一段尼克松弹钢琴的录像

Richard Nixon plays his Piano Concerto #1

Seriously. Nixon's own composition, set to concerto form with "15 Democratic violinists." Nixon takes a dig at Harry Truman just before playing.

尼克松这个名字给我们的记忆是：东西方冷战的重要人物之一，水门事件，尼克松访华......人们多是看到他在政治舞台的一面， 对他作为普通人的一面了解不是很多，  我今天也是在寻找其他音乐资料时碰到这个MV，尼克松总统弹这一段还蛮好听的，他自己作的曲？ 弹琴唱歌对一个普通人是很普通的事，而当一个政治人物弹琴唱歌时我们就觉得很稀奇，打分都要高些，好像他们不应该会唱歌不应该会弹琴，其实那是我们不习惯他们也和我们普通人一样。

看了这段MV，自己也想对这位历史人物了解更多， 还没有看过由美国作曲家John Adams谱曲， Alice Goodman写词的歌剧：《Nixon in China 尼克松在中国》，当我看了下面这一段， 觉得很有意思，小小的舞台再现当年震惊世界的"尼克松访华" 也不是很容易的事， 找时间继续看下去， 另外我也很好奇为什么他们会想起来要把这样一个历史事件搬上舞台的？ 
 
上个世纪东西方冷战的硝烟早已远去， 上个世纪的政治伟人们大多已去另外一个世界，伟人们真实的一面比任何时候更有吸引力。

Nixon In China (Opera): Act I Scene 1 - News

John Adams's first opera Nixon In China, produced by Peter Sellars, with libretto by Alice Goodman, about the visit of Richard Nixon to China in 1972, where he met with Mao Zedong and other Chinese officials.
Act I Opening -
The opera begins at Beijing Airport. As the soldiers wait, an airplane taxis and lands on the stage - the Nixons and Henry Kissinger disembark and are greeted by Chou Enlai. As Nixon is introduced to various Chinese officials by Chou, he sings of his hopes and fears for his historic visit.
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Quote from Lyrics: (Nixon 尼克遜)"News, news, news, news, news -- has a... has a...has a... has a kind of mystery has a...has a... has a kind of mystery ...... Who, who, who, who are our enemies? Who, who, who, who are our friends?"