Author | Fan Deng Reading · Ask the heart and smile
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The protagonist who appears today is a "genius" who occupies an important position in the world music industry.
He played classical music on the one hand and romantic music on the other, so that the symphony stood at the forefront of the world.
He is not only the pioneer in music, but also the brave man in the face of suffering, even if he is tricked by fate, he has also become his own hero.
Let's walk into the "father of symphony" - Beethoven's legendary life together
The writer Balzac once said:
"Suffering is a stepping stone for genius, a wealth for the able, and an abyss for the weak."
Deeply.
There are nine times out of ten that life is not satisfactory, and those who can maintain an optimistic attitude in the face of suffering and face it bravely will inevitably be able to transcend suffering and turn it into the nourishment of life.
Falling into adversity can also make the flower of life bloom in its most beautiful posture.
Just like Beethoven.
There is no doubt that Beethoven was a musical genius, which was revealed at a very young age.
However, this talent did not bring him a life of "stars holding the moon".
On the contrary, musical talent became the dream demon of his childhood.
In December 1770, the genius who rewrote the path of world music was born in a dilapidated attic.
Although Beethoven's grandfather and father were both court singers and could be regarded as being born into a musical family, his father was an alcoholic and always treated Beethoven cruelly.
The mother was also nothing more than a maid, and apart from her love for her children, she did not have much ability to protect Beethoven.
Therefore, after the death of his grandfather, who loved him, Beethoven, who was already "pampered" by music, was forced to embark on the road of violently cultivating genius:
Father always locked Beethoven and the piano in a room, let him practice for many hours, and if he played wrong, he would be punished by slapping;
He also found a not-so-good music teacher for Beethoven, and every time the two drank until late at night, they dragged Beethoven up to practice the piano;
What's more, in order for Beethoven to be more like a prodigy, he also lied about his age for his son and took the eight-year-old Beethoven to a concert for a six-year-old.
But this did not make Beethoven give in, and the little one already understood that the best way to deal with the suffering given by the outside world is not to escape, but to bravely move forward.
Under the innate endowment and acquired hard work, at the age of twenty, he became a court antique piano and organ musician, taking on the responsibility of supporting his family.
It was also from this time that he gradually got rid of the pain caused by his father and embarked on the path of self-seeking ideals.
When the precarious Beethoven performed an impromptu performance in front of Mozart, Mozart, who had become famous in Europe, predicted that this young man would one day shock the world!
I have to admit that Beethoven, who dared to face the dismal fate, became a strong man who dominated his own destiny.
He did not abandon himself in the unfortunate childhood, did not sink in the beating of his father, the laughter of his peers, and did not bow to a poor life.
Life goes ups and downs, don't worry about those unexpected difficulties.
Even if the overlap is stacked in front of you, as long as you have the courage to face it head-on, you can become the winner who holds your own life.
Leonardo da Vinci said:
"Setbacks can put people to death, or they can put people to death and come back to life."
This sentence is placed on Beethoven's body, which is extremely appropriate.
Seventeen-year-old Beethoven, recognized by the famous composer Mozart, could have become a beautiful talk.
But before the story could begin, it ended with Beethoven's mother's critical illness.
Beethoven's life entered a new round of suffering: his mother died, and he took on the responsibility of raising his two younger brothers.
Mozart did not wait for Beethoven in the end, and four years later, he died, and the regret of the two musicians became the regret of the music industry.
At this time, Beethoven, often melancholy, felt that he had the same illness as his mother, and he began to think about death.
But he didn't let himself go too long in the vortex of thought.
In 1792, he returned to Vienna and formally studied music.
Haydn, Schenck, Ambrezberg, Saliery... Beethoven sought advice from these famous teachers, drawing a lot of nutrients from them and allowing himself to grow rapidly.
In 1795, Beethoven's first concert in Vienna was a blockbuster!
But just when Beethoven was full of spirits, the hand of fate's trickery was extended again.
In 1796, Beethoven found that his hearing was undergoing a sharp decline. Does an inaudible musician still have a meaning?
Beethoven was desperate!
He was far from the crowds, increasingly withdrawn, and wrote a famous letter, the Suicide Note of Heiligenstadt. In it, he tells the reason for his "bad heart and strange temper" and laments that death comes too quickly:
"If death had come before I could unleash all my artistic potential, I probably would have wanted it to slow down, no matter how hard it was."
But how could Beethoven, who bravely waded through the hardships of his childhood, easily succumb to suffering.
This time, he chose to become a flexible grass, seemingly obedient to the fiddling of fate, but in fact he let himself go in the softness, not consuming too much with suffering.
Fate tried to imprison Beethoven's talent in the "deafness", so he used this "room" that was not connected to the outside world as the basis for his creation away from the hustle and bustle of the world and without distraction;
His ears could not hear, so he created a pair of ears in his soul, so that every note danced in his heart!
Beethoven no longer dwells on why fate is so unfair, and no longer laments why life is so ugly.
He no longer cared about the eyes of others, or pity, or schadenfreude, it didn't matter.
He began to write wildly, leaving many treasures for human music.
Yes, when fate sets up problems in the form of suffering, instead of a dilemma, it is better to jump out of the quagmire, take a detour, and life will meet peach blossoms again.
Letting go of oneself and accepting reality is never a bow to suffering, it is another declaration of war on fate.
In life, everyone takes their own unique script and walks in the long road of life.
Although the circumstances are different, they all have their own ups and downs.
Almost no one lives without suffering.
It's just that some people boil setbacks into sugar and see hope in them; others turn hardships into walls and trap their vision.
Beethoven also wrote in his diary:
"I'm going to choke the throat of fate, and it's trying to bring me to my knees, and it's absolutely not going to work. Life is so beautiful, live his thousand lives! ”
The truly bright life is like this, transcending one suffering after another and creating a life that truly belongs to oneself.
In fact, Beethoven also has many troubles like us:
The conflict with the landlord tenants makes him keep moving, because of the rental contract problem, sometimes, he has to pay the rent of four apartments at the same time;
After the death of his brother Carl, he took on the responsibility of raising his nephew, but he unconsciously passed on his father's education to his nephew, so that the relationship between the two was very bad;
His emotional world is also not at peace, and he will always be unable to love because of unequal origins, or the wrong time of encounter.
As Beethoven's best friend Weigler said:
"Beethoven was in love all the time, and he loved it to the bone."
But he never married.
However, neither the troubles of life, the mental torture, nor the physical pain have brought down Beethoven.
He wrote the Symphony of Heroes in Pain, using music to show his spiritual strength and tell everyone what another hero in the world looks like.
He put the suffering of childhood in a gentle memory, pinned his feelings for his father on the Rhine, and gave his hometown a new soul.
He is always abandoned by love, but he maintains a pure attitude towards love, turning the pain of falling out of love into a source of creation.
Beethoven's attitude of not stopping in the face of any suffering has allowed him to complete more than a hundred works in the 57 years of his life, which has a pivotal position in the history of world music and is known as "Le Sheng".
Helen Keller, who also overcame suffering, once said:
"In the face of the sun, the shadow is always behind us."
No matter how much suffering fate sets, we must understand that your attitude toward it is what your life looks like.
In the face of suffering that can be changed, more courage, less escape, you will cross the suffering and usher in the willow of life;
In the face of irrevocable suffering, more relief, less entanglement, you will transcend suffering and find the brightness of life's secrets.
Click "watching", may we all have a strong heart, with the "heroism" that cannot be defeated, with the "spirit of disobedience" that is not afraid, in the difficulties of fate, usher in a different life.
Author | Ask the heart to smile, the young writer network signed a writer, write other people's stories, live their own lives.
Column Director | Cheng zi
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