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China ancient traditional vocal music.

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Main works: Two Springs Reflecting the Moon, Butterfly Lovers, Morning in Miao Ling, Shepherd Boy Piccolo, Bright Walking, Dance of Yi Nationality, New Songs of Herdsmen, Spring in Xinjiang, Dance of Yao Nationality, Prelude to Spring Festival, Dance of Golden Snake, Happy Birthday, etc.

Zhao Yuanren: Zhao Yuanren's songs have vivid music images, novel styles, beautiful and smooth tunes and rich lyricism. They are good at learning from the techniques of modern European multi-voice music creation, and constantly explore and maintain the characteristics of China's traditional culture and music. He pays great attention to the characteristics of tone and rhyme of lyrics, and pays attention to the consistency of tone and melody of lyrics, which makes the melody both charming and colloquial and unique in style. In addition, he also paid attention to absorbing folk music language in his creation. For example, Listening to the Rain expands the tone of Changzhou's reciting ancient poems, and Maibu Ballad is a pentatonic tone developed on the basis of the tone of Wuxi dialect. Teach me how not to think about his absorption of Xipi's original accent in Beijing opera; The song of the peep show is based on folk Latin movies; "God" has the style of northern folk rap music. In his creation, he made beneficial explorations and experiments on the nationalization of harmony, often using parallel four or five degrees, adding six-degree intervals, minor seventh chords and modal harmony to the major triad. He also attaches great importance to the role of piano accompaniment in shaping the image and depicting the artistic conception in the whole song.

Xiao Youmei: Cello "The Problem": The content of the song reflects the dissatisfaction with the social reality of China under the rule of warlords at that time and worries about the future and destiny of the country. The Problem is recognized as an outstanding masterpiece.

Xian Xinghai: Yellow River Chorus, Rhapsody of China.

Xian Xinghai's return to China was deeply painful for the nation's peril, and he knew the sufferings of the people. At the critical moment of national peril, he stood at the forefront of national struggle. He is convinced that the China * * * production party is the mainstay of the Chinese nation, and he joined the China * * * production party. For the sake of national liberation and "roaring for the war of resistance", he wrote songs with a vertical pen.

In order to express the broad real life and make songs more national, Xian Xinghai also explored and created some song styles with the characteristics of the new era. Among them, there are songs that organically combine different expressive features of lyricism and militancy, such as "On Taihang Mountain" and "Song of March 8 Women's Day"; An Acura "Praise for New China"; There are also narrative songs that combine folk rap music with combative mass songs, such as Liang Hongyu and Down with Wang Jingwei. He is very good at exploring the rhythmic beauty of lyrics language and giving it musical play on the premise of expressing the theme image. He is also very good at using various forms of singing, such as solo, chorus, lead singer, chorus and rap. Especially in the form of round singing and two-part chorus, it had innovative significance and extensive influence in the anti-Japanese war singing at that time. In addition, during his visit to the Soviet Union, he mainly used China's classical poems to create artistic songs, and also made achievements in exploring new genres and national styles.

He Lvting: Cowboy Piccolo

Style and Features: This piano sketch successfully imitates the characteristics of China's national musical instrument-the flute, and echoes two polyphonic melodies with fresh and smooth lines, thus showing the audience a traditional China ink painting, as if making people see a shepherd boy riding on the back of a cow and playing the flute leisurely.

The whole song is divided into three paragraphs. The first paragraph is like a faint ink painting. A shepherd boy rode on the back of a cow, playing his flute leisurely and wandering in the field. His innocence is very cute. It can be said that this is a self-portrait of the author's childhood. The middle part of the music is a traditional folk dance style, with cheerful rhythm and melody. Finally, reproduce the theme of the first paragraph. This piece of music has a strong local flavor and is a creative example of China's modern piano music creation.

The Shepherd Boy Piccolo is a modern piano piece by He Lvting, a famous composer, pianist and educator in China, in China under the new cultural background. It depicts China's pastoral painting which is completely different from the western style. It combines European music theory with China music tradition and presents a unique China style, which has a far-reaching influence on China's piano music creation.

Shi Guangnan: "toast song": The whole song is fresh and lively, and it is known for its jumping rhythm and lyrical temperament.

The first song is more subtle, and it is played in the middle and bass areas;

In the second stage, the rhythm is compact, the melody develops to the high-pitched area, and the mood is gradually rising;

In the third paragraph, the starting theme will be changed and developed to form a climax.

Xinjiang tones full of passion and dance dynamics are selected as the material, and the rhythm of the songs makes people feel the sound of gongs and drums resounding around the world. The climax of the song is even more ingenious, with strong national characteristics, which makes people excited and passionate, and makes the singer and audience unforgettable for a long time.

Shi Guangnan is an outstanding composer in the new China music scene. His creation involves many fields and has reached a considerable artistic level; The best embodiment of his artistic achievements is his song creation. The melody of his songs not only has strong national flavor, but also has distinct characteristics of the times; Both artistic and popular, it can be described as "both refined and popular" and is deeply loved by the broad masses of the people; His creative thought of "based on national traditions, integrating the charm of folk music of various nationalities and regions, making it his own music language and creatively applying it to creative practice" has had a positive and far-reaching impact on contemporary and future song creation.