Freedom and progress are the goals of art, as they are throughout life. Even if we modern people are less determined than our ancestors, at least many things have been greatly expanded by the refinement of civilization. —Beethoven
For Beethoven, the vast majority of our impressions are still stuck on the phrase "I will choke the throat of fate." But in fact, Beethoven is one of the greatest German musicians, known as "Le Sheng". The biography of Beethoven was written by the famous 19th-century biographer and Nobel laureate in literature, Roman Berger. Chinese edition by Roland was translated by Mr. Fu Lei, a famous translator, writer and educator in China.
This biography uses the method of commentary to capture important moments in Beethoven's life, including several important creative stages and masterpieces for commentary. Depicts Beethoven's early childhood abuse from an alcoholic father. His mother died, and because of the reasons of life, he had to take on the burden of the family early.
In the youth of 26 years old, the ears gradually lost their sense of hearing. Constantly struggling in despair, during which there was also a beautiful love. But in the end, he lost his love and suffered mental pain, and his physical ailments made him suffer. Under the double blow of spirit and body, Beethoven finally found the meaning and value of his life.
The spirit of Beethoven depicted in this biography in the face of the ups and downs and hardships given to him by fate, undaunted, and vowing to fight fate to the end has inspired generations of young people. But in my opinion, he is also an ordinary person with revolutionary ideals, a vision of love, and the pursuit of freedom and independence. Beethoven is an exemplary title music author and a bridge to modern classical music. His music is full of strong emotions and collisions, and this is caused by Beethoven's twists and turns and abundant emotions.
In order to better understand Beethoven and the music he composed, I will interpret Beethoven's two relationships, Beethoven's struggle against difficulties and fate, and his Ninth Symphony. At the end of the article, I will combine this book to talk about how individuals should be optimistic in the face of the sad background of life.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >01, two love affairs that ended without illness, two sincere emotional efforts, Beethoven has been healed in love, but in the end it is still music that soothes his lost love</h1>
Love is the eternal theme of human beings. Whether it is Romeo and Juliet or Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. It seems that human love stories ultimately point to the pain of separation and the sadness of not being able to stay together until they are old. Beethoven never married in his lifetime, but had two relationships in his life. Although they did not disperse in the end, the pain of lost love eventually turned into nourishment for his spiritual world.
(1) The first time he met sweet love, he expressed the sweetness of love with "Moonlight Sonata"
Everyone will meet in their lives people they admire, for you and me, and for Beethoven as well. His first relationship began in 1801. First love"Julietta. Quicciardini "was an elf-like woman in Beethoven's eyes." She admired Beethoven's talent, and Beethoven also gave it to the beauty with "Moonlight Sonata". The brisk rhythm, like the moonlight of water, turns into the joy of the first taste of love. Beethoven's letter to his friend read: "Now my life is sweeter, and I have more contact with people... The change was facilitated by the charm of a dear girl. It was the lucky day I met for the first time in two years. ”
But the happy days didn't last long. A young girl who admired talent eventually abandoned Beethoven and married Count Gallenberg. Beethoven suffered abnormally after the loss of love. This pain did not only come from the loss of love, but such an experience made him suddenly realize the consequences of his physical disability.
His pain was evident in a letter to a friend:
Even the courage to support me was gone. god! Give me a day of real joy, just a day. How long have I not heard the far-reaching sounds of joy? When, my God, when will I be able to meet it again... Never? - No, it's too cruel.
In my opinion, like many young people today. For the first time in life, I stepped out of my fantasy and saw reality often because of a loss of love. The loss of a relationship made the young Beethoven also see the reality. In the face of the pain of gradually losing his ears, he could have digested this pain silently. But because he had received love and lost love, the scars of this "disability" in his heart expanded.
(2) In the second relationship, two people who love each other can not resist the temptation of bread in the end, and they have no choice but to separate
The second relationship developed directly to the engagement stage. The first acquaintance between the two began when Beethoven sat in the home of his good friend Count François. The Count's sister Therese was still a little girl. Perhaps it is a long-term love affair, in the days of learning the piano with Beethoven, a crush gradually arose.
In 1806, when they were visiting a friend's house in Hungary, love collided in the eyes of the two. Of Beethoven, Trezer was adored, and she wrote in her diary: "One Sunday night, after dinner, Beethoven sat in front of the piano in the moonlight. Then, slowly, with a mysterious and solemn aura, he played a song by Bach: 'If you wish to give it to each other, it is no harm to pass it on quietly; the pulse of the two loves should not be known. ’”。 In my opinion, similar to the previous love, Trezer is more admiring and appreciative of Beethoven. This sentiment often makes people ignore reality.
In the course of this love affair, Beethoven composed the Fourth Symphony. Perhaps it was love that temporarily quelled his pain over the gradual loss of hearing, and the work contained a calm, happy smell. He also became polite and no longer as hot and violent as before. But this beautiful relationship did not last long in the end, perhaps there was no wealth, or perhaps the status difference, two people who loved each other were forced to separate, and the marriage contract was ruined.
In my opinion, if this beautiful relationship ends with two people entering the palace of marriage. There may be one more calm and gentle Beethoven in the world, but there will be one less "Le Sheng" who is full of passion, strong will, and constantly fights against fate. Although Beethoven was in great pain in the loss of love, he forced himself to immerse himself in the creation of music and healed his inner wounds with music.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >02, a life of bumpy fate, fate to create difficulties for him at the same time, but also let him have a deeper feeling of life itself, with these feelings, he composed the masterpiece "The Ninth Symphony"</h1>
In a person's life, it is inevitable to encounter some difficulties and tribulations. Some people are lost, staying in the quagmire of life and not willing to try to climb out and laughing at those who try to climb out, telling them that it is useless. If life has a pit for everyone, then I think some people's pit must be extra deep, such as Beethoven.
(1) Childhood abuse, youth face deafness in both ears, fate has given him too many obstacles
Freud believed that a person's childhood experiences affect a person's entire life. This seems to be the case in Beethoven's body, but it does not seem to be completely. His usual expression was melancholy, showing "an incurable sadness." But he often laughed with a cute and pleasing look.
Beethoven's childhood was both unfortunate and fortunate. It seems that if the children who suffered the misfortunes of childhood grow up to have achieved something and are respected, it must be because a loving and tolerant mother has given him the most selfless love. Beethoven's father was a failed tenor who drank all day. In order to develop Beethoven's musical talent. The father often used violence to force Beethoven to learn various instruments all day long, and this was only to satisfy the vanity of the father to show off to others.
Fortunately, his mother gave him the love that soothed the pain of his heart. His mother tragically fell ill with lung disease and died when he was 17 years old. Beethoven wrote bitterly in his letter: "She was so kind to me, so worthy of love, my best friend." When I can call out my mother's sweet name and she can hear it, who is happier than me? ”
In my opinion, in a person's childhood, it is lucky to have a mother who is wholeheartedly tolerant of him and loves him. The love of his mother and his hometown on the Rhine became the source of strength in Beethoven's heart.
After he was 26 years old, facing the gradual loss of hearing in both ears and the pain of his lover leaving him, although his heart was bitter, the most important reason why he finally chose to live bravely was because of the strength given to him by his hometown and mother.
(2) Great music has not been exchanged for bread, but it has become a source of strength for generations to fight against fate
The pinnacle of Beethoven's music came from his Ninth Symphony ("Symphony of Destiny"). At that time, Beethoven's musical style suffered a huge impact on Rossini and Italian opera, and when he completed this masterpiece, he even wanted to give up the Vienna premiere and move to London instead. But in the end, the Viennese audience could not resist, and there was a strong call for the Ninth Symphony to be premiered in Vienna.
The premiere of this bloody work that embodies Beethoven's lifelong thinking about love, life, and destiny has achieved great repercussions.
Roman. Roland portrays the pomp and circumstance of the time as never before
The heat of the situation is almost insurrective. When Beethoven appeared, he was welcomed by the crowd five times; in this courteous country, the appearance of the royal family was habitually only three times. So the police had to intervene. The symphony caused a frenzied commotion, and many people began to cry.
Although music has been a great success, it has not exchanged the money and food needed for the great man of music. Everyday embarrassment, endless lawsuits; or asking people to fulfill their promises of allowances, or fighting for the custody of their nephews. He often couldn't go out because the only boot had a hole in. Finally, in the midst of poverty and illness, in the wind and rain, in the snow and wind, in a thunderclap, Beethoven completed his life.
In my opinion, great works are often born out of the most difficult moments of the creator's life. But the great soul engraved on the work, as well as the fighting fate contained in the Ninth Symphony, and the spirit of struggle not to concede defeat to god have inspired generations of young people, including Fu Lei.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >03, combined with this book, talk about my thinking about how individuals should cope with the hardships of life, be optimistic and smile about life, and live out their wonderful lives</h1>
If you want to be miserable, I'm afraid most of us probably don't have the experience of Beethoven. But Beethoven, despite his pain and doubts, never complained. The Ninth Symphony was composed during his time of total deafness in both ears, and some people can say that it is a divine power, but I think it is a gift from Beethoven against fate.
I will combine some of the contents of this book to talk about my three points of thinking about how individuals should cope with the sufferings of life, laughing at life.
(1) When you are lonely and helpless, it is better to express it than to hold it in your heart
"When you share happiness with others, you can double the happiness you get; if you share pain with others, the pain you get can be halved."
In life, whether it is family or friends, girlfriends. When we face challenges or difficulties, it is a good strategy to talk to them appropriately.
In the days when Beethoven had just begun to perceive that his ears were beginning to lose their hearing, he also wanted to bear the fear and fear in his heart alone. But gradually he couldn't stand this panic. So he wrote to his doctor friend, to his childhood playmates, to his indissoluble sorrow.
Therefore, I think that venting out your inner emotions is the first step in coping with life's challenges. Whether it's talking to people or writing it down in words is a good way. Only after being calm and sane can you take the next step.
(2) Stop complaining about life, complaining can only make you more uncomfortable
If talking to people is to find an outlet for emotions, then some people have a misunderstanding: they use complaints instead of talking, but they make themselves more and more irritable. In Beethoven's correspondence with friends, although Beethoven also talked about his pain, he often wrote a few times, and then turned to his concern for his friends.
Always think about what help you can give your friends. For example, in a letter to Pastor Amenda, he suggested that he had recently sold quite a few things, and heard that you had opened a shop where you ordered pianos, and that I could package my various works with the pianos for you to make you less expensive.
I think stopping endless complaining is a great way to stop negative emotions from growing. On the one hand, through the pouring out of the negative emotions gradually dissipated, on the other hand, stop the endless complaining, so that negative emotions no longer breed. Optimism is not the absence of sadness, but the rebirth after the dissipation of sadness.
(3) Take the first step of action and try to face the challenge of fate
When you've dissolved your emotions and calmed down, all you need to do is face the problem, think about solutions, and try to take the first step. Beethoven had just gone from being aware of hearing loss to being completely deaf in both ears, and he had been actively seeking treatment in the process. It's not about lying at home waiting for an automatic healing. He followed the doctor's instructions, took a warm bath, and took some medicine to treat stomach problems to stop diarrhea.
In my view, the first step towards positive action is a good start to resolving difficulties. Because "everything is difficult at the beginning", it is impossible to change reality by relying on ideas alone, only action and continuous attempts can find a glimmer of hope and discover new opportunities.
Just like because of this epidemic, many offline entities cannot operate normally, and it is impossible to solve the problem by just complaining or waiting for government assistance. Some companies choose to sell goods online live, or share employees to get through the difficulties together. This shows that only by taking action can we find the possibility of solving difficulties.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > summarize:</h1>
"The Biography of Beethoven" is a novel by Roman. The opening of three works in Roland's Biography of a Celebrity. He uses his unique brushstrokes to portray the image of a giant Beethoven who is in pain, struggling but unwilling to conquer to fate. Beethoven's Symphony of Destiny and his story have spread around the world, inspiring countless people to struggle in difficult situations. But in my opinion, Beethoven was an ordinary person first, and then a musical genius. Therefore, I interpret the charm of this work from his love, childhood experience and the work from a shallow and deep understanding.
Beethoven is not only an "inspirational master", he is also an important figure in the history of music. His Symphony of Destiny and this biography of Beethoven vividly illustrate that although people cannot change their fate, they can create a wonderful life without admitting their fate. @Small talk is productivity