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历史上很少有作曲家仅因为一部作品就被世人记住,法国作曲家乔治·比才就是其中一个。除了
《卡门》外,比才还创作了其他音乐作品,而且如果不是36岁英年早逝的话,他肯定会写出更多佳作。但直至今天,大多数人提到他时,首先想到的依然是这部全世界上演率最高的歌剧。
比才的作品中跳动着灵感的火花,按照研究比才的学者温顿·迪安(Winton Dean)的说法,“比才将天才分为两种:一种是理性的,他们绞尽脑汁地将素材放入一定的形式之中,这种与感性的斗争贯穿创作始终(如米开朗琪罗、贝多芬等);另一种则更为自然,内心的表达丝毫不受到意志的阻碍(如拉斐尔、莫扎特、罗西尼)。”比才承认自己更像后者,无疑那些经典作品都是作者情感的真实表达。
Have you thought about what you want to be when you grow up? Maybe a firefighter? Or a ballet dancer? What do your parents think of that? History is full of composers who wanted to be composers, but their parents said
“absolutely not!” Well believe it or not, Georges Bizet’s parents actually wanted him to be a composer.
When Bizet was born in 1838 in Paris, France, his parents had three first names picked out for him, none of them Georges. He was supposed to be called
Alexandre César Léopold, César for short, but his
godfather thought that was ridiculous[荒谬的], so Bizet was baptized[给人施洗礼] Georges, French for George. Bizet’s
father was a wigmaker[假发制作者] who then became a
singing teacher, don’t ask me how those are related, and Bizet’s mother was a pianist.
Georges Bizet grew up surrounded by music. When he was four, his mother taught him to read music at the same time as he learned to read words. Bizet loved books. In fact, his parents thought he loved them too much. They were so gung-ho[热心的,卖力的] on his becoming
a composer that, at one point, they hid his books so that he’d spend more time with music. When Bizet was just ten, his father got him into the Paris Conservatory[音乐学校].
While he was a student there, Bizet wrote his only symphony注.
Between all the stories he read and all the singers he heard his father teach, it’s no wonder that Georges Bizet started composing operas. One of his early ones was called The Pearl Fishers.
(excerpt from The Pearl Fishers)
But Bizet’s most famous opera is about a Spanish gypsy named Carmen.
(excerpt of “Habanera”)
That’s the famous “Habanera,” which Bizet didn’t actually write. It’s by a Spanish composer named Yradier. Carmen
loves to flirt[调情]. In the “Habanera,” she sings about love, and warns men that if they’re not interested in her, she’ll be interested in them; but if she gets interested in them, they’d better watch out. One of the men who gets interested in Carmen is Escamillo, a bullfighter.
(excerpt of “Song of the Toreador”)
That’s Escamillo’s big aria[咏叹调], or solo, about the life of a toreador, Spanish for bullfighter. I’m kind of fond of this version of the “Song of the Toreador.” I have no idea who came up with these words:
Toreador-o
Don’t spit on the floor-o
Use the cuspidor[痰盂]-o
That’s what it’s for-o
When the opera Carmen first opened in Paris, the reviews were terrible. Lots of critics thought there were no good tunes in the opera, can you believe that? And audiences stayed away in droves[成群结队,陆陆续续]. In the middle of the night, during the first round of Carmen
performances, Bizet died. He was only 36. Too bad he didn’t live another four months, because when Carmen opened in Vienna, it was a smash hit. Since then, people have arranged and rearranged the music from Carmen, which turned out to be one of the most popular operas ever.
你想过长大后要从事什么职业吗?也许是一名消防员?还是一名芭蕾舞演员?你的父母又是怎么看的呢?历史上有很多从小立志当作曲家的人,但他们的父母却说“绝对不行!”不过,信不信由你,乔治·比才的父母一直希望儿子能够成为作曲家。
1838年,乔治·比才出生于法国巴黎。当时,比才的父母为他挑选了三个名字,其中并不包括“乔治”。本来他的名字是“亚历山大·
塞萨尔·利奥波德”,简称“塞萨尔”。但是他的教父认为这个名字太荒唐了,于是比才最后以“Georges” ——即法文的“乔治”受洗。比才的父亲是一位假发制作工匠,后来成为了一名歌唱老师(别问我这两种职业是怎么联系到一起的),母亲则是一位钢琴师。
乔治·比才在一个充满音乐的氛围里长大。四岁时,他母亲便一边教他认字,一边教他看乐谱。比才很喜欢看书。事实上,他的父母甚至觉得他对书的热爱有点过头了。他们实在太希望比才成为一名作曲家了,以至于一度把他的书藏了起来,好让他把更多时间花在音乐上。比才年仅十岁时,父亲便送他到巴黎音乐学院学习。就读期间,比才创作了他唯一一部交响乐作品。
在阅读过众多故事、并听过父亲的众多学生唱歌以后,比才自然而然地开始了歌剧创作。《采珠者》是他早期的其中一部
作品。
(《采珠者》选段)
不过,比才最著名的歌剧讲述的是一个名叫卡门的西班牙吉普赛人的故事。
(《哈巴涅拉》唱段)
这是著名的《哈巴涅拉》。事实上这首曲子的创作者并非比才,而是一位名叫
伊拉迪埃的西班牙作曲家。卡门喜欢调情。在《哈巴涅拉》中,她唱出了对爱情的看法,并警告男人,假如他们对她不感兴趣,她便会对他们有兴趣;但如果她对他们产生兴趣了,他们最好当心点儿。其中一个对卡门产生兴趣的男人是一位名叫埃斯卡米洛的
斗牛士。
(《斗牛士之歌》唱段)
这是埃斯卡米洛的大咏叹调(亦即独唱),讲的是斗牛士(西班牙语为toreador)的生活。我挺喜欢这个版本的《斗牛士
之歌》,真不知道是谁想出这样的歌词:
斗牛士啊
不要把痰吐在地板上
使用痰盂吧
那正是它的用途
然而,《卡门》在巴黎首演时恶评如潮,许多评论家认为这部歌剧里没有什么好曲子,难以置信吧?观众成群结队地离席。在卡门首轮公演期间的一个午夜,比才去世了,年仅36岁。遗憾的是他没能多活四个月,因为四个月后《卡门》在维也纳上演,轰动一时。此后,人们多次借用和改编
《卡门》的音乐,而这部歌剧也成为历史上最受欢迎的歌剧之一。
注:指比才创作的《C大调交响曲》。
《卡门》外,比才还创作了其他音乐作品,而且如果不是36岁英年早逝的话,他肯定会写出更多佳作。但直至今天,大多数人提到他时,首先想到的依然是这部全世界上演率最高的歌剧。
比才的作品中跳动着灵感的火花,按照研究比才的学者温顿·迪安(Winton Dean)的说法,“比才将天才分为两种:一种是理性的,他们绞尽脑汁地将素材放入一定的形式之中,这种与感性的斗争贯穿创作始终(如米开朗琪罗、贝多芬等);另一种则更为自然,内心的表达丝毫不受到意志的阻碍(如拉斐尔、莫扎特、罗西尼)。”比才承认自己更像后者,无疑那些经典作品都是作者情感的真实表达。
Have you thought about what you want to be when you grow up? Maybe a firefighter? Or a ballet dancer? What do your parents think of that? History is full of composers who wanted to be composers, but their parents said
“absolutely not!” Well believe it or not, Georges Bizet’s parents actually wanted him to be a composer.
When Bizet was born in 1838 in Paris, France, his parents had three first names picked out for him, none of them Georges. He was supposed to be called
Alexandre César Léopold, César for short, but his
godfather thought that was ridiculous[荒谬的], so Bizet was baptized[给人施洗礼] Georges, French for George. Bizet’s
father was a wigmaker[假发制作者] who then became a
singing teacher, don’t ask me how those are related, and Bizet’s mother was a pianist.
Georges Bizet grew up surrounded by music. When he was four, his mother taught him to read music at the same time as he learned to read words. Bizet loved books. In fact, his parents thought he loved them too much. They were so gung-ho[热心的,卖力的] on his becoming
a composer that, at one point, they hid his books so that he’d spend more time with music. When Bizet was just ten, his father got him into the Paris Conservatory[音乐学校].
While he was a student there, Bizet wrote his only symphony注.
Between all the stories he read and all the singers he heard his father teach, it’s no wonder that Georges Bizet started composing operas. One of his early ones was called The Pearl Fishers.
(excerpt from The Pearl Fishers)
But Bizet’s most famous opera is about a Spanish gypsy named Carmen.
(excerpt of “Habanera”)
That’s the famous “Habanera,” which Bizet didn’t actually write. It’s by a Spanish composer named Yradier. Carmen
loves to flirt[调情]. In the “Habanera,” she sings about love, and warns men that if they’re not interested in her, she’ll be interested in them; but if she gets interested in them, they’d better watch out. One of the men who gets interested in Carmen is Escamillo, a bullfighter.
(excerpt of “Song of the Toreador”)
That’s Escamillo’s big aria[咏叹调], or solo, about the life of a toreador, Spanish for bullfighter. I’m kind of fond of this version of the “Song of the Toreador.” I have no idea who came up with these words:
Toreador-o
Don’t spit on the floor-o
Use the cuspidor[痰盂]-o
That’s what it’s for-o
When the opera Carmen first opened in Paris, the reviews were terrible. Lots of critics thought there were no good tunes in the opera, can you believe that? And audiences stayed away in droves[成群结队,陆陆续续]. In the middle of the night, during the first round of Carmen
performances, Bizet died. He was only 36. Too bad he didn’t live another four months, because when Carmen opened in Vienna, it was a smash hit. Since then, people have arranged and rearranged the music from Carmen, which turned out to be one of the most popular operas ever.
你想过长大后要从事什么职业吗?也许是一名消防员?还是一名芭蕾舞演员?你的父母又是怎么看的呢?历史上有很多从小立志当作曲家的人,但他们的父母却说“绝对不行!”不过,信不信由你,乔治·比才的父母一直希望儿子能够成为作曲家。
1838年,乔治·比才出生于法国巴黎。当时,比才的父母为他挑选了三个名字,其中并不包括“乔治”。本来他的名字是“亚历山大·
塞萨尔·利奥波德”,简称“塞萨尔”。但是他的教父认为这个名字太荒唐了,于是比才最后以“Georges” ——即法文的“乔治”受洗。比才的父亲是一位假发制作工匠,后来成为了一名歌唱老师(别问我这两种职业是怎么联系到一起的),母亲则是一位钢琴师。
乔治·比才在一个充满音乐的氛围里长大。四岁时,他母亲便一边教他认字,一边教他看乐谱。比才很喜欢看书。事实上,他的父母甚至觉得他对书的热爱有点过头了。他们实在太希望比才成为一名作曲家了,以至于一度把他的书藏了起来,好让他把更多时间花在音乐上。比才年仅十岁时,父亲便送他到巴黎音乐学院学习。就读期间,比才创作了他唯一一部交响乐作品。
在阅读过众多故事、并听过父亲的众多学生唱歌以后,比才自然而然地开始了歌剧创作。《采珠者》是他早期的其中一部
作品。
(《采珠者》选段)
不过,比才最著名的歌剧讲述的是一个名叫卡门的西班牙吉普赛人的故事。
(《哈巴涅拉》唱段)
这是著名的《哈巴涅拉》。事实上这首曲子的创作者并非比才,而是一位名叫
伊拉迪埃的西班牙作曲家。卡门喜欢调情。在《哈巴涅拉》中,她唱出了对爱情的看法,并警告男人,假如他们对她不感兴趣,她便会对他们有兴趣;但如果她对他们产生兴趣了,他们最好当心点儿。其中一个对卡门产生兴趣的男人是一位名叫埃斯卡米洛的
斗牛士。
(《斗牛士之歌》唱段)
这是埃斯卡米洛的大咏叹调(亦即独唱),讲的是斗牛士(西班牙语为toreador)的生活。我挺喜欢这个版本的《斗牛士
之歌》,真不知道是谁想出这样的歌词:
斗牛士啊
不要把痰吐在地板上
使用痰盂吧
那正是它的用途
然而,《卡门》在巴黎首演时恶评如潮,许多评论家认为这部歌剧里没有什么好曲子,难以置信吧?观众成群结队地离席。在卡门首轮公演期间的一个午夜,比才去世了,年仅36岁。遗憾的是他没能多活四个月,因为四个月后《卡门》在维也纳上演,轰动一时。此后,人们多次借用和改编
《卡门》的音乐,而这部歌剧也成为历史上最受欢迎的歌剧之一。
注:指比才创作的《C大调交响曲》。