Author: Yang Dao
Meet the book "A Song of Classical Music Every Day" (hereinafter referred to as "A Song of Adventure"), which is the biggest gain I have gained about music this autumn. It doesn't even look like a book, but a 366 classical music gift box sent to me by a distant friend. One can be taken apart every day and listen to the works of music masters hundreds of years ago. Every song has its own birthday. Every day, there are adventures.
"The Year of Adventure" Author: [English] Clemensi Burton Hill Version: Shanghai Cultural Publishing House Time: December 2021
"The Year of Adventure" selects 366 works by more than 225 composers, one song every day, leading readers to sneak into the distant deep sea of classical music. The author provides a moving description for each work, allowing these long-standing music to be rarely played in the current life. In addition to more than 40 women who are usually ignored by the history of classical music, the author also introduced composers of different skin colors and cultural backgrounds to readers, making them believe that classical music is a global art form that is endless, rich, diverse and vibrant.
htmlOn January 1, the book started with the music of Bach , the father of Western classical music, and ended with Strauss 's champagne polka on December 31. This is similar to a strange adventure about sound all year long, turning over the pages of the book every day and listening to the audio of these works. Most importantly, it is its own music. Under the light, in the melancholy fireworks, or in the dark corners, you are your own world, and you can eliminate any interference from external objects for a certain period of time.The author of the book, Clemen Siberton Hill, was born in London and has the identity of a writer, announcer and journalist. She has a unique understanding of classical music. Her violin performance has won professional awards. She has hosted the Promise Concert, the Young Musician Competition and the New Generation Artist Program. She has produced and written documentaries about music, technology and creativity, and she puts her love for music into life practice. It is precisely because of these rich music practice experience that the content of "The Year of Adventure" is closer to life, especially for those who like classical music. What is even more gratifying is that in "The Year of Adventure", more than 40 female composers were selected, which is a grand scene that we rarely encounter.
"The Year of Adventure" is an expansion of the ideas and passions accumulated by the author over the years. The author said that the book came into being because many of her friends, family, and even strangers were asking her for a classical music song list. They put forward some specific requirements, such as music suitable for study or work; music that can help crying babies calm down, or assist sleep, or music that can make newlywed partners' parents admire themselves; exercise, relax, organize the garden, commute or hold a dinner background music... These needs of relatives and friends allow the author to start this meaningful collection, and ultimately allow more music lovers to get close to these wonderful music.
"The Year of Adventure" is not a detailed encyclopedia about classical music canons. It is not covered by many famous composers' books, and it is not a "guide" at the level of music theory or musicology. But in the reading process, you can form your own view on how the form and focus of classical music gradually evolved through the periods of Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modernism. This is actually a journey through time and space with music. Every time you open a page, you can hear the composer's fluctuating emotions, like peeling off the creator's mystery layer by layer, accompanied by the melody of music, full of adventure novelty.
Reading "The Year of Adventure" under the desk lamp on a rainy night, I felt like I walked into a stone road full of Jiulixiang on both sides and walked into a garden, from the mysterious medieval music Saint Hildeg, to the millennial Alisha Firsova of millennial , to more than 40 beautiful female composers who were ignored by classical music history, with their musical works, tracing the people and things behind it, I can clearly understand that these composers are living people, with sadness and anxiety similar to us, but they decided to express their emotions through a series of notes. What makes this book
also makes me feel close. The moment I got this book, my subconscious action was to search for my birthday. Obviously, ordinary readers will look for a sense of existence in harmony with themselves like me. And the same is true for music. It does not exist in a vacuum. It requires listeners, audiences and witnesses to be awakened.
What is even more amazing is that "The Year of Adventure" is not just a book, it is more similar to a smart playlist. Some of these tracks are only a few minutes long, but they can introduce Kongming and the Tao is simple. They are friends, companions, and Aladdin's magic carpet. With the company of the greatest music, I feel like I have reached unprecedented harmony with the world. empathizes with 's engine to resonate with
allows us to travel around the world without having to get into other people's lives, travel to different eras, and attach to different souls.After reading "The Year of Adventure", I really believe that classical music is a global art form that is endless, rich, diverse and full of vitality. There is all life here. (Yang Dao)
Source: Hainan Daily
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