There is a kind of symphony called "sound and picture", which mainly describes the scenery of nature and life and is relatively easy to understand. For example, Russian composer Mosolski's paintings in the exhibition, Bao Luoting's Prairie of Central Asia, German composer Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony and French composer Debussy's Sea can all be said to be such works. Listening to the music of "the sea", the listener is like being on the shore of the sea. From dawn to noon, he appreciates the changes in color, light, sound and shape of the sea. Sometimes he feels the wind whistling, sometimes he refuses to surf on the shore, sometimes he floats, and sometimes he splashes. It's changing really fast. Appreciating these works, coupled with rich imagination, can invisibly gain conceptual associations-how beautiful nature is, how interesting life is, and everything is endless.
There is a symphony called "Dance Music", which has a strong national style, short music, simple feelings and clear melody. Most of them describe customs and festivals, which have the characteristics of singing and dancing. There are also clips cut from ballet and made into separate instrumental music. This kind of symphonic dance music is easy to understand and will soon become popular. For example, more than 400 waltzes by Austrian, Bolero by French Ravel, Slavic Dance by Czech composer dvorak, Hungarian Dance by German Brahms, Yao Dance by China composer, etc. all belong to symphonic dance music.
In symphonic music, there is a kind of story, which generally has a title or subtitle in each movement. Most of this kind of music is based on familiar and widely circulated plays, poems, legends, myths, novels and stories. For example, the Arabian Nights (Suite) adapted by Russian Rimkiki Kosakov according to the Arabian Myth Novel Arabian Nights; French Bizet's "Carmen Suite" is based on the music fragments of the opera of the same name; He and Chen Gang's butterfly lovers Violin Concerto is based on the folk story butterfly lovers.
Different from drama, literature, poetry, folk art, movies and television, these music works do not provide specific characters or plots for the audience visually and linguistically, but give full play to the function of music, and express the detailed inner feelings of the characters as the main means to let the listeners feel from the heart. If the viewer knows what it describes in advance, when listening to music, he will imagine something in his mind with the sound, and he will enter the specific artistic conception stipulated by music, causing emotions.
In symphonies, there is one kind that has no story and does not describe scenery, but reflects people's very delicate, rich and changeable emotional ups and downs through musical means. This kind of music has no title (only a few words if there is a title), which reflects people's views and hopes for society in a specific society. Such as Beethoven's symphonies Hero, Destiny and Chorus, Tchaikovsky's symphonies Fifth Symphony and Pathetique.
To appreciate this kind of symphony, the listener must know something about the composer's time, environment, experience, experience and life experience. At the same time, he should also know his motivation to write this song and the basic content of music (it is best to know some forms and techniques, etc.). In this way, when listening to music, the listener can get a signal in his heart with the ups and downs of music, and turn it into a philosophical concept. Of course, to get to this point, you need to have certain cultural knowledge and life experience. For example, Beethoven's (1770- 1827) famous symphony Destiny, through the bittersweet experience of Beethoven's own life, was linked with the broad masses of people who shared his destiny at that time, expressing the will to fight against the God of Destiny. It reflects the people's demands for freedom, equality and human liberation. When Beethoven wrote this song (at the age of 38), it was the age when the bourgeoisie and the feudal system fought to the death. "Symphony of Destiny" expresses his firm will, tenacious struggle and warm hope, which is sometimes turbulent, sometimes meditating, sometimes accumulating strength, sometimes fierce struggle, sometimes bravely advancing, and sometimes cheering for victory.
When appreciating a symphony, if the appreciator has some basic musical knowledge at the same time, such as the change of style, mode, theme, inspiration, orchestration, expression technique, timbre contrast and so on. Then he can gain more knowledge and enjoy beauty.