John was ugly and naughty when he was a child. But he is strong and stubborn. A rich wife gave John some clothes to wear, which was recognized by the children of the rich family. He was laughed at and John hit the children of the rich family. As a result, John was dragged by his mother to apologize to his wife, and he felt very angry.
Grandfather often takes John for a walk and talks about great figures in history, such as Ray Gullers, Arminius, Luzo and Kona, and often mentions Napoleon who conquered Europe. John's father Melchior is an alcoholic and often comes home drunk. But he found that his son was a musical genius, so he took him to a concert and taught him his lessons himself. John loves fantasy, nature and rich associations. He can enjoy the beauty of music in wind and rain, sunshine and rivers. However, his father tortured him with old educational methods and rigid etudes, which made John "insult and damage pride and freedom." When he was practicing music, he deliberately made things difficult for his father, and as a result, he was severely beaten. Grandfather said to him, "It is worthwhile to suffer for the most beautiful and noble art of mankind, for the art of comforting and bringing glory to mankind."
Once, his grandfather took him to the theater to watch an opera performance, and John was very moved. On the way home, his grandfather told him that music is an extraordinary art. He said, "Look, what a wonderful career as a musician! What is more glorious than creating these magical scenery? This is equivalent to becoming the god of the world. " His grandfather's words left a deep impression on him. Soon, the opera writer Fran? ois Marie Hasley came to this town. He will personally perform his plays and be the conductor of the band. John witnessed how Hasley was surrounded by fanatical crowds and was warmly welcomed. After the performance, John was also received by Hasley. So he thinks he will become a popular musician like Hasley in the future, "making works like Hasley and becoming a big shot".
John is addicted to creation. Grandfather adapted the music he played on the piano into "Childhood Entertainment: Songs, Mourning, Waltz March" and signed it "The Complete Works of John Christophe Volume I". This made John very proud. He shouted "I am a composer, a great composer" in his heart. Grandfather seduced him by being famous and famous. John was only six years old.
But John received another kind of education from his uncle. His uncle named gottfried is a street vendor who often appears in nature and countryside. Grandfather and father looked down on him. But he is a free and independent man. He knows many ancient ballads, and he can experience the beauty of music in nature. His songs are very touching. He told little John that singing is the voice of the heart. "One should sing when he needs it, not for entertainment." He asked his nephew not to make up any new songs and not to be a big shot. He said, "why do you sing ... don't they sing better than everything you can do?" John sang his own music to his uncle, and his uncle said, "What a shame!" " And pointed out that John is "writing for writing, and you are writing to be a great man and admired", which can't move people's hearts. He also said, "Everything you write in the room is not music. Music in the room is equal to the sun in the room. The music is outside. "My uncle's views on literature and art are fundamentally different from those of my grandfather and father: my uncle works for life, while my grandfather and father work for art.
Grandfather dedicated the title of "Happy Childhood" written by John to Duke Lovo, and specially organized a concert for John. The Grand Duke also attended the concert himself. John played very successfully. The duke called him "near-re-embodiment Mozart" and gave him a gold watch. On the other hand, John revealed to the princess that Delio, the most beautiful part of music, was his grandfather's work and was passed off as his work.
When John 1 1 was years old, he studied "Harmony Acoustics" from Flohr Li Ang Hockey, a pianist in St Martin's Church. This year, he was appointed by the Duke as the second violinist of the Palace Music Federation, second only to his father. Grandfather and father are happy for him. But when he saw that people regarded him as a rare animal raised by Dagong, he felt ashamed. Once, he spat at Uncle Dan Oto (a businessman) who despised music. His parents didn't dare to offend the rich relative and ordered John to kneel down and make amends. He is even more annoyed. He envied his uncle for living an independent and free life and never flattered anyone.
Soon, my grandfather died of a stroke. John is very sad. He stretched out his fist at the sky and cursed God for taking away his grandfather. Father still drinks heavily, and he is always late for court performances. John was promoted to be the first violinist. Later, my father was dismissed by the Juefu. In this way, when John was fourteen, he shouldered the burden of raising his parents and brothers (he had two younger brothers).
Daupias Paphos, the conductor of the band, invited John to have a picnic in the country. On the boat, he met a blond boy, the son of a wealthy businessman, Oddo Dina. They get along well. John confessed his independent and free character to him. He said, "I have a pair of good hands and a good mind, and I will earn my bread forever." He despises money, all fences, and notices such as "no access" and "no loans for punishment" that restrict people's freedom and defend sacred industries. After this acquaintance, the close relationship between John and Oddo developed to the point of being extremely selfish. As long as Oddo gets close to other friends, he is jealous as hell, claiming that he will commit suicide and kill Odo. It was not until Oddo went to college that their friendship gradually alienated.
Senator Krych's recently widowed wife and daughter moved to the city where she was born. She and John are neighbors. The lady listened to John's performance at the concert and invited him to her home for a tea party. She likes John's "integrity, courage and perseverance" and his "clumsy and ugly" appearance. She hired John to take piano lessons for her 15-year-old daughter Mina. John agreed. Soon, he fell in love with the little girl and made a wish to her that he would become a great artist in the future. But her mother didn't agree to the marriage. She told John bluntly that his birth, family background and property were not qualified to marry her daughter. Mina listened to her mother's wishes and began to alienate John. John was very angry. He wrote to his wife and said, "I despise anyone who thinks he is noble but has no noble heart and treat him as a piece of sludge."
John's father was drunk and fell into a ditch and drowned. Losing love and his father made John realize: "He saw that life is a battle without rest and luck. Anyone who wants to be a veritable' human' must always fight against invisible enemies: the deadly power in nature, the desire to shake people's hearts, and the hazy and secret thoughts, and those thoughts that make you degenerate and destroy yourself are such stubborn enemies. " He heard his "God" shouting: Forward, forward! Never rest! He was only fifteen years old at this time.
John and his mother moved to Lai's house to live with his grandfather's friends. His eldest brother Lotao works in Uncle Danaotao's shop, and his second brother Ernest works on the boat. Lao Yulai lives with her daughter and son-in-law. His granddaughter Rosa is a girl of 15 years old. She is not beautiful, but she can work well and worship John enthusiastically. Lao Yulai wants to betroth his granddaughter to him. John fell in love with Sa Pi Na, a young widow who runs a small grocery store.
Pi Na is a lazy, pale and sick woman. She didn't even bother to run her own shop, so she sent all her customers away. John thinks she is a free person, free from any constraints. Pi Na loves John, too. They spent the night together at their brother's house in rural Sapina. This matter was known to the Lao Yulai family, who thought John was morally corrupt and hostile to him. John was invited to perform in Koren and Dü sseldorf. When he came back, Sapina died of the flu. Rosa was the first to tell him the news. John feels that the world is badly constructed: "The loved one is unloved, the loved one is unloved, and the loved one and the loved one will be separated sooner or later." John began to indulge himself. He hooked up with Ada, a salesgirl in a hat shop, and stayed with her in a country inn for one night. This matter was made public and caused a lot of trouble in the city. John was criticized from all sides, even Sir Alex Ferguson didn't let him go. Lao Yu's family is even more angry. From then on, Rosa also died for him. Ada is a woman from easy virtue. She dated John for a while. Soon, she fell in love with John's younger brother Enside and abandoned John. John is very upset. He told his uncle Godfrey that he was ambitious and worked hard, but it was useless and wasted his life. My uncle told him, "People can't do whatever they want. Ambition and life are two things. We should find comfort for ourselves. The most important thing is not to lose heart. Continue to live with your ambition, and the rest will not be decided by us. "
John tried to reform German music. He hates works without enthusiasm and thinks that all the fun of life is just the fun of creation: love, genius and action-all flowers sprayed by unique flames. He reevaluated the music master he worshipped in the past. People say that he is "unconventional". The Grand Duke also said to him, "Listening to you, sir, sometimes makes people suspect that you are not German." John directed his new musical performance, but the Grand Duke was not present and the performance failed. But John believes that "whether people like it or not", he is determined to "thoroughly clean the smell of Germans."
A French comedy troupe passed by the small city where John lived. John met one of the actresses, Avery. She told him that Paris is a free city, "there is no political party to influence people's reputation and success or failure", and "unknown talents will not be suppressed", which made John yearn for Paris. A French tutor named Amdo Anade really wants to see the performance of the local comedy troupe. Because she couldn't get a ticket, John gave her his own theater ticket. Later, Amdo Anade was fired by his employer and became John's mistress, which made John very sad.
John's opera Effigini was performed in this city, but the music didn't interest the audience and the performance failed again. Then, John engaged in music criticism and made a fierce attack on pop music. The Grand Duke warned him not to be a socialist musician in person and forbade him to write articles attacking the Duke in the newspaper. John retorted, "I'm not your slave. I can say whatever I want. " As a result, the duke kicked him out of the court band. John lost his supporters, and his life was hard to maintain. Soon, his uncle died, too. John feels empty and lonely.
Once, at a country festival dance. John saw an officer beating a girl who didn't want to dance with him. He stood up and resisted. I got into a fight. The villagers clashed with the soldiers, and John killed a corporal in the melee and was immediately pursued. He had no time to return to the city to say goodbye to his mother, so he fled Germany by train and went to France.
John came to Paris alone. He went to ask his old friends Diana and Gao En for help, but he got the cold shoulder. The publisher Cohen told him, "France is female ... if you want to succeed, you must use it." John has no choice but to give piano lessons to a butcher's daughter. Paris gave him the impression that "a chaotic society is ruled by autocratic and tyrannical bureaucrats", and too few people really like music; The theater is vulgar and dull, full of old and formalistic things, while the literary world is "full of women and feminine men" and "the atmosphere of spiritual prostitution seems to be everywhere." There are countless businessmen selling entertainment products here, including ancient quintessence and modern Paris Jews. Thanks to the introduction of Gao En, the publisher, John entered the field of communication in Paris and witnessed the highest position of women in Paris society. Men create works and women create men. Gao En also took him to the theater, where John saw "murder, rape, madness, torture, eye gouging and belly cutting: anything that can shake the nerves of an over-civilized person and satisfy his hidden beast". Gao En claimed to be an artist, and he advocated art for art's sake. John said rudely to him, "You are all hypocrites", and you "use the words" art "and" beauty "to cover up the fall of your country." Art for art's sake! ..... hey! What a solemn belief! "
John met a young female student, Jin Lan steffen, who is the daughter of an automobile manufacturer. She plays the piano with her classmate and Italian cousin Grazia. They all worship their teacher. Grazia, in particular, has great respect for John. But soon, she was brought back to Italy by her father.
The music circle in Paris thinks that John is an artistic giant. But they tried to destroy his works so as not to make him famous. They believe in a proverb: "My cup is not big; ..... but I ... drink in someone else's cup. "
John wrote the play David, which was liked by socialist MP Ash Rosen. He wants his mistress to play the leading role in the play. After the audition, this woman's voice was vulgar. John insisted on replacing her, and as a result, he fell out with Rosen. John quit his job in a fit of pique.
At a party, I met John's new friend Ovid Yian. He is the son of a bankrupt banker. His sister, Amdo Anade, is a female teacher. When John gave her tickets to the theatre, she was fired. Ovid is gentle by nature, and both his brother and sister love music. He has been taken care of by his sister, and Amdo Anade used the income from tutoring to help his younger brother go to school and live. After being fired in Germany, she returned to Paris and died of pneumonia not long ago. John felt very sad about it. He and Ovid are getting closer and closer. Later, they moved to an apartment and made a living with the income from tutoring. Ovid "has a clever mind and a weak body", while John "has great power and disturbs the restless soul". One is blind and the other is paralyzed. Ovid is obsessed with religion and sincerely hopes to establish a Christian Republic. John thinks Ovid is just an idealist. He says to Ovid. "You are addicted to freedom and forget life."
The two friends are emotionally harmonious, but their temperament is completely different. A romantic, a realist, a visionary, a person who demands action. John advocates that the French should "unite to clean the house" and don't let a few bad guys trample people under their feet. Don't wait until Napoleon is reincarnated to transform the world. On the other hand, Ovid said, "Violence is what I hate" and "Our country cannot be built for hatred". He believed in France's "potential virtue, bright power and idealism" and strongly opposed communism and the workers' revolution. He "dreams of building a friendly Europa and concentrating all his energy on creating a fairer and more humane world".
During this period, John met an engineer's daughter, Jacqueline Langyie. John loved her very much, but when he saw that his friend Ovid loved her, he quit and let them get married. Soon, Ovid married Jacqueline and went to Italy for their honeymoon. John lost his only friend and felt very lonely. But he is still working tirelessly to create music. At this time, his artistic thought changed, "becoming broader and more human." He doesn't want music to be his own monologue, his own words, and he doesn't want a complicated and difficult structure that is only suitable for professionals. He hopes that music will become a bridge to communicate with human beings. Only the art of close contact with others is the art of life. "John wrote to Tolstoy, a Russian writer, asking him to send him his collected songs, but he didn't receive a reply. Just as Goethe ignored Hubert and Philios to send him masterpieces.
Ovid returned from a trip and became a middle school teacher, still living with John. The new wife is not satisfied with Ovid's calmness, but she likes John's enthusiasm. She wants to catch them both. John had to move out in order to be loyal to his friends. The publisher Ai Qutuo bought John's works and tampered with them, which made John very angry. He bought back all his works because he didn't want to sell his ideas.
John met Grazia, a former student, at a party held by the Austrian Embassy. She is married, and her husband is a young military attache of the Austrian Embassy, the son of a noble family. Grazia has become a striking young woman in Paris. At that time, the Parisian newspaper was going to slander John, and Grazia intervened in secret to save his reputation. At the same time, she managed to get the newspaper to publish articles praising John. In addition, she is launching a campaign to let the Kaiser pardon John's previous murder and treat him as a talented artist with special tolerance. John was so grateful to his students that he even fell madly in love with her, but she only gave him a quiet friendship.
Jacqueline gave birth to a boy Soon after, she fell in love with a veteran in the field of romance-a writer in Paris, left her son and eloped with him. Ovid was badly hit and his mood was very negative. He feels that society is full of pain. This society is a hospital. "The worst thing in the world is not poverty and disease, but the cruelty between people." In addition to raising his son, he also began to do charity. John doesn't believe in a fair and reasonable society in the future. He only "believes that the feelings of life and art are real". At this time, he was attracted by the people and wanted to create some popular art, even he approached the workers. But he opposed socialism and was willing to stand on the side of proudhon's unionism. Regarding the relationship between art and politics, he thinks that "art can't be used to serve one party" and "an artist is like a compass. Although there is a storm outside, it always points to the Big Dipper". At the same time, he believes that "art is not above money, nor under money, but outside money".
Workers in Paris held a May Day demonstration. Although John and Ovid did not belong to any party, they were inspired by the high enthusiasm of the masses and took part in the workers' March. During the parade, the police clashed with the workers. Ovid was trampled down by the crowd and John killed a policeman. In this way, John couldn't stay in Paris any longer. The workers covered his escape and sent him to Switzerland. John took part in the parade and killed the police on impulse. He had no political purpose or belief. He killed people, "I don't know why" and "I don't know why I took part in the parade".
Ovid was seriously injured, and soon after, he died. After hearing the news in Switzerland, John will return to Paris to avenge his friend. But he went the wrong way and went to the village on the German border. Here, he met an old acquaintance, Dr. Brom. Under the doctor's detention, John took the position of tutor at home. At this time, he made new thoughts on art. On the one hand, he felt that he could not escape from reality by composing music. On the other hand, he doesn't know who to write for, and even "he thinks art is useless and can't fill the void brought by death".
Bloom's wife Anna was born in a rich family. She sings very well. John accompanied her to the countryside for an outing. He used music to "open her heart-a locked secret room". They actually have a physical relationship. John bullied the benefactor's wife. He was so depressed that he wanted to commit suicide. So he bid farewell to the broom and went on a trip. But after half a month, he felt that he could not leave Ana and came back. His relationship with Anna was gradually discovered. Anna turned on the gas and killed herself. John happened to find and save her. Then he made up his mind to leave the doctor's family.
John lives in seclusion in a mountain village in Switzerland. He made a fierce exploration of life and felt that he "had no strength" to fight and resist again. He wants to find a living soul on the way to death. Finally, he found it, and that is to believe in God. So "life is back, the love in Christopher's heart is awakened, and it is a miracle to get a soul favored by God". He felt that he had two personalities in the past: "One was a creative artist who didn't ask about moral influence at all;" One is an actor who likes reasoning, hoping that his art can have moral and social effects. "Now this contradiction has been eliminated. He thinks that art and sunshine are the same. " The sun is neither moral nor immoral. This is life. It overcomes darkness, and so does art.
A friend from Paris visited John's secluded place through Switzerland and told him that his works were performed all over Europe and achieved great success. With the help of Grazia, his old murder case in Germany was also revoked, and the case of killing a policeman in Paris was gradually forgotten. According to John's calculation, he has fled Paris for almost ten years.
On a sunny summer day. John's student Grazia came to Switzerland to recuperate with her two children. She is a widow. John rekindled his enthusiasm after meeting her, but she still gave him only a calm friendship. In autumn, John went to Rome to look for her and said that he would stay with her. Grazia replied that she had no confidence in marriage, and their personalities were totally different, which would inevitably lead to conflict, so she refused him. During his stay in Italy, John received an invitation from Paris to be the conductor of several concerts. Grazia persuaded him to accept it. So John set off for Paris.
When John arrived in Paris, he wrote to Grazia and told her that Paris had not changed. "But I, I have changed, and I dare not be harsh on them anymore." He said, "Look, I'm old. I won't bite again. My teeth are dull." After ten years of seclusion, John really changed. But he was warmly welcomed in Paris, and his performance was so successful that even his enemies praised him. He is also "interested" in life in Paris and no longer hurts people.
Ovid's child George has grown up. He likes music very much. One day, he came to Uncle John and asked to accept him as a student. John remembered his friendship with his father, and naturally he readily agreed. Soon after, Grazia also came to Paris from Italy with two children. Her 1 1 year-old daughter's name is Olora. Like her mother, she also learns music from John. In this way, John tried his best to train the two teenagers and deliberately urged them to combine. Soon, Grazia died, and John was heartbroken.
In his later years, John continued to write, but the nature of his works was quite different. If John's early works are thunderstorms, then his later works will become quiet, just like "white clouds and snow-capped peaks in summer".
George and Olora's wedding was held in Rome. John attended their wedding in person. But two days before their wedding, John got pneumonia. When he came back from church, he fainted. He didn't tell the newlyweds about his illness so as not to affect their honeymoon trip. During his illness, John reviewed his life. He thinks that "my goal has been achieved", "I worked hard when I was young ... in order to fight for my right to live with others and save his personality from the evil of race, he fought tenaciously. Even after the victory, he must remain vigilant at night and guard his trophy ... The joy and test of friendship make the lonely heart communicate with all mankind. Then there is the success of art, the peak of life ... Unexpectedly, twists and turns ... met with funeral, desire and shame-the pioneer of God, fell down ... face to face with God ... and tried to complete the will of the Lord within the scope specified by the Lord for us. " Finally, he died.
Saint Christophe crossed the river with a child. The child is very heavy. He is the "coming day".