Jealousy is a sin, but arrogance and squandering of talent are also a sin.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > R Jun said</h1>
"Desire, this hungry wolf who is greedy and insufficient,
With the dual complement of will and power,
It is bound to give the whole world its kiss,
And then I ate myself into it. ”
(Shakespeare, The Siege of Troy)
"Ah, it was me, it was I who killed Mozart!"
You heard it right, this is the famous Italian composer, the head of the Austrian court orchestra, the director of the first conservatory in Vienna: Antonio. Antonio Salieri's first line in the film...
This "Amadeus" has been seen no less than four times in various media formats, but won eight awards at the 1985 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Today, this is a phenomenal work.
The point is: it's still good-looking!
Because, it is not only a musical film (a total of 54 Mozart works appear in the whole play perfectly combined with the interpretation of the plot scene), but also a court power plot film, but also a perfect suspense film, showing how a generation of musical celebrities Saleri set various social traps step by step because of jealousy, and finally forced the musical genius Mozart (who died less than 36 years old) to the thrilling journey.......
So why would Salieri, a fellow music celebrity of the same generation, remember the idol he once nearly idolized? And what did the genius Mozart do to make his own life so hard, and finally to the end of his life so miserable?
There will never be unprovoked love in this world, and there will never be unprovoked hate.........
Maybe that's what we need to really learn from this movie. Otherwise, it is likely that one day, you will also find out: "I also killed a Mozart........"
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="150" > this is a protracted case</h1>
In fact, the story told in this movie is likely to be an unjust case that lasted for more than 300 years.
It is true that Mozart died young, but there is really no conclusive evidence that Salieri has been plotting to kill him out of jealousy. In fact, many of Mozart's works were involved by Salieri. They also co-wrote A Salute to the Recuperating Ophelia, and Mozart also wrote a variation on 6 Variations on "Mio caro adone" (k. 180/173c) for the second act finale of Salieri's opera La fiera di Venezia.
Although Salieri was in some ways Mozart's contemporary competitor, he was also the director of vienna's first conservatory. His talented students included Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt, Meyerbel and many other famous writers of later generations, and even Mozart's own youngest son, F.X. Mozart (who later disappeared into the world because of his mediocre qualifications and works).
In many of the documentaries, Salieri was a man of great love for music and a lover of geniuses. He has sponsored many poor but music-loving students, including Beethoven, Schubert, etc., so his students seem to love this mentor. Both Beethoven and Schubert once had works explicitly labeled "dedicated to their teacher Salieri". (For example, Beethoven's violin sonata "Violine Sonata No.1, Op. 12 No.1, and Schubert's Erster Verlust, D.226, below is the cover of Beethoven's work, which clearly reads "Dedicated to Saliery")
Therefore, although Salieri is not as famous as Mozart, he also has considerable prestige in the history of music. His hometown of Legnano, Italy, has been hosting the Salieri Festival since 2009 to commemorate his musical achievements.
At the time of Mozart's burial, he was the only one, and he and Mozart's joint students and several of Mozart's friends attended the scene. (Mozart's own widow didn't even come at the time...) ）
So, how did such a person who seemed to be famous at that time carry this black cauldron...
In fact, it may be a combination of "self-pity and reflection" and "false accusations"........
First of all, Salieri lived until the age of 75, and in his final years, not only was he seriously ill, but he was already unconscious, so it is rumored that he always claimed that he had poisoned Mozart, and for this reason he tried to commit suicide because of repentance. (The true cause of Mozart's death is uncertain, including the possibility of dying from some acute bacterial infection, or because of worsening rheumatic fever, or rumors of being poisoned by the husband of a schoolgirl with whom he was infected, etc.) But in any case, Mozart ended up in poor physical condition, and died of a sudden high fever and swelling and pain all over his body, which is indeed suspicious)
Although there was no wind or waves, at that time, With Salieri's social status and wealth, he was indeed taken care of everywhere (as shown in the movie), so it was completely out of nothing, and it was probably not. But several of Sarrieri's students had visited their teacher at the time, and none of them believed what the teacher had said, believing that someone might have misrepresented his intentions.
However, the famous Russian poet Pushkin, after hearing these rumors, indignantly made a long poem "Mozart and Saliery", officially accusing him of designing frame-ups and "murdering" (poisoning in wine) the musical genius Mozart for the first time. (Interestingly, this indictive poem was not published until especially three years after Salieri's death...) This is obviously not dare to accuse people in person while they are alive, and obviously some of them are not on the table. ）
And after him, the famous Russian musician Rimsky. Korsakov (a musician known worldwide for his famous "One Thousand and One Nights" suite, and his work is one of R Jun's favorite classical suites since childhood, and there is still one in QQ music) based on Pushkin's poetry and wrote a one-act opera based on Pushkin's poetry.
Because these two people who have a fairly high status in both the literary world and the music world jointly accuse, it seems that Saliery's accusations have been confirmed. In the centuries that followed, "Salieri killed Mozart" became a conspiracy theory that everyone was talking about, and in 1979, a British writer, Peter Mozart, became a british writer. Schaefer also wrote the story into a Broadway musical, which led to the film "Mozart" with the theme of "the murder of geniuses by mediocrity because of jealousy".
Therefore, the feeling of "both Shengyu and He Shengliang" seems to be the same all over the world.
Indeed, is it possible that Salieri is ostensibly one of Mozart's friends and fans, as portrayed in the film, but behind the scenes, he is jealous and tries his best to make him miserable? It's really hard to say, after all, in that era, there was not much literature to peek into, and there was no social media to help strip away the cocoon of analysis and judgment. And split personality is not a rare thing.
In any case, human nature is a very complicated thing after all....... Therefore, the truth of this hundreds of years of doubt is probably only known to God.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="151" > more terrible than vulgar, arrogance and ignorance</h1>
Whether this story is really a conspiracy theory or not, even if it is used as a work of art, it actually brings us quite a lot of inspiration.......
The most important of these is the tragic cause of Mozart. (Let's leave aside how much authenticity there is in this movie)
How talented was Mozart's musical talent? The vast majority of musicians, including giants like Bach, compose works that are superimposed one part by one; only Mozart, from the very beginning, the first note is all chords, parts and inflections together.... As Salieri lamented in the movie: Mozart's music is simply God's music and put it in his head, and then all he needs to do is write him out...
No one will deny Mozart's talent, this prodigy who became famous at the age of 6, from a young age, he was able to get close to the holy see and the royal family and the nobility at the top of the social pyramid at that time, and even get their favor.
Emotional intelligence and behavioral habits are his fatal wounds.
You have to be arrogant and wild and have no one in sight, the first premise is that there must be mines at home, and you don't have to rely on society and other people's faces to live. In fact, even if there is a mine at home, if you only focus on yourself, it is a very dangerous habit, such as seeing many stars in the global showbiz sports industry, who used to be hundreds of millions of family wealth, and finally squandered, or failed to manage their finances, so that they fell on the streets, and even died alone. Besides, if you don't have a way to survive without relying on society...
What's worse is that not only do you have no mines at home, you need social survival, and you have also developed a profligate habit of living since you were a child... Isn't that a hard model for yourself?
Although Mozart's talent is good, his musical works can only be realized through the elite or the Holy See. (For example, all operas and his music needed rehearsals, venues, bands, which were a lot of upfront costs before any official performance) So most musicians in that era could only rely on music tutors as powerful people, or on salaries to obtain some royal positions. (Of course, the successful release of well-known plays can also bring a lot of wealth, but it seems that it is really not enough for the standard of living that these musicians need to maintain.) ）
So in that era, unless they were born into a well-off family, such as Mendelssohn, most musicians were often in an era of poor living and relying on people's relief to survive, including Beethoven, Schubert, etc., and also by rich fans or rich wives (and possibly true love), such as... Tchaikovsky. (Engaging in art looks sexy, but life is not easy, it is really consistent from ancient times to the present....... ）
In fact, with Mozart's talent, he only needs to be a little more emotionally intelligent, behave a little more modestly, and the situation he faces will be completely different.
Initially, both Salieri and the various magnates in the court, including Wilhelm II himself, were his die-hard fans. What Mozart has to do is to serve the big guys well, follow their preferences, and carefully handle interpersonal relationships. Instead of blatantly using his talents in front of His Majesty to compare (inadvertently suppress and humiliate) the self-esteem of a range of characters such as Salieri, the Interior Minister, and so on.
And his own lack of nurturing habits of behavior, including debauchery laughter, frivolous attitudes and actions toward women, are at any time elements that aggravate the negative impression of those who are already jealous of his talents.
Unfortunately, this big brother is really very low social emotional intelligence, and as a result, he has offended many people, and he is also a person with high authority and strong strength....... For example, in 1768 (when he was only 12 years old), the premiere of his comedy opera "Pretending to Be Crazy and Selling Stupid" was destroyed in Vienna; in 1780 (at the age of 24), he quarreled with the Archbishop of Salzburg, the first to promote his hometown, and resigned his long-term papal iron rice bowl (he had been the first violinist in the Salzburg court); and he did not have much decent regular work during his time in Vienna, basically living on performances and musical contracts (having been a saint. The vice-captain of the band at Stefan Cathedral also has no position of Feng Lu. ）
And who can gather around him?
There is no denying that there are musicians attracted to his talents (but most of them are also of humble status, or in their formative years, they can only take from Mozart, but they cannot contribute anything), and more, as we see in the film, are the merchants, theater directors, who need to squeeze his production for profit; it is the money that spends his money, plays with him, and satisfies his vain wine and meat friends;
Therefore, not only did he consume his own qi and blood because of the excessive color of wine, but also in order to maintain his vain life, he had to accept the oppression of the merchant and desperately compose music in exchange for the necessities of life.
Life is chaotic and unrestrained, coupled with desperate forced to rush to work and make friends, you say that the mood of this day can be comfortable? Can I be physically and mentally healthy? From time to time, there are still some disputes as music teachers and some female students, and the "beauty" of this life can really be imagined...
In fact, even without the existence of such a person as Salieri, Mozart's life would have become increasingly difficult, and his life would have been bleak and short. In the film, Salieri is just a catalyst for Mozart's demise at a critical time...
In historical reality, Mozart was also a man of debauchery and rude rhetoric. It's hard to imagine a God who gave such brilliance to himself, but filled his own family book with foul language. (It is said that this is also true in real life.) ）
Therefore, such a genius, when he died, could only be buried in a civilian cemetery, and few close relatives and friends came to the funeral (including Salieri himself and his students, do you say that Salieri really hates Mozart?). ）。 It is conceivable that in the era of his survival, what kind of social evaluation this genius enjoyed...
Finally, 100 years after his death, in 1891, the citizens of Vienna, believing that his achievements deserved better commemorative treatment, moved his cemetery to the current Vienna Central Cemetery, where he was accompanied by famous musicians such as Beethoven, Haydn, Brahms, and Strauss. (If it weren't for the epidemic, R Jun would have gone to Werner, Austria, more than 2 years ago to meet these world music giants...) ）
Is talent really important?
Of course, it is important. Many of the humanistic miracles of human society are contributed by genius. But whether it's Mozart, or Turing, or John. Nash, most of their lives were filled with pain, suffering, loneliness and "injustice" treatment.
So, is it all because they have met their respective "Salieri"? Or is it because, in this way of dealing with the world, the final experience of suffering will only be an inevitability.
The world is always full of mediocrity, even vulgarity, but if you are too egotistical, arrogant and ignorant, and you end up squandering and squandering the genius and abilities that God has given you, how can you blame such a figure as Saliery?
After all, genius is god-given, but the world and the rules of its functioning were also created by God. So, should you thank God? Or do you resent him?
Interestingly, R Jun remembers watching this "Biography of Mozart" for the first time, and is also full of hatred for Saleri, feeling that it is really the existence of people like him that makes the geniuses in the world cannot exist better, and cannot let them contribute more beauty to our world. However, with the passage of time, every time I watch "Mozart's Biography", my feelings are increasingly different...
Salieri in the film is certainly not our role model. But we have to face society, face human nature, and can't just revolve around our own feelings and values to manage our lives and things. No matter how good our talents and beautiful creations are, we all need and should be able to play a better value under better premise and in a better way.
We certainly shouldn't turn ourselves into Salieri, but neither should we turn ourselves into Mozart.
"Mozart's biography": It is the tragedy of God, the sorrow of genius, and it is also the alarm bell of society.
R Jun, October 5, 2021, in Shanghai.
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