Federico Mompou
少し、ドビュッシーと雰囲気は似ているけれど、なかなか良い。
スペインの作曲家で、1920－1950年代に活動していた。ミニマリストとあるけれど、それほどミニマリストでもない感じがする。
この人の曲を、すこしこれから、聞いていこうと思う。
Mompou: Complete Piano Works (Full Album) played by Federico Mompou
いろいろ探すのですが飽きてしまうのです
Arvo PärtをYouTubeで聞いていると、類似したような、作曲家の動画が紹介される。これはもしかしたらと、クリックしてみるのだけれど、現代の作家のものは、はじめは、いいかなって思うのだけれど、1分も聞いていると、飽きてしまう。結局「普通すぎる」。
ドビュッシーやサンサーンスなど、いくら聞いても飽きが来ないのに、現代の作家で飽きの来ないものを探すのは難しい。結局、Philipe Glass, Michael NymanとArvo Pärt, Steve Rich それからWim Mertensと順番に聞いている。
今日は、Richterを初めて聞いた。そんなに悪くはない。ただ、強烈な個性はあまりないようだ。これよりも私にとって、ゲーム音楽家の Tobby Foxのほうが、魅力的だ。
ゲーム音楽家といえども、実に個性的で、情緒的な音楽を作る。その辺の軽い、BGMよりも、ずっと高尚に思える。私はそういうゲームはしないけれど、息子がゲーム音楽を、ピアノでコピーしているので、よく知っている。
とりあえず今日はRichterを紹介する。
Richter: Solo Piano Music (Full Album) played by Jeroen van Veen
The King Lives on the Seabed
The King Lives on the Seabed
Wrecked ships and their treasures
Surrounded by colourful fish and corals
The richest man but nobody knows him
The king lives on the seabed
His tears get mixed with the seawater
He himself doesn’t know he is crying
Fascinating knowledge from the depth of the ocean
Sharing it with his servant fish and shrimps
The most intelligent man but nobody knows him
The king lives on the seabed
His tears get mixed with the seawater
He himself doesn’t know he is crying
On the Street
On the Street
I saw many birds on the street
Pecking pieces from a dead cat
A hungry little girl sits on the grass
Watching the birds eating the carcass
People on the street greet each other,
Walking down to the shore
What a lovely day today!
The sun is shining anyway!
An Ugly Princess
A princess was living in a small country.
She was the ugliest princess in the world.
There were no mirrors in the castle.
She had never seen her face.
Her father was the richest king in the country.
When she turned 16, the king started to look for a suitor.
Many princes came from everywhere in the country.
They told her that she was beautiful,
All but one prince who said she was ugly
She fell in love with the prince.
But, the prince didn’t love her, because of her ugliness.
Her ugliness exceeded his tolerance.
She went to a witch living in a deep forest.
She asked the witch,
“ Can you make me beautiful?”
“Of course, but you will never be able to reverse it .”
“That’s fine.”
She turned her into a beautiful princess.
Everyone said she was the most beautiful princess in the universe,
including, the prince who had seen her as ugly.
He asked if she would marry him.
The princess said, “No.”
She had lost interest in him.
She couldn't even predict the change of her feeling toward the prince.
Everyone said the same thing.
She was bored.
She wanted to be ugly again and find someone
who would say something different.
But she couldn’t have her ugly face back anymore.
The princess couldn’t marry anyone.
She had never had a chance to see her face,
even after she had become beautiful.
It didn’t matter for her if she was ugly or beautiful.
She was superficially respected, loved and protected as a rich princess anyway.
She had everything that most people want to have.
Something was missing in her heart like everyone else.
She was completely ignorant of herself,
because truth didn’t matter to her.
The kingship was terminated forever and ever.
What a sad story!
