Chapter 538: Chapter 362 Debussy - "Moonlight" (Part 2)
When the piano’s high notes began to evaporate, the cello suddenly sank into the deep sea.
Gan Yanyu’s bow trembled on the A string, with rosin powder forming a miniature nebula in the spotlight.
Lin Tian closed his eyes slightly, his fingers gently touching each key on the piano.
He played like this, played like this...
Outside the venue,
the audience felt increasingly bewildered the more they listened.
An old professor on the judges’ panel had already begun furrowing his brows deeply at this point.
"What is this piece they’re playing?"
"This structure without any order, can it really be called classical music?"
Aware of his pride, the old professor did not ask the opinions of those around him. He preferred to believe that Lin Tian on stage had made a mistake in the score rather than admitting he couldn’t comprehend it.
"It shouldn’t be like this. Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu, these two performers, even though they’re a bit stubborn about their attitude towards classical music, how could they make such a basic mistake?"
A slightly younger judge next to him also said,
"They’re the ones who composed ’Fate Symphony.’
Despite having various opinions about Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu’s insistence on classical music in the competition.
However, as judges qualified to be in this position,
they have a scale in their hearts.
A straight word for a straight thing.
But they never expected,
that Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu, who have never failed in classical music, would produce such an abstract piece this time.
.....
At this moment,
Zhang Dong, who was watching the live stream, also noticed the peculiarity of this music.
"No, is this really classical music?"
Zhang Dong was nearly losing confidence.
No matter how it sounded, it should have been a classical piece.
But the deeper he listened, the less it resembled one.
What the hell kind of logic is this??
Seeing the viewers in his livestream room asking questions one after another,
as a genuine professional musician, Zhang Dong solemnly began to educate the barrage:
"Classical music isn’t what some of you who think it’s LOW may imagine; it’s not anything that sounds rustic, slow-paced, and incomprehensible, that’s considered classical music."
"Classical music is classical because it exhibits some core characteristics, not because it’s folk music or pop music."
"For example, complex harmony language, the standardization of instruments and arrangements, the abstraction and depth of emotional expression... these are all very important features of classical music."
Zhang Dong paused for a moment, then raised his voice,
"Among them, the most important, placed first, is a rigorous structure and form!"
"You may not know it, but a rigorous structure is so crucial to classical music!"
"Let me put it this way: you can go back and listen to other classical music by Mr. Moonlight and other composers as well. Even if you’re complete outsiders, you should be able to hear that virtually all classical music has a definite structure!"
Zhang Dong said confidently, even if his CPU was about to blow up.
The beauty of classical music that values structure most highly.
Yet he couldn’t hear a bit of it in this ’Moonlight.’
"Let me tell everyone this."
Zhang Dong took a deep breath and seriously said,
"The charm of classical music lies in the perfect unity of its precision-like-mathematics structure and flame-like-emotion!"
"Missing either of these makes it difficult to call it a qualified classical piece."
With Zhang Dong’s words, the live chat immediately became lively.
[Impossible! Would Mr. Moonlight make such a basic mistake?]
[So you’re saying Mr. Moonlight’s piece isn’t qualified as classical music?]
[Is it possible that Mr. Moonlight’s piece wasn’t intended to be classical music, and you’re just wildly guessing?]
[Could it be that you didn’t understand its structure, you brat?]
[....]
Seeing the barrage, Zhang Dong lost his temper instantly.
They could question his violin skills but couldn’t accuse Zhang Dong of not understanding Moonlight and Cat!
"Some people say things like, oh is it possible this piece isn’t classical music, is it possible you didn’t understand its structure..."
"Then I ask you!"
"Is Mr. Moonlight the type of person who would abandon writing classical music because of a competition rule?"
"Do you think the emotional depth of this ’Moonlight’ doesn’t match the level of classical music?"
"Answer me!"
Zhang Dong tilted his head, glaring at the screen,
"So far, which part of this ’Moonlight’ has been repeated identically?"
"Answer me!"
"All of you saying ’Moonlight’ isn’t classical music, answer me!"
"look in my eyes!"
"tell me!"
"why?"
"why??"
Zhang Dong’s questioning made the entire room explode with tension.
It was like a sudden outburst of some illness! But you can’t deny.
No one could refute Zhang Dong!
For a moment, no one dared to criticize this in the live chat.
After Zhang Dong adjusted his emotions,
he glanced at the live broadcast, where on the judges’ panel, the judges furrowed their brows deeper the more they listened, almost all displaying exam-like serious expressions.
He couldn’t hold it in either!
Turns out these old guys can’t understand it either!
Seeing this, Zhang Dong felt a bit smug.
The judges who went to great lengths to target Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu ended up struggling to understand the piece.
Yet, to be fair.
Once Zhang Dong regained his composure, he focused back on the piece.
Since this ’Moonlight’ is a classical piece.