Famous contemporary Chinese composers and lyricists:
1, Zhu Tramples?
Zhu Zhen'er, originally from Jing County, Anhui Province, was born in Tianjin in 1922. Zhu Shen'er was quite diligent in his life, and he left a record of success in many important fields of musical composition. His musical works have profound ideological connotations and exquisite forms of expression, with strong artistic infections, and his main artistic achievement is the creative activity of symphonic music.?
Representative works: ?
A:Vocal works: "Singing a Mountain Song to the Party", "Receiving the Gun of Lei Feng", "Clear Memory", etc.?
B:Instrumental works: "Naxi Ichi" Symphonic Tone Poem (1984) "Symphony No. 1, 2, 3, 4" (1985-1990)? Festival Overture (1958)? The Suona Concerto (1989)?
2, He Luting?
He Luting was born on July 20, 1903 in Shaoyang County, Hunan Province. He is a famous Chinese composer, music educator and music theorist.
He Luting, as an early practitioner of Chinese new music in the 20th century, combined the traditional techniques of European music with folk music. His compositional style is simple, concise and natural.
Representative works:? Piccolo for Shepherd Boys (piano piece) 1934,? Lullaby (piano) 1934, ? Guerrilla Song (chorus) 1937, ? On the Jialing River (solo) 1939, ? Spring Mud of Reclamation", "Gala" for orchestra? , "Senjidema", etc.
3, Ma Sicong? ?
A name that enjoys an important reputation in the Chinese music scene is the famous Chinese composer and violinist Ma Sicong. A native of Guangdong, he went to France in 1923 to study music, attending the Conservatoire de Nancy and the Conservatoire de Paris to learn the violin, and then again in 1930 to study composition with Binembaum.
Returning to China in 1931, he taught in music colleges and universities all over the motherland, and made great contributions to the cause of music education; he went to the United States via Hong Kong in November 1966, and died in 1987. Ma's compositional skills are mature and have a distinctive creative personality.
Representative works? His major works include Symphony No. 1 (1941), Symphony No. 2 (1959), the orchestral suite Songs of the Mountains and Forests (1954), Tibetan Tone Poems, the vocal works Chorus of Democracy, Spring Chorus, and Motherland Chorus, as well as a large-scale cabaret opera, Evening Sunshine, and the symphony Ameyama Suite which he wrote during his stay in the United States.
4, Marco?
Marco was a famous composer and musicologist in China, who had a superb research on national and opera music. His musical works are quite rich, and he is also a music theorist who has written such treatises as "Is there less music in life? , Speech on Chinese Folk Music, Xian Xinghai is an Outstanding Musician of Socialist Realism in China, etc.?
Representative works:? Famous such as: rice-planting opera "husband and wife literacy" (1944), the song "Nanniwan" (1943), "we are democratic youth" (1946), "we workers have the power" (1948), orchestral "Shaan Bei Suite" (1949), and co-operation with the opera "The White-haired Girl", "Xiao Erhei Marriage", etc..
Among them, "Nanniwan" is a work he finalized during the Yan'an period. The song with its smooth and beautiful and unique flavor of the melody is widely spread around, household names, and has never failed. And the interlude of the opera "Xiao Er Hei Marriage", "Clear Sparkling Water Blue Glistening Sky", was mainly penned by Marco.
This opera interlude reflects the composer's opera music skills. The whole song for the layout of the opera plate cadence characteristics (loose plate - slow plate - fast plate) but the melody is refined, individual (rather than a voice in the opera to fill in the lyrics), there is a full singing character. This interlude contains one of the most famous interludes in Chinese opera, especially the slow melody, which has been appreciated over and over again, and it is a great reminder of the past.
5, Xian Xinghai?
S Xian Xinghai (1905-1945) is originally from Panyu, Guangdong Province, is China's modern famous musician. 1918 into the Lingnan University attached to the secondary school violin, in 1926 into the Peking University Music Institute, the National Institute of Music to study. 1928 into the Shanghai National Institute of Music to learn the violin and the piano, and published the famous short treatise on music "universal music", which is the most important part of the music. s short treatise on music, "Universal Music".
Representative works:? During his stay in France, he composed more than ten pieces such as Wind, Song of the Wanderer, Violin Sonata in D minor, etc. He also composed music for the progressive films Magnificent Ambition and Youth March, and the dramas Resurrection and The Great Thunderstorm.
Between 1935 and 1938, he composed "Salvation Army Song", "Only Fear of Non-Resistance", "Guerrilla Army", "The Road is Open to Us", "Vast Siberia", and "Children of the Motherland".
Expanded InformationHistorically, there have been many types of compositions, such as piano sonatas or symphonies, and composers in the Classical period often experimented with all types, but the Romantic period saw more composers specializing in piano music or operas, and writing jazz and rock music in popular songs was also different.
Composers have to understand that there are different ways of composing music depending on the type of music, such as composing for theater, which takes into account the actor's voice, the range of the singing, and the acoustics. These are the challenges that composers face. Historically, there have been many types of compositions, such as piano sonatas or symphonies.
When composing for pop songs, you have to know the lyrics, you have to know the melody, you have to know the emotion, you have to know the trends. Composing for symphony orchestra requires a clear understanding of the place of each instrument in a piece of music.
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