Chinese folk

Popular folk songs full of national colors are called folk songs or ballads. Folk songs have a long history, so most of their authors are unknown. Folk songs are rich in content, including religion, love, war, labor, drinking, dancing, festivals and so on. Folk songs not only express a nation's feelings and habits, but also have their own unique scales and emotional styles. For example, the prosperity of French folk songs, the enthusiasm of Italian folk songs, the simplicity of English folk songs, the indignation of Japanese folk songs, the wildness of Spanish folk songs and the tears of China folk songs all show strong national temperament and color.

Modern composers have created various kinds of music based on folk songs, such as dvorak's Symphony from the New World and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.4; Vincent Tindy's folk song symphony; Roy harris's folk symphony; Bruch's Scottish Folk Song Concerto; William Vaughan's English Folk Song Suite; Stephen foster Suite by Dobinsky; And Eight Folk Orchestrations by Anatole Constantinovici Liadov. , are wonderful and moving music, widely welcomed by the world.

(1) English folk songs: English folk songs did not revive until the end of19th century. At that time, a man named Cecil Sharp collected nearly 3,000 folk songs, of which 1600 spread to Appalachian mountains in North America. Strange to say, real traditional English music is better preserved in America than in Britain. The so-called British traditional music is mainly characterized by folk songs that tell stories with local music and pop music.

(2) French folk songs: French folk songs are usually full of bohemian feelings and secular humor. From their folk songs, we can not only learn about the living habits of the French people, but also taste their wine and delicacies, as if we had seen their light and wonderful dances.

(3) German folk songs: The melodies of pop songs and folk music have a great influence on German folk music, which are both part of their outdoor life and group activities.

(4) Dutch folk songs: German folk songs are popular not only in Germany, but also in several countries near Beihai. The Netherlands is one of them, mainly because the languages and customs of the countries bordering Germany to the north are similar to those of Germany, so German folk music is naturally accepted by them.

(5) Irish folk songs: Since the Middle Ages, the harp has become the most popular musical instrument in Ireland. /kloc-in the 0/2 century, the songs created by court poets were mainly harp; Unfortunately, most of those songs have been lost, only some lyrics are left. In the17th century, Britain ruled Ireland, and court poets gradually declined, but harpists were still active in every corner. Another musical instrument, bagpipes, is also very popular in Ireland, probably because the Celts especially like to listen to that high and sharp sound!

(6) Italian folk songs: Italian folk music is dominated by warm and beautiful harmony. It has spread all over the world because of its touching music. Accordion and lyre are the main accompaniment instruments of this kind of songs, which can also be said to be the characteristics of Italian folk songs.

(7) Norwegian folk songs: The well-known Norwegian folk songs were forgotten for a long time, and it was not until 1840 that they were valued and revived. Today, about10,000 songs are sung, most of which describe the beautiful lakes and mountains of this country.

(8) Scottish folk songs: Due to the unpopularity of printing and the successive death of harpists, most of the early Scottish alpine music in gayles was lost, and it was not until 178 1 that people paid attention to it and began to collect it. Scottish music is rough and sounds like Irish music, because most of the early Scottish harpists came from Ireland. The harp is a very common musical instrument in Scotland. Almost every family has it, and everyone can play. However, due to the rise of bagpipes, the status of harpists has been greatly affected. Because bagpipes can be played outdoors, and the harp is only suitable for indoor performance. Scottish folk songs are divided into highland and flat tones, highland folk songs are more majestic, and flat-tone folk songs tend to be soft.

(9) Spanish folk songs: Spanish folk songs can be said to be mostly part of dance music, and dance music is often part of folk songs. In addition, all Spanish folk songs contain a strong rural sentiment, which is the unique style of Spanish folk songs.

Swedish folk songs: It is said that Swedish folk songs were collected only in 163 1 year, and most of them tell heroic stories of ancient soldiers, with magnificent, passionate and energetic tunes.

(1 1) Welsh folk songs: Most traditional music in Wales is based on harp tunes, including folk songs, folk dances, carols, hymns, etc., and most of them are accompanied by harp.

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