Introduction to Yao dance music:
The work was created in the 1950s. Composer to folk dance song "long drum song and dance" as the material with orchestral techniques, rich, vivid display of the Yao people singing and dancing festive scenes. The music is a beautiful melody that expresses the life of the Yao people who are good at singing and dancing.
Overview:
Orchestral Dance of the Yao People by Liu Tieshan and Mao Yuan. This is a single-movement orchestral piece that deserves to be listened to carefully and savored over and over again. It is said to have been composed by Liu Tieshan, who was inspired by the Yao compatriots in northern Guangdong to sing and dance in celebration of their festivals, and used the local traditional songs, dances, and drums as the source material for the Yao Long Encouragement Song, which was later adapted for orchestra by Mao Yuan, resulting in the Yao Dance, one of the wonders of China's orchestral music.
The Yao Dance highlights the timbre and performance of ethnic instruments, making good use of different combinations of timbres from the same group of instruments. Composer Zhou Wenzhong commented on Peng's rich imagination, saying that his adaptation was almost a re-creation, a modern piece of music adapted from Chinese folk music according to "westernized" methods of expression. It shows how China was changing under the influence of Western orchestras.
Structure
The orchestral "Yao Dance" is a single-movement, compound triad structure (A→B→A)
Introduction in D minor, 2/4 time.
The danceable rhythm is plucked by bass instruments (Zhongruan, Da Ruan, Dahu, Low Hu), as if the girls are playing their beloved long drums, and the song and dance are about to begin. The music imitates the rhythm of the elegant long drums and is played softly, depicting the scene of men, women and children of the Yao village entering the open space of the village from their respective homes under the moonlight. It gradually brings up the first part. Zhang Weiqian
First part (A section. Running board)
The theme is played by the gaohu in a quiet and gentle manner, as if a fair maiden were dancing, then the pipes, the sheng and the bass pipes play the main theme, and the girls join in the dance, and the mood gradually rises. It mainly depicts the graceful and graceful dance steps of the beautiful Yao girls.
The music is very soft and gentle, people seem to see the night of the festival when the long drums play and sing lightly, dressed in full costume of the Yao children gathered under the silver moonlight. The stringed instruments of the orchestra play a quiet and gentle theme like a fair maiden dancing, graceful and beautiful. As the theme develops, more and more girls join in the dance. The atmosphere gradually warm, wind music played lively and cheerful theme, just like a group of young men can not help but break into the ranks of the girls, jumping up and down, expressing the excitement of the mood.
The second part (B section. The middle panel)
Turned to D major, changed to 3/4 beat
The melody is played by the flute and sheng, just like a pair of lovers are singing and dancing, expressing their love for each other, *** with the taste of the sweetness of love, looking forward to a better future. The melody develops in a peaceful and singable way, and sometimes there are jumping rhythmic patterns. Deep and gentle and with the Yao's unique soft dance combined, unique flavor.
The third part (A section reproduction. Row board - enthusiastic fast board)
The reproduction section, condensing the content of the first paragraph, reproduces the theme of the first paragraph, people have joined the dance line. Jumping and twirling, dancing and dancing, the atmosphere is warm and spirited. The atmosphere is enthusiastic and the feelings are exuberant. The enthusiastic spirit of Yao men and women is soundly demonstrated. Music in the strong rhythm to ***, in the fast and happy mood in the end.