1. Zhu Jianer (ZHU JIANER)
(1) Introduction to the composer:
Zhu Jianer was originally from Jingxian County, Anhui Province. Born in Tianjin in 1922. Zhu Jian'er was quite diligent throughout his life, and he left a successful record in many important fields of music creation. His musical works have profound ideological connotations and exquisite forms of expression, and have strong artistic appeal. His main artistic achievement is the creation of symphonic music.
(2) Representative works:
A: Vocal works: "Sing a Folk Song for the Party", "Taking Lei Feng's Gun", "Clear Memory", etc.
B: Instrumental works: "Naxi Yiqi" symphonic tone poem (1984) "Symphony Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4" (1985-1990) "Festival Overture" (1958) "Tianle" 》Suona Concerto (1989)
2. HE LUTING (HE LUTING)
(1) Introduction to the composer:
He Luting’s original name is He Kai, and the courtesy name is Qing. , Hao Baozhen. Born on July 20, 1903 in Shao County, Hunan Province. He is a famous Chinese composer, music educator and music theorist. As an early practitioner of Chinese new music in the 20th century, He Luting combined traditional European music techniques with national music. His creative style is simple, concise and natural.
(2) Representative works:
"Shepherd Boy Piccolo" (piano music) 1934, "Lullaby" (piano music) 1934, "Song of the Guerrillas (Chorus) 1937 In 1939, "On the Jialing River" (solo), "Ken Chun Ni", "Evening Party", "Pastoral", etc.
3. TAN DUN
(1) Introduction to the composer:
Tan Dun was born in Changsha City, Hunan Province in August 1957. He received a master's degree from the Central Conservatory of Music, then studied in the United States and received a doctorate from Columbia University in New York. Currently one of the most active and influential Chinese composers in the international music scene.
(2) Representative works:
"String Quartet No. 1 "Wind, Elegance, Ode"" (1982) "Li Sao" Symphony, "Orchestra and Three Fixed Timbres" "Interlude" (1985) (vocal, bass clarinet, bassoon), "Drama Rhythm", "Death and Fire", "Ghost Play", "Taoji", "Nine Songs", etc.
4. MA SICONG
(1) Introduction to the composer:
In the Chinese music scene, a name that enjoys an important reputation, this is China The famous composer and violinist Ma Sicong. He is from Guangdong and went to France to study music in 1923. He studied violin at the Nancy Conservatory of Music and the Paris Conservatoire. Then he went to France again in 1930 to learn composition from Binembaum. In 1931, he returned to China and taught at Music academies across the country made great contributions to music education. He went to the United States from Hong Kong in November 1966 and passed away in 1987. Ma Sicong's composition skills are mature and he has a distinctive creative personality. While many Chinese works are still obsessed with the techniques and styles of classical music and romantic music, his works have penetrated into the history of modern Western music since the end of the 19th century. Since the 1950s, his deliberate pursuit of new styles has become more active, but it has always been used to express and endow his pursuit of national characteristics of music. He once said, "In addition to personal style characteristics, a composer, especially a Chinese composer, is extremely important to have strong national characteristics." His creative style is just as his friend and famous music theorist Li Lingnian said: "He (Ma Sicong) He doesn't like thick colors and strong dramatic conflicts. His style is relatively quiet and elegant, a bit like the night lilies in the South, slowly exhaling a delicate fragrance, fresh and fragrant. ""His compositions are relatively simple, with clear and smooth tones. , structural multiplication, just enough pen and emotion, without too many redundant sentences.
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(2) Representative works
Main works include: "First Symphony" (1941), "Second Symphony" (1959), orchestral suite "Song of the Forest" "(1954), "Tibetan Sound Poems", vocal works "Democracy Cantata", "Spring Cantata", "Motherland Cantata", as well as the large-scale musical "Sunset" written while he was in the United States, the symphony "Ami Mountain Suite", etc. .
5. Mark (MA KE)
(1) Introduction to the composer:
Marco is a famous composer and musicologist in my country. He has great influence on the nation. He has exquisite research on opera music. His musical works are quite rich. He is also a music theorist and has written such treatises as: "Is Music Missing in Life?", "Talk about Chinese Folk Music", "Xian Xinghai" He is an outstanding socialist realist musician in my country" etc.
(2) Representative works:
Famous ones include: Yangju drama "Couple Literacy" (1944), songs. "Nanniwan" (1943), "We Are Democratic Youth" (1946), "We Workers Have Power" (1948), orchestral "Northern Shaanxi Suite" (1949), co-operated opera "White-Haired Girl", "Xiao Erhei's Marriage" and so on. Among them, "Nanniwan" was a work he composed during his Yan'an period. The song has been widely spread all over the country with its smooth, beautiful and unique charm, and it is still popular today. The episode "The Clear Water Comes to the Blue Sky" is mainly written by Ma Ke. This opera episode further reflects the composer's opera music skills. --Adagio--Allegro), but the melody is refined, personal (rather than filled with lyrics from a certain tune in an opera), and has full singing character. This episode is one of the famous episodes in rural operas, especially. Among them, the slow melody is one that can be admired repeatedly.
6. XIAN XIGNHAI
(1) Introduction to the composer:
Xian Xinghai (1905-1945) was originally from Panyu, Guangdong. He was a famous musician in modern China. He entered the Middle School Affiliated to Lingnan University to study violin in 1918. In 1926, he entered the Music Institute of Peking University and the Music Department of the National Art College. Shanghai Guoliyin specialized in violin and piano and published the famous short music essay "Universal Music". In 1929, he went to Paris to study under the famous violinist Pany Obedofel and the famous composer Paul Duka. In 1931, he was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire to study in the composition class of Chola Cantorum. After returning to China in 1935, he actively participated in the anti-Japanese national salvation movement and composed a large number of militant mass songs. After the war of resistance against Japan began, he joined the Shanghai National Salvation Drama Troupe. , and later went to Wuhan to launch the national salvation singing movement. In 1938, he served as the director of the music department of Yan'an Lu Xun Art College, and went to the Soviet Union to study and work part-time in 1940. He died in Moscow in 1945. Nie Er wrote a large number of music papers such as "Nie Er-The Creator of China's Emerging Music" and "On the National Forms of Chinese Music". Thirty-five of them have been published. Because of his great contribution to the development of our country's revolutionary music, he won the glorious title of "People's Musician".
(2) Representative works:
While studying in France, he composed more than ten works such as "Wind", "Wandering Son's Song", "Violin Sonata in D minor", etc., and made great contributions to progress. He has composed music for the films "Top Gun" and "Youth March", and for the dramas "Resurrection" and "Thunderstorm". From 1935 to 1938, he composed "Army Song of National Salvation", "As long as there is no resistance", "Guerrilla Army Song", "We Open the Road", "The Vast Siberia", "Children of the Motherland", "To the Enemy" "Go to the Back", "On the Taihang Mountains" and other types of vocal works. Later, he created immortal masterpieces such as "Yellow River Cantata" and "Production Cantata". He has written the symphonies "National Liberation" and "Holy War", the orchestral suite "Man Jiang Hong", the orchestral "Chinese Rhapsody" and the violin piece "Guozhel-Bedai". Nearly 300 pieces of his works have been collected. .
7. LI HUANZHI
(1) Composer introduction:
(1919-) Originally from Jinjiang, Fujian, born in Hong Kong. In 1936, he entered Shanghai Domestic Music College and studied under Xiao Youmei. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he engaged in revolutionary song composition in Xiamen, Hong Kong and other places. In 1938, he studied in the Music Department of Yan'an Lu Xun Art Institute. After graduation, he stayed at the school to teach and edited "Ethnic Music". During the War of Liberation, he served as the director of the music department of the North China Lianda University College of Literature and Art. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he has been active in the music front and is currently the chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association. He edited "Composition Tutorial" and wrote more than 300 papers, some of which were included in the book "Music Creation Essays".
(2) Representative works:
Over the past 40 years, he has created a large number of musical works, including the popular "March for Democratic Founding", "New China Youth March", " "Socialism is Good" and other songs, orchestral works include "Spring Festival Suite", "First Symphony - Hero Island", Guqin Chorus Chorus "Su Wu", Guzheng Concerto "Miluo River Fantasia", one-act opera "Autumn in a Foreign Country", etc. .
8. Chen Gang (CHENGANG)
(1) Composer introduction:
Chen Gang (1935-) was born in Shanghai. He studied music with his father Chen Gexin since he was a child, and started studying piano with Hungarian pianist Valer at the age of ten. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he joined the army art troupe and began music composition at the age of fifteen. He has written some a cappella choruses, piano intermezzos and other works. In 1955, he entered the Composition Department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music and studied under Ding Shande, Sang Tong and Soviet experts. After graduation, he stayed at the school to teach.
(2) Representative works:
Collaborated with He Zhanhao to write the violin concerto "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" which was famous at home and abroad. He has composed violin works such as "Morning in Miaoling", "Sunshine Shining on Taxkorgan", "Qingshui River Love Song" and other instrumental works.
9. HE ZHANHAO (HE ZHANHAO)
(1) Composer introduction:
He Zhanhao (1933-) was born in Zhuji, Zhejiang. He once worked in the Zhejiang Yue Opera Troupe band, and later studied violin in the Shanghai Conservatory of Music's advanced class. He and several classmates formed the "Violin National School Experimental Group" to explore national style issues in the creation and performance of violin works. The violin concerto "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" is the result of this exploration. After graduation, he transferred to the composition department and studied composition with Ding Shande. It is deeply welcomed by the masses.
(2) Representative works:
Music from "Butterfly Lovers" and string quartet "Diary of a Martyr", symphonic poem "Longhua Tower", Yue opera "The Peacock Flies Southeast", etc.
10. Nie Er (NIE ER)
(1) Composer introduction:
Nie Er (1912-1935) original name Nie Shouxin, courtesy name Ziyi . A native of Yuxi, Yunnan, born in Kunming. Since childhood, he has loved folk music such as lanterns and Yunnan opera, and can play a variety of folk instruments. During the Great Revolution, he participated in the progressive student movement. He went to Shanghai at the age of eighteen and was admitted to the "Ming Yue Song and Dance Ensemble" the following year, where he studied composition from Li Jinhui. Dissatisfied with the troupe's policies, he quit in 1932 and went to Peking to carry out revolutionary music activities with Li Yuanqing and others. Later, he returned to Shanghai to join the Drama Federation Music Group and initiated the China Emerging Music Research Society. He also worked at Lianhua Pictures and EMI Records, composing music for left-wing progressive films, plays, and stage plays. In 1933, he began to try his best in creation, and 1934 was his "music year". He has only been engaged in music creation for about two years, but he has written 20 theme songs or interludes for eight movies, three plays, and one stage play, plus 15 other songs and national instrumental music compiled and adapted from folk music. With four ensemble pieces and two harmonica pieces, *** composed forty-one musical works. In addition, he also published fifteen militant music papers such as "Li Jinhui's "Poem on a Banana Leaf"" and "A Short Treatise on Chinese Song and Dance" and three movie scripts including "Youth of the Times". His works have distinctive national characteristics and the spirit of the times. For the first time, he created the glorious image of the Chinese proletariat in songs and was the pioneer of revolutionary music in our country.
(2) Representative works:
In 1933, he composed "The Mining Song" and "The Newspaper Selling Song". In 1934, he composed songs such as "Song of the Road", "Pioneer of the Road", "Graduation Song", "New Women", "Dock Workers' Song", "Song of Forward", "Strike the Yangtze River", "Dance of the Golden Snake", "Green River" etc. "Lake Chunxiao" and other national instrumental music. In 1935, he wrote "Mei Niang Song", "Song of Comfort", "Village Girl Beyond the Great Wall", "Self-Defense Song", "Singing Girl Under the Iron Heel" and "March of the Volunteers" which was designated as the national anthem after the founding of the People's Republic of China.