The French musician Berlioz's Fantasia opened the decisive door for the romanticism of music with its imaginative orchestral grammar. At that time, romanticism was gradually sweeping from literature and painting to music, and Berlioz just met him. But the French pay attention to elegance and detail, unlike Germany, which pursues seriousness and massiness. Therefore, the French have never played a prominent role in the symphony style that pays attention to form and structure. Here is a brief introduction to the background of symphony fantasia, which I carefully arranged, hoping to help you.
Creation background
As we all know, Berlioz wrote Fantasia because of his infatuation with the actress harriet Smithsonian. Before telling this love story in detail, I want to mention the subsequent development of Symphony Fantasia for those who are interested. After Symphony of Fantasia, Berlioz also wrote a biographical sequel and a musical sequel for this story, in which the biographical sequel Back to Life tells the story of the artist lelio (Op. 14b) returning from madness to real life through the therapeutic power of music. The musical Reilio, named after the artist Reilio, is an innovative orchestral work that combines the oral expressions of singers and actors.
If Berlioz wrote the symphony Fantasia for the Smithsonian, most people would think that Berlioz is quite infatuated, but as far as his love history is concerned, Berlioz's infatuation is only temporary. At the age of twelve, love and music waved to him at the same time, and he fell in love with estelle Dubov, who was six years older than him. This pure feeling can also be heard in the adagio of the first movement of Fantasia. 18 17 studied vocal music and flute with M.Imbert, the second violinist in the theater, which was regarded as the official beginning of music enlightenment education.
As for Berlioz's crazy actress Smithson, she was born in Ireland, her father is a theater manager, and she has a good drama background. Originally, Smithsonian planned to go to London to develop her stage career, but her strong Irish accent became the biggest obstacle to her development in Britain. 1827 (Berlioz was 23 years old), the Smithsonian happened to have the opportunity to perform in France (because of the language barrier, the Smithsonian could just cover up the shortcomings of her pronunciation). In Hamlet in Fauriat, famous people in French art and literature were here that night, and Hugo, Balzac, Berlioz and others were all guests. After the performance, Berlioz was deeply moved by the Smithsonian's performance. He wrote in his memoirs: I think of Shakespeare and this inspiring actress. All Parisians are crazy about Ofori. Compared with my poverty and poverty, her glory is so great that I have to cheer up. I made up my mind to make my name, which is strange to her, brilliant through hard work!
Berlioz's symphony Fantasia is not only Berlioz's personal masterpiece, but also an extremely important symphony in the history of music. Fantasia Symphony is very novel, especially the meaning of the title is directly introduced into the music. After this song came out, it caused a great sensation for a period of time. Berlioz has a sentimental personality, morbid dreams and burning enthusiasm, which makes him get rid of the formal classical symphony and create a brand-new style. Different from Mendelssohn, he did not quote an objective title, but boldly took music as an accessory to the title and added autobiographical content to this symphony. The whole song has bold innovations in structure, harmony and melody, creating a road of free and romantic music.
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The whole song is divided into five movements, each with the title added by the author himself:
The first movement "Dream, Passion": Formally, it is a sonata with the longest adagio sequence. The prelude is used to express the anxiety and desire of young artists before meeting their sweetheart.
The second movement "Ball": According to the author's comments, this movement shows that he found his lover at a lively banquet. Music appeared in the form of waltz, and the introduction of waltz into symphony was an exception at that time.
The third movement, Scenery of Yuan Ye: On a summer evening, I listened to the sound of two shepherds and a flute playing on the Yuan Ye. Although there is little hope burning in my heart, the fear and anxiety of "in case she betrays me" hurt the lonely heart of young artists. After that, there was only the shepherd boy's flute, and no one answered. When the sun sets, there is only endless loneliness and silence in the end.
The fourth movement "Towards the Guillotine": He killed his lover, was sentenced to death and went to the guillotine. At the last moment, the figure of his lover flashed before his eyes, but death soon drove her away without a trace.
The fifth movement "The Devil's Dream of the Party-Rondo of the Witch": He saw some monsters and witches dancing at his funeral. In the middle, his lover appeared, and she has become a prostitute who has lost her temperament. After that, the doomsday sutra sounded, and then the witch dance and doomsday sutra continued in parallel, consisting of the rotating theme of stringed instruments and the doomsday sutra of wind instruments. (Fragment 4) Then there is the uneasy tapping of the bow wood. At this point, the music was more passionate, and finally the whole song ended in a frenzy.
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At that time, romanticism was like a duck to water in France, and it had its own representatives in poetry, painting and music. Hugo is a poet, Fugen Delacroix is a painter and Berlioz is a respected musician. Romanticism believes that art should respect the absolute freedom of creators, but in music, it shows great interest in dazzling expressions, such as Liszt's piano performance and Paganini's violin performance. In orchestral music, Berlioz is undoubtedly the forerunner of "superb orchestral skills". His symphony is very different from the past. Berlioz's techniques seem to be out of control in terms of the scale of music, the development of musical ideas and the number of movements. He left the world with symphonies such as Fantasia, Italian Harold, Romeo and Juliet, Funeral and Triumph Symphony, among which the most famous Fantasia was completed in 1830, and even Brahms began to write symphonies in Schumann.
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