blind girl playing. Only after he entered the room did he know that she liked Beethoven's music very much. The composer was very moved. In the moonlight, he wrote this song of moonlight ... "

In fact, Beethoven wrote this work in the year of 180 1, and he dedicated it to Juliet Tan Gitchati. This Juliet Tan is younger than Bedouin 14 years old and is the daughter of an earl. He fell in love with her at first sight. This work has three movements: the first movement, the theme of that sigh is integrated into his deaf and melancholy thoughts. The second movement shows that sweet dream in memory, and it is also like a blueprint for the future. Allegro in the third movement. The most beautiful thing about this work is the first movement, which reminds people of moonlight.

1977, Paraguay, a South American country, released the sheet music of the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. This book has a circulation of less than 10,000 copies. In order to earn foreign exchange, it is all distributed in Europe. Therefore, this sheetlet is particularly precious.

Zhou Xianneng Wen Wei Po 20065438+0 April 10

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Introduction to the work:

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Moonlight, Op.27 bis.

Founded in 180 1 year. Although there are many examples in the past that a piece of music has become very popular because of its common name, it has never become a world-famous song like this sonata because of its common name "Moonlight". The name "moonlight" is said to come from the poet Stub (1799- 1860), who thinks that the first movement reminds people of "swaying like a canoe on the moonlight lake in Lucerne, Switzerland". Judging from the year of Stub's birth, the common name "Moonlight" became generalized, which happened quite some time after its publication. However, this piece seems to be quite famous from the beginning, which makes Beethoven feel a little uneasy. The reason is undeniable, not only because this piece contains a very strong daydream element that is easy to attract literature, but also because it has become famous. In addition to "moonlight", there are various original explanations and far-fetched legends. In fact, Beethoven's own naming of this sonata is the same as Op. 27' s 1. In the first movement, we abandon sonata-style fantasy and improvisation, change the atmosphere in the second movement, and then reach the third movement which belongs to the center of gravity of this sonata. The third movement is a surge of enthusiasm, which is not only extremely rare among all sonatas in this period, but also a sonata form with excellent structure. If the imagination of the first movement and the passion of the third movement are closely linked with a series of tragedies such as Beethoven's love affair, ear disease and 1802 Heiligen city's suicide note, it seems to make sense. Unfortunately, there is no specific data to confirm these connections. Play time: about fifteen minutes.

Analysis of works:

The first movement-2/2 continuous adagio in C minor, trilogy

The emotional expression of this movement is extremely rich, with meditation tenderness, sad singing and dark premonition. Although the accompaniment, theme and intensity have not changed much, it still shows the fluctuation of the author's heartstrings delicately through the changes of harmony, range and rhythm. This sonata contains Beethoven's original ideas. Its fantastic improvisation and the way to explore piano sounds have predicted Debussy Impressionism about 100 years later. The theme it is based on is simple: at the beginning of the music, endless fantasy is constructed by the triplet flowing out continuously, and after four festivals, the first theme looms in the alto. It is meticulous and quiet, slightly melancholy. 1 paragraph 1 minute 18 seconds, and the second theme appeared in B major. The middle part starts with the first theme. The triplet twists and turns to the high-pitched area, showing impatience. Then in the third paragraph, the first theme reappears calmly, and the second theme reappears in C minor, and then continues to play the finale of the basic motivation of bass, slowly disappearing and ending.

The second movement-Allegro, D flat major, 3/4 time, trilogy

This movement is relatively short, and Liszt described it as "a flower between two abyss". It perfectly connects the meditation of the first movement with the tension of the third movement with a completely different expression of light. The first paragraph is the theme of legato and staccato, and then the variation repetition. The middle part is also kept in D flat major. 2 paragraphs 1 min 13 seconds to reproduce the first paragraph. This action seems to be a warm smile left in an instant.

The third movement-Allegro for Excitement, in C minor, in 4/4 time, sonata form.

Although it is closely related to the first movement in tonality, it expresses completely different feelings. The first theme is the uncontrollable boiling and agitation of enthusiasm, like fierce rage and jumping again and again. The second theme is like a heartfelt complaint. It is near the end of the continuous eighth note, with firm rhythm, showing warm feelings and strong will. After a brief expansion, the inner excitement is even stronger. At the end, the boiling enthusiasm reached its peak and suddenly fell silent, but the surging mood did not subside. Beethoven once said that the two sonatas of his work No.27 are like fantasia. He instructed that there should be no pause between the movements of Moonlight Sonata, and that it would gradually unfold from the beginning movement to the intricate final movement in a suggestive way, thus providing a sense of climax. Beethoven's sonatas in this period are full of tentative practice, and he tries to re-evaluate the main creative principles of sonata form. Generally speaking, if we want to follow the traditional mode, sonata form often appears in only one movement, but usually in the first movement, but Beethoven broke this mode. Moonlight sonata is one of the works that classical music school began to transform into romantic music school.

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The legend of moonlight song:

More than a hundred years ago, there was a German musician named Beethoven, who composed many famous songs. There is a famous piano song called Moonlight, and the legend goes like this:

One autumn, Beethoven traveled and performed everywhere and came to a small town on the Rhine. One night, he was walking along a quiet path and heard the intermittent piano sound coming from a small room, playing his music.

Beethoven approached the hut, the piano suddenly stopped and someone was talking in the room. A girl said, "How difficult it is to play this song! I've only heard others play it several times, but I don't remember how to play it. If only I could listen to Beethoven himself! " A man said, "Yes, but the tickets for the concert are too expensive. We are too poor." The girl said, "Don't be sad, brother, I'm just saying."

Hearing this, Beethoven gently pushed open the door and came in. A candle was lit in the hut. In the dim candlelight, men are making leather shoes. There is an old piano in front of the window, and a girl of sixteen or seventeen is sitting in front of it. Her face is handsome, but she is blind.

Seeing a stranger come in, the shoemaker stood up and asked, "Who are you looking for, sir?" ? Wrong door, right? "Beethoven said," no, I'm here to play a tune for this girl. "

The girl quickly stood up and offered her seat. Beethoven sat in front of the piano, weakening the tune that the blind girl had just played. The blind girl was so absorbed in listening that when the music ended, she said excitedly, "How well you play! How deep the feelings are! You, you are Mr. Beethoven? "

Beethoven didn't answer. He asked the blind girl, "Do you like it? Let me play another song for you. "

A gust of wind blew out the candle. The moonlight shone through the window, and everything in the hut seemed to be covered with silver gauze, which made it very quiet. Beethoven looked at the poor brothers and sisters standing beside him and pressed the keys in the quiet moonlight.

The shoemaker listened quietly. He seems to face the sea, and the moon rises from where the water meets the sky. Time is covered with silver wire on the sea where microwave shines. The moon rose higher and higher, like a wisp of gauze through Wei Yun. Suddenly, there was a strong wind at sea, which rolled up huge waves. The waves glistened in the moonlight and came to the shore one after another ... The shoemaker looked at his sister. The moonlight shone on her quiet face and her eyes opened wide. She seemed to see something she had never seen before, the rough sea in the moonlight.

Brother and sister were intoxicated by the wonderful piano. When they woke up, Beethoven had left the hut. He flew back to the inn and spent the whole night reciting the music he had just played-Moonlight.

This is a text in the seventh volume of Chinese textbook for full-time ten-year middle schools in China. It tells the story of Beethoven playing Moonlight for a blind girl. This is indeed a beautiful legend. Legend has it that Beethoven's piece (op.27 No.2-piano sonata in C minor) describes the moonlight scenery on the sea, which originated from German music critic Rael Stubb (1799- 1860). He used another name for moonlight on Lake Lucerne, a beautiful scenery in Switzerland. Russian pianist anton rubinstein (1829- 1894) is very opposed to using Moonlight to explain this piece of music. He said: "Moonlight should be dreamy, thoughtful and quiet in music description. In short, it is a soft and bright mood. The first movement of sonata in C minor, from the first note to the last note, is completely tragic (implied by minor), so it is cloudy sky and gloomy mood. The last movement is intense and enthusiastic, and it shows a completely opposite side to the gentle moon. There is only a short second movement, which can be said to be a moment in the moonlight. " In Germany, some people also call this kind of music "Garden Pavilion" sonata. The garden pavilion is a pavilion built in the shade of a tree, and this title is also inappropriate for this sonata. It seems that the first movement is by no means a clear landscape painting, but?

Inner gloom. According to the author of Beethoven's biography (1817-1897), the first movement is "Young girl prays for her sick father", which is more appropriate than "moonlight" and "garden pavilion" in any case.

Beethoven composed this piece in 18 10, when he was in love with Julia Fatah Guichar Di (1784- 1856). This piece of music is dedicated to her. On 1 1 month 16 of this year, Beethoven mentioned her when he wrote to Heller, saying, "She loves me and I love her." But at the beginning of 1802, she fell in love with Andrew Andrew Robl? Earl of Hellenborg, and married him in 1803. Romain rolland linked this song with Beethoven's lovelorn love, saying, "Fantasy didn't last long, and the pain and indignation in sonata has surpassed love." Roland interprets the first movement as melancholy, whining and crying. The first movement of Russian musician Ole Biyishev (1794- 1858) is the "deep sorrow" of lovelorn, just like "hanging fire". However, in 180 1, Beethoven and Guichar fell in love for the first time, saying that this work is about the pain of lovelorn, which is also inconsistent with the facts. For the explanation of this work, perhaps the opinion of Russian art critic Stasov (1824- 1906) is reasonable. After recalling Liszt's performances in Petersburg in the last two years, he thinks that this sonata is a complete tragedy, and the first movement is a thoughtful gentleness, sometimes a mental state full of dark premonition. When he listened to anton rubinstein's performance for nine years, he had a similar impression: "... from a distance, it seems that a silent voice suddenly rises from the depths of an invisible soul. Some voices are melancholy, full of infinite sadness, some are meditative, with endless memories and gloomy omens ... "

Playing C minor is especially famous for the title and legend of "Moonlight". Beethoven once said, "People often talk about sonatas in C minor, but I have written better, and sonatas in F major (Op. 78) are the same works." It can be seen that Beethoven himself was not very satisfied with Moonlight Song.