be working at it
Someone comes pressing for the score, and Mozart has Constanze tell him he is working on it.
Tell him I'm working on it.Amadeus · 1984 — 第 22 / 25 章 · 4'06" · B1
Constanze Hides the Requiem, Explained：in my noodle
The visitor has come for the Magic Flute, but the household keeps stalling: "Tell him I'm working on it." Then he picks up a Requiem Mass left on the table, and the mood turns. Mozart swears the opera lives only "right here in my noodle" — while someone nearby grows frightened of him.
あらすじ
Constanze's household is dodging a visitor who has come to collect Mozart's new opera. They claim Mozart is out and that he's working on it. When the visitor spots a Requiem Mass on the table, they snatch it back and tell him to leave it alone. Mozart defends himself, saying the whole opera is in his head, while a frightened servant describes his drinking and weird behavior.
注目の表現
in my noodleworking on itin the funeral businessto hell with
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このシーンの表現
in my noodle
in my head
Cornered for the score, Mozart taps his own head and says the whole opera is already finished up there.
The tune is still in my noodle; I just haven't written it down.
このシーンの他の表現
- working on it
be working at it
- in the funeral business
work in funerals
- to hell with
forget it, damn it
- doing his best
try as hard as one can
- you little cunt
a vicious insult
このシーンのメモ一覧
59 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
The three words link smoothly across the consonants.
Tell him I'm working on it.that friend of ours refers to Mozart here
Good. Where's our friend?Where's our runs together into one beat.
Good. Where's our friend?satisfied with
Is he happy with it?a mass for the dead
What's this? A Requiem Mass?work in funerals
Schikaneder picks up the Requiem score and jabs at it; Constanze snaps at him to leave it alone.
- You think I'm in the funeral business? - Leave that alone!don't touch it
- You think I'm in the funeral business? - Leave that alone!set something down
- Put it down! It's nothing for you! - I'm sorry.do you have something
What have you got for me?nothing to look at
Because there's nothing to see.begin rehearsing
...I asked you if we could start rehearsals next week and you said yes.if-clause object: Here 'if' means 'whether', not a condition.
...I asked you if we could start rehearsals next week and you said yes.show it to me
- Well,we can. - So let me see it. Where is it?the remainder
It's all right here in my noodle. The rest is just scribbling.a vile insult — The harshest insult; recognize it, never use it.
- Like a drink? - Look,you little cunt!embedded question: The indirect question keeps normal word order inside the clause.
Do you know how many people I've hired?try as hard as one can
As Schikaneder rails that Mozart is stalling, Constanze defends him: he is doing his best.
- He's doing his best. - Paying them to wait. It's ridiculous!hypothetical would: 'Would' frames the act as absurdly hypothetical, which makes it a rhetorical dig.
Only an idiot would ask him to work on that!crazy — Common in British speech; do not aim it at elders.
You're mad.put it in writing
Just write it down.useless to someone
It's no use to anybody in your head.know how it feels
You don't know what it's like.be understandable
Lorl tells Salieri that when Mozart speaks, nothing he says is coherent.
- When he speaks,he makes no sense. - Is he working?constantly
He sits there all the time,doing some silly opera.「Constanze Hides the Requiem」を読み解く
What's really going on
On the surface this is a scheduling argument: a producer wants his opera, and the composer's household wants him left alone. Underneath, two things are being protected. One is the secret Requiem, which the visitor is not supposed to see — hence the sudden "Put it down! It's nothing for you!" The other is Mozart himself, who is visibly coming apart. He insists the work is finished because it exists "all right here in my noodle. The rest is just scribbling," but nobody around him hears a genius; they hear a man who drinks all day and makes no sense. The argument over the Magic Flute versus the death Mass is really an argument over who owns his remaining time.
Theme
SecretsThe Requiem is a private commission the household scrambles to keep out of a visitor's hands.
MoneyThe fight over the opera and the Requiem keeps coming back to what pays: "Money. Money."
このチャプターで学べること
- Noodle is slang, and here it means the composer's head.
- Work on it is a polite way to say nothing is finished.
- The curse at the end ends his patience, not the argument.
- Lorl's fear comes out in short, repetitive sentences.
発音のポイント
- working on it — The three words link smoothly across the consonants.
- Where's our — Where's our runs together into one beat.
It's all right here in my noodle. The rest is just scribbling.Mozart claims the whole opera already exists in his head; writing it down is just mechanical copying.
It's no use to anybody in your head.Someone's frustration: music that stays in his mind can't be performed or paid for.
You don't know what it's like.The servant's defense when asked about Mozart — a plea that his situation can't be understood from outside.
Only an idiot would ask him to work on that!Mozart's rage at whoever pushed the frivolous opera on him while the Requiem waits.
You know what's ridiculous? Your libretto!He fires back by calling the other man's own script the real waste of time.
I'm frightened. I'm very,very frightened!The servant's plain admission of fear at how Mozart is behaving.
He sits there all the time,doing some silly opera.The servant's report: Mozart is stuck composing something trivial instead of the work demanded.
Because there's nothing to see.Mozart's excuse for not handing over the score — there is no finished manuscript on paper.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the visitor get so angry about Mozart working on the Magic Flute?
Because he is paying for the opera and hiring the performers. From his side, every day Mozart spends on the Requiem is money burning while the cast waits, which is why he snaps, "I'm paying them!"
Why won't Mozart show anyone the score?
He says there is nothing to see, because the whole opera is still in his head. He treats the written score as a formality, so handing it over would mean admitting the work barely exists yet.
Who is the servant so frightened of?
She is frightened of Mozart himself. She tells her listener that "Herr Mozart" drinks all day, takes medicine that makes him worse, and makes no sense when he speaks.
Why is the household hiding the Requiem Mass?
It is a secret commission, and they do not want the visitor to know Mozart is dividing his time between it and the opera. Hence the rush to snatch it back and say it is nothing for him.
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第 11 章taking dictationSalieri Reads Mozart's Manuscripts
第 12 章achieve mediocritySalieri Declares War on God
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第 15 章sick to death ofLorl Offers to Be Mozart's Maid
第 16 章go mad forMozart Defends Figaro to the Emperor
第 17 章fed to the teethMozart Argues Opera With the Court
第 18 章take this up withMozart's Figaro Ballet Fight
第 19 章accept the factSalieri Explains the Emperor's Yawns
第 20 章with your own handsSalieri's Plan to Kill Mozart
第 21 章a lost causeMozart Begs the Baron for Money
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第 23 章killing meThe Messenger Demands the Requiem
第 24 章cheer someone upSalieri Helps Mozart Write the Requiem
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