I play the piano in the comprehensive world

Paris France.

Liszt felt incomprehensible, and on his way home he detoured to Chopin's house, where his friend was preparing for an unusually distant trip.

"Dear Frederick, are you really going to that remote country in the Far East?" Liszt asked unwillingly.

"Yes, I really want to go." The good-tempered Chopin took the trouble to answer his friend again.

Since Liszt knew that Chopin was going to Japan, this question had been repeatedly recurring between their conversations.

Liszt perfectly explained what it means to never give up, and it was hard for him to understand why Chopin, who was physically weak, went to that piece of music wasteland.

Chopin seldom went out since his last illness, and he was not good at socializing, and the people he often came and went with were colleagues. Liszt couldn't figure out where his "Japanese friends" came from.

He said against his will: "I admit that there are indeed many people with good music in Asia recently, but they are only good, and I don't know how to let you go, I mean, let you go so far alone go there."

Chopin pursed his lips and smiled.

He actually knew his friend very well, and it was not easy for someone with his eyes above his head to say such blunt words.

"Culolido said that now is the season of cherry blossoms in Japan, and he also sent me several photos. I think the scenery there is very worthwhile for me to visit." Chopin expressed euphemistically: "And there may be What a surprise."

So your surprise will keep you out for the entire social season!

Chopin seemed to see through his thoughts, "You know, I don't really like dances and receptions..."

Unlike Liszt, who is good at dancing with long sleeves, Chopin has always been very uncomfortable with the social occasions of the aristocrats. If George Sand* and Liszt had not been leading him, I am afraid that he would not be able to achieve his reputation today.

Even so, Chopin was socially ill-adapted, and likely never will be.

He didn't like the utilitarian attitude of the nobles towards the piano, and he couldn't cater to them. He couldn't accept that listening to the piano was like watching a monkey play.

Music and piano are noble, they are not superior, but they should not be arty props either.

The reality is that the Romantic Club has a special status, and it's not special enough to be respected by all nobles.

Liszt also remembered the unpleasant experience of the last social season.

"The weather in Paris in spring and summer is too bad," Liszt offered to give in. "I hope the weather in Japan can be better."

Chopin smiled.

He has long been used to Liszt's duplicity and awkwardness.

Chopin has been in poor health since he was a child, and his condition was even worse after touring in Europe in his early years and rushing to create.These years, due to the improvement of status, there is room for rest, and I can't go back to the health of my youth, so I can only take care of it slowly.

"I'll send you a postcard."

Regardless of how advanced electronic communication is in the world today, Chopin still loves the old paper letters.

Liszt: "Okay, call me when you get there."

"Have you brought enough warm coats?" Liszt changed his attitude of objection before, and actively engaged in preparations.

"Frantz, you stuff too much."

"Bring more, what if it's not enough!"

"You can just buy it in Japan at that time." Chopin said helplessly.

Liszt had a different opinion: "Who knows what kind of clothes can be bought in such a rural place! What time is your plane tomorrow? I'll see you off."

"Verdi and Mendelssohn said to come see me off."

Liszt immediately wanted to explode: "...Why is there Verdi! Doesn't that guy like to go out!"

They were both members of the Romantic Music Club, but in completely different circumstances.The mild-tempered Chopin is at home in it, but Liszt is completely another extreme. Apart from Chopin, there is no other colleague who can be called a friend.

Liszt had a big quarrel with Beethoven last social season. The reason was that Liszt played Beethoven's music but improvised, changed Beethoven's score, and made the music giant leave the meeting on the spot. So far there is no reconciliation. *

Chopin could only smile and not speak.

Liszt still came early the next morning.

Mendelssohn and Liszt were chatting casually, while Verdi silently stepped forward to help Chopin carry his luggage.

Compared with the unsociable Verdi, Mendelssohn is quite tolerant of talented musicians. He is the second person who can chat with Liszt without fighting, although sometimes Mendelssohn also Can't stand him.

Verdi and Liszt got into the car first, and Mendelssohn gave Chopin a mischievous wink and lip-synced: "Love."*

Chopin didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

To let Liszt Baba come to see him off is a treatment that even his lover does not have. This is not true love, what else can it be.

Chopin pretended not to see.

Because Liszt is dozens of years old and still treats himself like cats and dogs, Chopin, who can always live in harmony with him, is often ridiculed. Chopin is immune to hearing such things as nanny, male mother, and true love.And Liszt... Liszt was not ashamed, but proud of it, thinking it was a proof of his close friendship with Chopin.

When only Mendelssohn and Chopin were left at the airport, the composer sighed: "Hey, you really can't argue with Liszt."

As soon as Chopin heard it, he heard the trick: "So how much did you bet?"

"A full 1000...wait a minute, you're trying to trick me again!" Mendelssohn shuddered suddenly when facing his friend, and beeped softly: "So, why did Liszt treat you like a sheep..."

It's still the kind of lamb that is lovable and needs to be taken care of and protected everywhere.

Chopin smiled: "Huh?"

Mendelssohn: "...No, nothing."

"How many people are there?"

Mendelssohn reported a list of names, and to Chopin's surprise, even Beethoven bet.

So how much do you want to see me fight Liszt?

Under Chopin's increasingly dangerous eyes, Mendelssohn begged for mercy: "I was wrong, I will not dare next time, Frederick, let's prepare for the concert together!"

Chopin: "Less..." to take advantage of me.

When Liszt, who was going to check the luggage with Verdi, heard it, he was the first to jump out and object: "What?! Frederick is going to play four hands with me next time!"

Verdi: "We agreed to create an opera together."

As soon as Liszt interrupted, the three of them suddenly looked at Chopin with burning eyes, as if the death proposition of female first, female second and female third falling into the water at the same time was in front of him, the weak piano poet smiled, "Sorry, I have not been in good health for the past two years , The previously agreed practice failed to continue.”

Liszt was the first to turn his back on the water, and he had no position at all: "It's okay, I will wait for you."

Verdi nodded aside.

Mendelssohn: "..."

He almost couldn't figure out how Liszt's brain was so good in the social arena.

What about intrigue?Or have everyone's tastes changed now?

Chopin smiled and said to Mendelssohn before boarding the plane: "Look, we had a fight."

Mendelssohn: Huh?

Only Liszt did not understand the code word present, and Verdi gave Mendelssohn a strange look.

In short, the quarrel among these musicians has nothing to do with Chopin for the time being. The pianist slept all the way from boarding the plane to getting off the plane, and set foot on Japanese soil for the first time.

……

When Gou Juanjing counted the days and came to the psychological clinic, the sound of the piano reverberated in this quaint little red building*.

Ryoko, who didn't understand the music, thought it was Crowley who was playing music, only Gou Juanjing, his eyes widened slightly, obviously a little surprised and unbelievable.

—It was Chopin.

He turned his head to look at Culolido, the psychiatrist still had the same smile on his face, feeling inexplicably in need of a beating.

But today's puppy roll doesn't care about him.

"Doctor, the second floor." Gou Juanjing felt that his usual normal pace was extremely slow today, so he couldn't help urging Crowley in a low voice.

This is probably the urgency and desire of fans to meet their idols.

I'm afraid it's true, and I'm afraid I won't guess right.

The piano room on the second floor was built into a Datong room by Culolido. A huge black piano was placed in the middle, starting from the fingertips of the musicians, making pleasant sounds one by one, like beads falling one by one, Each one is also connected in series with a thread, and each sound is round and silky, and they are related to each other, just like the brisk bells of various colors ringing in the ears.

He was playing Liszt's "The Bell".

The Polish pianist has curly chestnut hair. When playing, the hair will move slightly with his movements, adding a little lively and lovely feeling to him.The pianist is slender but has big hands. It seems that all the strength of the whole body is used in the fingers, and every note conveys Chopin's power.

He has a very Polish face, with brown eyes, he is looking at the keys tenderly, and the corners of his mouth are curled up, like a child concentrating on his favorite toy, without noticing the two extra spectators at all.

He may not be physically as strong as others, but he is no worse than anyone else on the piano.

This is a sense of power that Chopin rarely displays in public.

Liszt himself loves virtuosity. His "The Bell" was composed based on Paganini's violin music. In order to imitate the sound of the bell, he used the timbre and overtone playing method of the high-pitched range of the piano to form a short and powerful sound effect. There are extremely high demands on the dexterity and responsiveness of the fingers.

The staccato playing in rounds*, rapidly changing octaves and large intervals is the technical difficulty of this piece. Gou Juanjing has also heard several versions of "The Bell", except for Liszt himself, he has never heard such a heavy lifting. Performance.All the difficulties are done naturally, and it can only make people notice the beauty of the music, without even thinking about how difficult it is to do it.

Master class playing.

The two have been quietly waiting for Chopin to finish playing.

This was the first time he had heard Chopin play a Liszt piece.

"Clap clap clap..."

Chopin looked at the source of the applause in surprise, and laughed when he saw the small audience.

Didn't realize there were other listeners.

"Hello, Xiaojing, I'm Chopin."

The moment Gou Juanjing was stared at by Chopin, he returned to a tense state. He grabbed Culolido's sleeve and replied as calmly as possible: "Hello, I'm Gou Juanjing."

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The author has something to say:

*Chopin's full name: Frédéric François Chopin.

*I thought about it. Europeans call people by their first names when they are close, but you probably won’t know who is who when you write their names, so you should use familiar names for the following names, as long as you understand them.

A popular science for those who don’t know: in reality, both Chopin and Liszt were pianists in the romantic period, and there is only one year difference in age.The relationship between the two used to be very good. Chopin first became famous with the help of Liszt, but the two eventually parted ways due to various issues such as personality.Chopin, who is weak, sensitive and slender in appearance, but tough, and Liszt, who is indulgent and unscrupulous, belong to the friendship connected by "you and I have no chance, it all depends on having a piano".

One of the proofs of the friendship between Chopin and Liszt: Chopin is an old man who is afraid of society, but he is willing to go out for the sake of Liszt. What a touching friendship! (shock sound.jpg)

*George Sand: Famous French novelist (female), lover of Chopin (not married), and friend of Liszt's first elopement partner (it is said that she had a relationship with Liszt).Legend has it that Liszt and Chopin fell out later, and George Sand was also unhappy with Liszt.

* Liszt is a person who likes impromptu performances very much. Chopin's scores were all changed by him for performances. They also quarreled at that time.At the same time, Bei Dauphin at the end of obsessive-compulsive disorder belongs to the type of "moving a note on my score and you will die".

*Just for ridicule among friends (extreme desire to survive)

*Round playing: playing with left and right hands alternately

*Chopin played the piano with a very low voice. He once expressed his envy to Liszt because Liszt’s piano was very loud (the pianos of that era were different from those of today)

Additional explanation: Chopin and other musicians belong to the musician version of Wenyeguan, which means that musicians in history live in modern times.Can be understood as historical original