Beethoven had the temperament of a thinker, was enthusiastic about politics, supported republicanism, believed in virtue and criticized reality. Schubert is indifferent to reality. In his eyes, life is just a series of emotional fluctuations, a series of images. He just wants those emotions and images to be as happy as possible. Beethoven seems to be a traveler walking alone in the dark, and he has an innate sense of loneliness; Schubert, on the other hand, is gentle and loving, and has made a wide range of good relationships. His heart is vaguely connected with everyone's heart. His childlike mind hides many frightening and weird visions, endless sadness and heartbreaking pain.
Beethoven and Schubert are not married. The difference is that Beethoven pursued love all his life and suffered from it-but the song "To Alice" is sweet in his heart-maybe love is like this-and suffered sweetly. Schubert seems too lazy to love. He doesn't seem to believe in love and happiness in the world. His repressed heart is full of sadness and despair, but there is no Beethoven-style struggle, not even a struggle. This noble, pure and ideal soul cannot be satisfied with worldly happiness. It seems that he is just a passer-by in past lives, not a returnee in this life. He doesn't even live in the afterlife like a pilgrim who measures the land with his body on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. He just lives in his own fantasy world.
Beethoven's music is full of thoughts, ideals, strength and rhythm, but weaker than harmony; Schubert's music is weak in rhythm, but full of fantastic poetry, beautiful melody and rich harmony. He is the real "king of melody".
The world tends to favor Beethoven's nine symphonies, but I like his 32 piano sonatas best. Moonlight is gentle and elegant, which brings a lot of peace, tranquility and beauty. Allegro and Adagio in the first movement of Pathetique change dramatically and endlessly, which makes listeners feel the spring breeze. Wahlstam and enthusiasm are also charming. The emperor pushed the piano concerto to the pinnacle of music, and no decent piano concerto came out after that. Beethoven's Complete Works of Piano Sonata, Mozart's Complete Works and Chopin's Nocturne are "sacred objects" that I have treasured for many years.
Schubert only lived to be 3 1 year old, but left more than 600 artistic songs to the world, and was known as the "king of songs"! If God lets him live to be 35 like Mozart, it's hard to imagine what kind of music he will leave us! Art songs are different from folk songs or pop songs. The latter has two or three melodies, and many lyrics or stanzas are sung in the same tune. The accompaniment of art songs not only helps the singer by filling chords and melodies, but also draws a music collection or background, making accompaniment almost as important as the singer.
Maybe all the strong smiles are behind more intense sadness. Although Schubert's immortal works are published one after another, they can't even solve the problem of food and clothing. One night, he was cold and hungry, but broke. He walked into a restaurant and wrote a song on the menu. At first, the boss thought Schubert was a beggar and wanted to scare him away. He didn't know he was a composer until he saw the music. The music-blind boss reluctantly accepted the score and gave him a pot of potatoes for free. This song is the famous lullaby. Every time I listen to this song, I think of the pot of potatoes. Every time I chew Deji French fries, my ears will ring: "Sleep, sleep, dear baby. . . . . . "