Tranquil Paradise

Tell the story of the king of musical instruments and music masters from the royal family to the folk professional level

Listening to music, reading scores, practicing piano, reading books...

Our world is the world of old people and classics

This book is a collection of music essays by Ma Huiyuan, a classical music critic. It mainly focuses on the "King of Musical Instruments" pipe organ. Prominence to downfall, music and life thrilling to death entangled love.

In the West, the first step in building a church is to determine the longest bass pipe among the thousands of sound pipes of the pipe organ installed in the church.

The pipe organ used to be a symbol of faith, status and pleasure, not because it was a "pipe organ" but because it could produce authoritative and diverse sounds, and people had no other choice. After the era when the church dominated everything, the pipe organ has also entered the concert hall, theater, and even the ice rink. It is a match made in heaven with the vast and lonely scene in space.

Ma Huiyuan, a classical music critic from court to folk, tells the story of the king of musical instruments

Ma Huiyuan's classical music criticism is unique in domestic prose, not only has a loyal public supporter, but also has been praised by music professionals. She has an independent opinion on music that is beyond the reach of ordinary people. She digs for gold from the vast amount of historical materials and extracts real gems. This book is her sixth book. It is full of materials, novel viewpoints, and unique angles. It is a must.

The book is divided into three parts. The first series of seven articles talks about the structure, production, tuning and special stops of the king of musical instruments, and also talks about the 17 To the music masters of the 20th century; the second series of seven chapters is very interesting, including essays on ear training, comments on Rosen's works, and stories about Grass, the originator of the Jane School of Music, and Bourne, the conductor, composer, and piano amphibious musician The music stories of Stein, Nadia Boulanger, teacher of countless composers, nine piano composers and the Guarneri Quartet are so wide and complex that they can really attract the attention of most music lovers and music learners The third series is like a lecture on music popularization, good music, bad music, new music and old music, music psychology and musicology, declining silhouettes and classical music pianists... It draws people's imagination.