Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189
Chapter 190
Chapter 191
Chapter 192
Chapter 193
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203
Chapter 204
Chapter 205
Chapter 206
Chapter 207
Chapter 208
Chapter 209
Chapter 210
Chapter 211
Chapter 212
Chapter 213
Chapter 214
Chapter 215
Chapter 216
Chapter 217
Chapter 218
Chapter 219
Chapter 220
Chapter 221
Chapter 222
Chapter 223
Chapter 224
Chapter 225
Chapter 226
Chapter 227
Chapter 228
Chapter 229
Chapter 230
Chapter 231
Chapter 232
Chapter 233
Chapter 234
Chapter 235
Chapter 236
Chapter 237
Chapter 238
Chapter 239
Chapter 240
Chapter 241
Chapter 242
Chapter 243
Chapter 244
Chapter 245
Chapter 246
Chapter 247
Chapter 248
Chapter 249
Chapter 250
Chapter 251
Chapter 252
Chapter 253
Chapter 254
Chapter 255
Chapter 256
Chapter 257
Chapter 258
Chapter 259
Chapter 260
Chapter 261
Chapter 262
Chapter 263
Chapter 264
Chapter 265
Chapter 266
Chapter 267
Chapter 268
Chapter 269
Chapter 270
Chapter 271
Chapter 272
Chapter 273
Chapter 274
Chapter 275
Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Chapter 278
Chapter 279
Chapter 280
Chapter 281
Epilogue
Categories Genre: All, Comedy, Completed, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 283
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“I’m sure you all know, but these 12 songs are now at the same starting point. The ranking is meaningless now. We didn’t choose the best but just had them pass the baseline. Please keep in mind that they are just boxers who have passed the weight test. Now, we’re only thinking of the best regardless of the ranking from yesterday. We’ll be starting the first vote.”
The 12 judges wrote the song that they think is number 1 and handed it to the committee head.
After checking the titles written on the papers multiple times, she looked surprised. The result is completely different from what she had been expecting.
“Well, this is an interesting result. I thought the result would come out in one try.”
Marion Cotillard put the papers on the conference room table and announced the result.
“6 votes, 5 votes, 1 vote. As none of them have over ⅔ of the votes, or over 8, we need to vote again.”
The winning song needs to have 8 out of 12 votes. They will either debate the songs and vote again until there is a result. If they vote hundreds of times and the committee head believes that they cannot come to a conclusion, the competition rule is to decide on a 2nd and 3rd place without a 1st place winner.
“6 votes were for ‘World of Europe,’ 5 votes are for ‘Choral Concerto’. The last one with 1 vote is ‘Deception’.”
After knowing the results, a few people had looks of disbelief.
“I think we need to discuss at this point.”
In contrast to when they had been choosing the 12th place, someone started speaking immediately after the committee head spoke as though he had been waiting. It was in a high voice.
“Honestly, I don’t understand. I thought there would be votes in opposition, but 5 votes? Isn’t it a blessing that such a large song has been created so perfectly in the 21st century?”
“I assume you’re talking about the choral concerto?”
“Yes. That’s the one I’m talking about.”
“Don’t you think you’re overestimating it? A large song does not equate with a great song.”
“Do you think I’m only saying this because of the length of the song and the number of instruments organized in it? If the choral concerto is not a great song, what is?”
If the interpretation of the work had been different, it would not have been so frustrating. Everyone knew that the cause for opposing the song lay elsewhere.
“Isn’t it a song following Beethoven’s choral?”
“Following? Only the vocal is the same. Isn’t it the Schiller poem that everyone knows? They just used the same song. It’s an entirely different music. On top of that, it’s not in German but in English.”
“It’s not only that. This was created with the purpose of being compared with Beethoven. How could the instrument times be the same by movement? The number of bars is the same as well.”
The reason for opposition eventually came out. It was the rogue intent to drag Beethoven in for attention. Their sincerity, however, did not appear.
“Very well. We admit that the composer’s intention is too obvious. But why are we trying to censor composers’ thoughts as judges? We need to judge based on the music itself.”
“That’s right. The image that Beethoven’s choral symphony has – a large song, vocal, and Schiller’s poem. You’re dragging this through as though it is plagiarism…”
“Who said that it is plagiarism?”
Even the opposing side was defending it against plagiarism.
“Just looking at the 1st movement with a subject that is continued perfectly, it is different from the abilities of other participants. And what about the symphony of the 2nd and 3rd movements? I felt like I was looking at the harmony of soprano duet. There’s nothing more to say about the 4th movement. I felt like my heart was collapsing around that catharsis.”
The other judges were only listening. What they had felt about the song had not been very different. They just differentiate between feeling and evaluation.
“I can’t remember the last time I felt something like this… Did you get this kind of emotion from ‘World of Europe’? Isn’t it a song that combines many European folk songs in order to throw awareness of a problem?”
As the praises for the choral symphony continued, the real reason for not giving it their votes came out.
“Can’t we simply think of it as the composer having some fun? If it hadn’t been for the vocal part with lyrics from Schiller’s ‘Ode to Joy,’ it would have gotten all 12 votes without argument.”
“Are you saying that we should go upstream to the era of classical again?”
“What are you talking about? What era is there to music? If the work is good, that should be everything for the evaluation.”
The role of the music’s value changed with changing times. Music has always changed with the times. The judges’ true thoughts for not giving votes are that they believe the choral concerto to be retrogressive to the era.
It is an evaluation that is hard to say.
“There there. Let’s calm down. Isn’t our selection criteria clear? The song that we want to hear the orchestra play. That is the selection criteria.”
The committee head must have thought that the evaluation of the choral symphony had come out with this, and her intense atmosphere settled a bit.
“I’ll tell you my last thoughts. I’m looking back at today’s intense discussion. Not a single person gave his or her opinion on the song in 1st place, ‘Magic of Europe’. No one said why it is better than the choral concerto or what they felt after seeing it.”
Marion Cotillard’s stern assessment made everyone quiet. The 1st place song did not have a presence in today’s intense debate.
“The sun has already set. We’ll meet again tomorrow to continue the discussion. If the same results come out in the 2nd vote, we might have a ‘not applicable’ in 1st place again for the first time in a while. You all worked hard.”
Though it was not late, Marion Cotillard quickly ended the meeting. She wanted to give them plenty of time to confirm whether their evaluations today were based on music or their individual beliefs.
She came back home and got in the bath to relieve her exhaustion when the phone rang.
“Madame Cotillard. This is Isaac Stern.”
“Oh, Mr. Stern. It’s been a while.”
Marion Cotillard leaned up from her bath. He is someone she cannot ignore as he provides a lot of support to the European music industry. There are a lot of conductors who had been in the Deutsche Symphony Orchestra, which she is currently in, who are related to him.
“I know it’s rude, but I called late because I figured that you would be busy with your judging duties in the daytime.”
“It’s alright.”
“I actually have a lot of interest in this year’s competition.”
“When did you not? You always kept an eye on it to take any promising rookies.”
“Ha ha. I see. Then I should say that I have extra interest.”
She knew that President Stern has a lot of interest in all competitions, but she also knows that he has never personally contacted the committee head. What could it be?
“I’ll get straight to the point. I want to show the 12 final songs to maestros all over the world. I’m going to find out which song it is that they want to play and compare it with the results of the competition.”
Marion Cotillard bolted up from the bath. What does this mean? What is he talking about all of a sudden?
“Mr. Stern. I hear this as you saying that you don’t trust the judges.”
She could not help but sound on edge. Comparing the results with external factors itself means that he is questioning their fairness.
“That’s not what I mean. I just want to know the difference. The difference between the music that conductors want to perform and the music that survives in a competition.”
President Stern’s voice remained calm.
“You put it well, but doesn’t it mean that you’re telling us to do well because you’re watching us?”
“Isn’t that inevitable? How many people out there are watching for the competition results?”
“Of course I’m sure you’ll release those results to the press?”
“I’ll have to if there is a big difference with the competition results. Someone will have to explain those results so the people who are watching can understand.”
It is a complete threat. He does not reveal what he wants though, so it is an ambiguous threat. Marion Cotillard did not want to hear anymore. He is basically insulting her character.
“Mr. Stern, I’m offended. I will hang up now.”
After hanging up, she lowered her body into the bath again. Famous maestros all over the world would inevitably choose the choral concerto. She had also voted for the choral concerto. But she still could not know the end result.
She thought for a while and came out when she could feel the bath get cold, and laid on the bed.
Whatever anyone says, there is only one result. She can only enforce one thing with the judges. It is the committee head’s duty.
The song that they want to hear in performance. That is the winning song.
Total Chapters in book: 283
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
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