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--Paganini and His Sold Soul--
"There's something behind #Golden_Child's stage concept & #Joochan's violin performance on last night's #RoadToKingdom"
Thread for appreciating @GoldenChild's performance that made me got goosebumps https://twitter.com/AhElahSan/status/1263743575914713090
--Paganini and His Sold Soul--
"There's something behind #Golden_Child's stage concept & #Joochan's violin performance on last night's #RoadToKingdom"
Thread for appreciating @GoldenChild's performance that made me got goosebumps https://twitter.com/AhElahSan/status/1263743575914713090
p.s I already got his/her permission to translate this thread :D
FIRST OF ALL I'm really sorry if there's any grammar mistake since english is not my mother tongue... I'll try my best to translate the whole thread with my english skills.
will translate it slowly so stay tune! :D
will translate it slowly so stay tune! :D
Okay, why am I interested with @GoldenChild's performance last night? Besides from liking the concept, I've practiced the melodies that Joochan played and it was really hard so I got blisters on my fingers. So I decided to dig deeper to this concept 
It's a fancy concept but a little bit dark. And for those who focused on Joochan's solo violin, the notes he played is Paganini Caprice No. 24, it was known around 17th century. The composser name was Niccolo Paganini/Nicole Paganini.
Who is Niccolo Paganini?
Who is Niccolo Paganini?
Paganini was a composser, violinist, and a gitarist with Italian nationality. He was born in Genoa, Italy, on October 27th 1782. Paganini was known as a super great young musician back then, no one can beat him.
He was very productive when he was young, even when he's 23 y.o (if I'm not mistaken) he already created 24 Caprice, the one Joochan played. Btw, Caprice is a name for cheerful light music.
Maybe Paganini can be addressed as one of people who created solo tour. If he's not holding a tour, he'll be a music teacher for noble children because of his perfect ability and above average back then.
This one is the interesting part for me. A myth about Paganini's ability that time was "The Result of Exchanging His Soul With the Devil". Yep, he sold his soul so he can have the ability to make girls fainted because of his great violin performance.
Even according to some people, as they can see, at his solo concert, Paganini was accompanied by devil. And he had this habit of playing violin until his eyes turned all white because he really enjoyed his play.
Because of that rumor, when he died, his corpse was rejected by Genoa's church.
FYI, Paganini's corpse can finally buried(?) after waiting for some time. And the rumor about he became the "Satan's Slave" was mentioned in a book called "The Devil's Notebook (2000)" by Anton Szandor Lavey and filmed in 2013 with the title "The Devil's Violinist".
Ok, now I wanna show you, there are some details that connected between Paganini and Golden Child's performance.
From this stage we can all guessed who's the center (Paganini), right? Hehe.
From this stage we can all guessed who's the center (Paganini), right? Hehe.
1. It all started with a hanging white violin. A different colored violin from the others that Joochan hold in the beginning.
Yes, this violin is a symbol for Paganini's violin. During his lifetime, he didn't want anyone to use his violin.
Yes, this violin is a symbol for Paganini's violin. During his lifetime, he didn't want anyone to use his violin.
2. Members who danced below the violin described as great musicians who were in the same era as Paganini, but no one can match his abilities. This story was shown by the other members who tried to catch the violin but failed.
3. The girl violinists' outfit. They used black colored outfit. They might wear white or any other colored outift if they want to show us the orchestral concept. But why black? Yes, it's because they're considered as "exist and doesn't exist".
It can be described as, the girl violinists symbolized the myth about Paganini in every performance assisted by "The Devil's Messenger".
Roughly, the back girl violinists are the devils (source of Paganini's strength).
Roughly, the back girl violinists are the devils (source of Paganini's strength).
4. The floor choreo was not just for aesthetics. In my opinion, they want to show us that back then, people's reaction to Paganini's violin play can make the others fainted and lost their minds.
5. Lastly, the ending part is telling us about the end of Paganini's life. It was said that he died beacuse of illness and until the end of his life, he only wants to play his violin without caring about the priests who came and want to pray for him.
As you can see on the pict above, Joochan tried to reach the violin with his hands.
There's one of Paganini piece that shows him as a person who likes magical things.
It's called "Le Streghe" or "Dance or Witch"
A rumor said that through this song, Paganini worship the devil to improve his violin technique.
It's called "Le Streghe" or "Dance or Witch"
A rumor said that through this song, Paganini worship the devil to improve his violin technique.
