1965, in order to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March, Xiao Hua, who had participated in the Long March, reviewed his real experience in the Long March and completed 12 epic with vivid images and sincere feelings.
Subsequently, composers Chen Geng, Sheng Mao, Tang Ke and Qiu Yu chose 10 to create a group of songs, which described 10 interlocking battle life scenes respectively, and skillfully integrated folk tunes from various regions with the tunes of traditional Red Army songs, and finally merged into a large-scale vocal suite with distinctive theme, rich content, novel form and unique style.
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Introduction to group songs:
The songs of the whole group are divided into farewell, breaking through the blockade, Zunyi meeting shining brilliantly, crossing Chishui for four times, flying over Dadu River, crossing snowy mountain grassland, arriving in Wuqi, Zhu Jie, Good News and General Assembly Division 10.
The song of the Long March was published in 1966. Under the direction of Premier Zhou, it was listed as an important play for the China party and government delegation to visit Romanian and Albanian art troupes. Later, it was adapted into a musical art film many times and became the key program of the Song and Dance Troupe of the Political Department of Beijing Military Region for 30 years.
Song of the Long March, with its profound and concise lyrics, fresh and beautiful tunes, rich national style and popular performing art forms, eulogizes the revolutionary spirit that the Red Army has finally won through difficulties and obstacles, and also embodies the indomitable strong will of the Chinese nation to stand in the forest of nations.
As Gao Rensi, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong, said, the Long March is not only a valuable asset of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the People's Liberation Army, but also a concentrated expression of national spirit and will.
In the past 40 years, the Long March Ensemble has performed more than 1000 times. It is a masterpiece in the history of China's chorus, and it has been selected as one of China's classical music works in the 20th century.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Long March Songs