Salzburg, the Stage of the World AUT(奧地利薩爾茨堡·世界舞台)-兒歌薈萃-萬維博客-萬維讀者網（電腦版）

網絡日誌正文

		Salzburg, the Stage of the World AUT(奧地利薩爾茨堡·世界舞台)	2020-06-18 16:09:04

2017-07-03

【Aiden in English】

A new city, a new country, and, therefore, a new culture… sort of. Seeing new worlds in person is always interesting, and the differences between countries are always surprising. However, when the border doesn't even require a passport check to cross, it shows the similarities between the two countries. Which countries am I talking about?

Austria and Germany had authoritarian histories, particularly during the early to mid-20th century. Ironically, both countries have seen each other grow together and mirror each other. Granted, Germany is one of the largest European countries, while Austria, respectively, is the size of a state in the US. Furthermore, Austria has approximately one-tenth of Germany's population. Yet they share the same passion for beer and beautiful cities. Both have fantastic countryside, sections covered with the looming mountains of the Bavarian Alps. Germans and Austrians tend to enjoy eating sausages, potatoes, and sauerkraut.

Austria and Germany both also produce great musicians. In Germany, the great miracle of Beethoven was born, and Austria displayed young talent through Mozart, the child prodigy. Today was a free afternoon in Salzburg, so why not look at one of the faces of classical music's origins?

The Mozart house is nothing flashy. I wouldn't have noticed without the enormous crowd gathered around the front entrance. The house, excluding the ground floor, had been transformed from the family's living quarters into a museum about Mozart's life story and his family. I don't want to say too much about his life; Google and Wikipedia can do it much better than I can. Nevertheless, the impact ofh Mozartond on the music community cannot be overlooked. Having a teenager compose music can inspire students to listen to music. Granted, much of today's music only requires a rhyming dictionary, but it is still one of the great signs of achievement.

The museum left out how Mozart and the archbishop quarreled, resulting in the separation of both sides. The archbishop was fine, as archbishops usually are, but Mozart died of disease a few years later, poor and alone. However, his legacy greatly surpassed any ruler at the time, which, I suppose, wins him the argument in the end.

【紅霞譯】

新城市、新國家、乃至新文化……即使有那麼一點，親眼目睹新世界總是令人興趣盎然，初次感受不同國度風土人情總是令人喜出望外。然而當兩國國民互跨邊境，雙方海關一概免查護照，足以表明兩國之間不分你我，我說的究竟是哪兩個國家？

奧地利和德國都有不堪回首的歷史，特別自廿世紀初期至中期一段時間，兩國莫名其妙地交織在一起共同發展。誠然，德國是歐洲最大的國家之一，而奧地利跟美國一個州的地盤不相上下，況且奧地利人口總數只有德國的十分之一，但彼此對啤酒情有獨鍾，城市風情美麗撩人，地處巴伐利亞“牛主家園”阿爾卑斯“白”山脈一帶的鄉間田園更是“綠樹村邊合，青山郭外斜”。無論德國人還是奧地利人，他們都愛吃香腸、土豆和酸菜。

奧地利和德國各自擁有音樂家大師，德國誕生了樂聖貝多芬“甜菜園”，奧地利孕育出神童莫扎特“來自沼澤地”，今天下午既然我們在薩爾茨“鹽”堡有自由活動時間，為何不好好欣賞古典音樂發源地呢？

莫扎特故居絲毫不招人眼目，要不是門前里三層外三層圍了很多人，我壓根兒認不出來。這棟樓房除了樓下以外早已從民居改成博物館，用來展示莫扎特生平及其家庭生活，在此我不想多說他的過去，谷歌網站及維基百科都比我更能提供詳盡介紹，不管從哪方面來講，莫扎特對整個音樂領域的影響不容忽視，十來歲擅長作曲的年少確實可以激發適齡學童對音樂的興趣，儘管當今音樂只求節奏，但好賴還是取得了可喜成績。

顯而易見，博物館並沒有提及莫扎特與大主教之間有何爭執，而這恰恰導致兩人關係徹底決裂。大主教日子過得不錯，古往今來一向如此，可幾年後莫扎特卻因病去世，死時窮困淒涼。不過莫扎特傳奇一生遠比當時任何統治者精彩，我覺得他才是最後贏家。

Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2017: Munich, BMW & Hofbraeuhaus DEU(德國慕尼黑·寶馬總部與宮廷啤酒館)

2016: Capital Helsinki, Finland(芬蘭首都赫爾辛基)

2016: Porvoo, the Medieval Town in Finland(芬蘭波爾沃·中世紀古鎮城)

2015: Naples, City of the Sun in Italy(意大利那不勒斯·太陽之城)

2015: Neapolitan Authentic Pizza, Italy(意大利那不勒斯·正宗皮薩)

2014: YMCA Camp—Sports Injuries(基督教青年會營運動受傷)