Tchaikovsky has admitted that his motivation to write the Swan Lake was because of the need for money and for a long time he has had the desire to create ballet music, and so we have the chance to listen to this most popular ballet music of all time. this album by Duterte commanded the Montreal Symphony Orchestra recording, high transparency, full of animation, the Swan Lake showing the magnificent color expression of the summary.

In 1871, Tchaikovsky, who was thirty-one years old, came to his sister¡¯s house and lived for a short time. As a good uncle, he decided to give a special gift to his lovely nephews¡ªbased on the fairy tale of the German composer Mozhews, ¡°The Swamp Pool¡± (which tells how a young knight defeated the devil, rescued the magically transformed young girl into a swamp and finally married to him). In 1875, for a friend of the composer, the artistic director of the Moscow Theatre, V. Begičev, it was undoubtedly a huge number. Besides that, of course, he also accepted the idea of having the desire to try a lot of ballet in the field.

Prior to his official writing of The Lago di Spinoza, Tchaikovsky had thoroughly studied the general compositions that represented contemporary musical achievements (such as the works of Dereb), and also frequently attended the theatre to watch the performance of the actors, observing the performance characteristics of the actors. A year later, in March 1876, the composer wrote the piano composition of the four-scene theatre, and completed the composition on April 20.

After the work was handed over, Tchaikovsky longed for the Moscow Grand Theatre to respect his ballet as the orchestra treated his symphony. However, the German actor Zhu Leszingel, who was commissioned to direct the film, was a very ordinary character. In his opinion, Tchaikovsky¡¯s ¡°Lake the Goat¡± seemed too ¡°symphonic¡± and didn¡¯t know how to match such a musical dance. In order to meet the taste of the protagonist Kafkava (the ¡°Lake the Goat¡± premiere was a special meeting to commend her), they relentlessly used a few previously performed, well-known lyrics to replace Tchaikovsky¡¯s work, to gain some liking.

On February 20, 1877, the first performance of The Swan Lake disappointed everyone, especially the composer. The critic Laroche, after watching the show, said: ¡°I have never seen a worse performance on the stage of the big theater ... the costume, the scenery and the effect failed to cover up the emptiness on the stage. No ballet fan could get even five minutes of fun from it.¡± The composer was very disappointed, but he still humbly blamed the failure of the performance for his own bad music and stated that he intended to re-modify the music of The Swan Lake, but until the composer suddenly died in November 1893, the work had not been carried out.

On 15 January 1895, two master directors, Petipa and Ivanov, re-directed The Swan Lake, which was a great success because they fully understood and applied Chekovsky¡¯s outstanding musical language. The famous Italian ballet star Pi Lenani played the double roles in the play¡ªOgeta and Eugenia. She embodied the intention of the director with a delicate feeling, light dance, enduring endurance and complete skills. In the third stage of the solo transition of Eugenia, Lenny performed thirty-two Vetta (the Fouettés ballet term, meaning a whistle, with a leg like a whistle, the body rotating regularly under the other leg¡¯s support), this masterpiece remains in the performance of The Swan Lake to date. Since then, the Swan Lake has never left the ballet world

The Chekovsky Lake.

Tchaikovsky especially loved the spring and autumn of Ukraine, and like Beethoven and Brahms, he was a nature lover. Russia¡¯s glorious, beautiful nature gave him a passion, and he also frequently noticed in that passion to capture some materials to complement his creation.

Between June and July 1872, the 32-year-old Tchaikovsky came to Ukraine and lived in the house of his sister Kasponka. The children in his sister's house were deeply liked because he had no children but naturally liked children, and his nephews (women) regarded him as the most adorable uncle. He always played with the children when he was free, and the warm family atmosphere comforted his lonely heart. One time, he wrote a small ballet music for the children, "Swan Lake", which was written based on medieval German fairy tales, and did not think that it was later the birth of the song "Swan Lake".

Three years later, in May 1875, the 35-year-old Tchaikovsky was commissioned by the Moscow Royal Theatre to create ballet music. Though this was only the speculation of the author, he did not ask him to write the Lake of the Goats at the time, but only to question him, "How, do you have the music available for ballet accompaniment ...", so Tchaikovsky took the practice written three years ago "Lake of the Goats", "Here is a fantasy ballet, can ...", of course, it was only the imagination of the author.

Tchaikovsky accepted the contract for the composition of the song for a fee of 800 rubles.On September 10, 1875, in a letter to the Russian composer Moskovsky, he clearly expressed the mood at the time: ¡°Al one of the reasons I accepted the contract was to make money; but, long ago, I wanted to try my talent in this field.¡±

He was the first to write ballet music, he did a thorough preparation work, he borrowed a variety of general scripts from the theatre library, and seriously studied.

Gisele is the best work of the romantic ballet, which premiered in the second year of Tchaikovsky's birth, and which raised the ballet music, which used to be accompanied only by ballet, to the artistic height, which is the historical achievement of Gisele. Chekovsky was especially interested in the music of Gisele to use the main melodies skillfully and gained a dramatic effect. Chekovsky in the process of studying the overall spectrum of Gisele, produced the ambition to create and to exceed the predecessor.

In August of that year, Tchaikovsky officially started composing, with some interruptions in the middle of the journey, and withdrew from writing on April 10 of the following year.

The Swallow Lake was first performed at the Royal Theatre in Moscow on February 20, 1877, but the world-renowned ballet premieres failed, and it was unbelievable, but it was the case. It appears that both the composition and the layout were bad, especially the poor dance skills of the ballet protagonists, which led to the failure of the premiere.

The ballet ¡°Swan Lake¡± is as follows:

The first scene.

The stage opens in a beautiful prelude, with a beautiful garden covered with green shadows, with the backdrop of the castle. Prince Sigfrid celebrates his 20th birthday, and tomorrow there will be a grand celebration, and today there will be a bustling gathering in the courtyard of the castle. The table is full of fine wine and mountains. The prince dances joyfully surrounded by the family teacher Wolfgang and his friend Bino and the youth and girls in the village.

At this time, the mother-in-law appeared, and she said to the prince: ¡®You can¡¯t play all day long anymore. Tomorrow at your adult celebration ceremony, come the princess of all nations, and choose the future prince from which.¡¯

The prince realized that soon to say goodbye to the youth of free self, suddenly the mood heavy, the smile on the face disappeared. Bino discovered that the prince was not taxed, in order to change his mood, immediately pick up the wine and start to have fun. The villagers jumped up Walz, the stage gradually restored brightness.

For a moment, the feast dissipated, the red day sinked, and the prince fell into contemplation.Bino and the other four or five young men invited the prince to hunt, and the prince again showed a smile, and went with them to hunt.

The Second Scene

The scene begins with the most representative famous prelude to The Lagoon.

The mountainous lakes, the beautiful moon colors, the cute swamps clustered together on the lake, sliding along the shore, one by one turning into girls. In fact, they were turned into swamps by the demon Rothbard's magic, the day is swamp, and only the night restores the human form on the lake.

When Prince Ziegfried took the archery in his hand and shot the archery with a crowned goose in his head, the goose turned into a beautiful girl in front of the prince. She claimed to be the queen of goose, Augusta, who was the princess of a king of a country, and was transformed into a goose by the demon Rothbard's magic, and was only restored in the night.

The prince listened to the unhappiness of the point tower and gradually turned from deep sympathy to admiration. At the same time, Augusta told the prince that there must be pure love in order to unleash magic. The prince vowed to announce his engagement with Augusta at the adult celebration tomorrow.

The devil Rothbard spotted in the darkness and revealed a smiling smile. For a moment, the East became white with the prince and the daughters, and the devil Rothbard turned into a swan.

Third scene

The long-awaited adult celebration of the prince. The invited nobles and officers gathered in the hall of the castle. The prince and mother-in-law appeared. Then the beautiful princess from six countries also appeared. But the prince's heart was only Ogeta. Unfortunately the devil Rothbard led the black swan Oderel to appear, transforming Oderel into the image of Ogeta, deceiving the prince, the prince was deceived, and treating her as Ogeta.

The dance began, dancing the colorful dances of all countries. The prince danced with the fake Ogeta and announced his engagement. The white swallow Ogeta was watching outside the window, and she whispered and winged away. Then the lightning flashed, the winds stormed, and the devil Rothbard laughed with the black swallow. The prince began to pursue the pursuit, holding the sword.

The Fourth Scene

The scene is the same as the second scene, still on the lake side at night.

Ogeta and the White Swan girls lose their chance to return to humanity forever because of the Prince's failure.

At this time, the prince with the sword in his hand ran, kneeled in front of Ogeta for his foolishness and pleaded guilty, again expressing his love for Ogeta, forever unchanged, the two tightly embrace, blood tears covered.

Devil Rothbard appeared, the prince pulled the sword to meet, after a battle, finally killed the devil.

Prince and Ogeta are saddened that this life can not be united forever, pessimistic, and throw the lake together, so suddenly appears, their great love broke the magic, and the white goats restored to the beautiful girl.

Tchaikovsky¡¯s model works almost all came to a break during the premiere. The violin concert, the symphony of grief, and the ¡°Lake of the Goats¡± were the same. Though the ¡°Lake of the Goats¡± was performed in the second year of his death, it was not recognized until 17 years later.

Tchaikovsky suddenly died of cholera in 1893, and the relevant departments, headed by the Royal Theatre, immediately arranged a commemorative performance, and the Swan Lake was once again included in the topic.

The French theatre director Marius Petipa (1822-1910), who had always had doubts about the defeat of the Swallow Lake, came to Moscow at this time to find the script and the overall set. After careful study, he was surprised to find that the script and the music were very wonderful. So he reworked the second stage of the dance, and in 1894 performed the second stage alone, and was indeed successful. Under the inspiration of the success, he reworked the whole drama with his disciple Ivanov, and on January 15, 1895, performed at the Malinsky Theatre in Gothenburg, gained unprecedented success.

It should be mentioned that in addition to the accomplishments of Tipa and Ivanov, the super-group performance of the famous Italian ballet actress Julia Lenia, who played Ogeta, is also unmistakable.

According to Tchaikovsky's brother Mottister, the original ending of the Swan Lake was tragic, and now is often the end of the great reunion. Since the music of the end has been written tragic, I think maybe it is more appropriate to use a tragic ending.