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Biography of Nie Er, Author of Newspaper Selling Song Edit Section Basic Information
Lyrics: An E Composition: Nie Er Edit Section Composition Background
1933 When Nie Er was working in Shanghai Lianhua Film Company, he met a newspaper seller girl named "Little Hairy Head" and realized the hard life of a newspaper boy, so he used her as a model and wrote the song "Newspaper Seller Song" at the end of the year.
In 1934, when the opera "The Tempest on the Yangzi River" was performed, Little Hairy Head herself was invited to play the role of a newspaper boy in the opera, and she sang "The Newspaper Seller's Song" for the first time as a song on the stage, and it has been sung and loved by children ever since. This short and concise children's song with jumping rhythm, lively tone, vividly portrayed an innocent and lively image of the newspaper boy. The mood of the music is optimistic and full of hope for the future. Editorial section of the newspaper song lyrics
La-la-la! La la la la! I'm a little newspaper seller, I don't wait for the dawn to wait for the newspaper to be distributed, I walk on one side, I shout on the other side, today's news is really good, I'll buy two newspapers for seven coins. La-la-la-la! La-la-la-la! I'm a newspaper seller, I run all over the street in the wind and rain, I can't walk well, I slip and fall, I'm covered with mud and water, people laugh at me, and I'm the only one who knows about the hunger and the cold. La-la-la-la! La-la-la-la! I'm a little newspaper seller, I run all over the streets with hunger and cold, I don't have enough to eat, I don't have enough to sleep, I can't tell anyone about my painful life, but someday the light will come.
The newspaper seller's song sheet music
[1]Edit the origin of the newspaper seller's song
The newspaper seller's song was circulated in Shanghai Bund at the beginning of the 1930s. It has been more than seventy years since then: "La la la la! La la la la la! I'm a newspaper seller ......" The prototype of the "newspaper seller" was a ten-year-old newspaper seller girl, surnamed Yang, who didn't have a formal school name, and was called "Little Hairy Head. ". One day when "Little Hairy Head" was dizzy from hunger and staggering, a tram stopped and a group of people poured down from the tram, and "Little Hairy Head" was knocked to the ground, with blood blisters on his head and newspapers in his hands scattered all over the place. "Little Hairy Head sat on the ground and cried. At that moment, a strange uncle helped her to pick up the newspapers, helped her up, and bought all the soiled newspapers - this man was Nie Er. Nie Er emphasized the experience and feeling of life in his creative work, and the song "Newspaper Selling Song", which everyone knows, is proof enough of this. One evening in the fall of 1933, he asked his friend Zhou Bohun to take a walk, and as he did so, he told him that there was a little girl ("Little Hairy") on this road who sold newspapers and shouted a very melodious name, and that he would like Zhou Bohun to listen to her as well. When they walked to the mouth of Lv Ban Road (now Chongqing South Road in Shanghai), they really saw a little girl walking around, selling evening newspapers in a hurry, her voice clear, loud, and sequential selling registration and price. Nie Er walked over and bought a few newspapers, while chatting with her, and learned that her father was sick and her family life was difficult. On the way home, Nie Er said heavily, "I would like to write about the tragic life of the newspaper-selling children, and I want to ask Tian Han or An E to write the lyrics". After a few days, An E wrote the lyrics, Nie Er found the little girl, read the lyrics to her, and then asked her if there was anything inappropriate, the little girl thought for a while and said: "All is quite good, but if you can put in the words of how many newspapers you can buy for a few coins, then I can sell them while I sing." Nie Er went back and immediately discussed with An E, adding the phrase "seven coins can buy two newspapers" to the lyrics. Later, the little girl really sang and sold at the same time, and her singing voice made her business better. Later, Nie Er recommended that little girl to play the role of Ruan Lingyu in the movie "Life", and "Little Hairy Head" entered the movie industry and made many movies and plays. "After Little Hairy Head entered the movie industry, a movie fan who called himself Zhang said he liked her role and was willing to provide her with tuition to go to school, and also gave her the name "Yang Bijun". From then on, "Little Hairy Head" had her own name. She entered Peihua Elementary School in 1932 and skipped a grade to enter Nanyang Middle School in 1934. It was not until 1982 that Yang Bijun learned that her benefactor, Zhang Guangrui, was a member of the underground party in China, and in 1948, through the introduction of movie star and singer Bai Guang, Yang Bijun was married to musician and painter Yan Zuoxi, who was one of China's early movie stars. Yan Zuoxi was the third son of Yan Gongshang, one of the patriarchs of China's early movie industry, and his ex-wife was Xue Lingxian, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of song and dance in the 1930s and 1940s (Wang Renmei, Lili Li, Hu Jia and Xue Lingxian), who died in 1944 due to illness. Mr. and Mrs. Yan Zuoxi and Yang Bijun had three daughters and one son. Nie Er made "Little Hairy Head" embark on the path of movie making, and was the benefactor of "Little Hairy Head". Now Nie Er has long passed away, but the little girl is still alive, has become a gray-haired old man. People always die, but Nie Er's "Song of the Newspaper Seller" will live on. [2] The prototype in "Newspaper Selling Song" Yang Bijun Edit this paragraph Newspaper Selling Song Author Nie Er Biography
Nie Er (1912 ~ 1935) Chinese musician. Formerly known as Nie Shouxin, the word Ziyi (also known as Ziyi), the Chinese people **** and the national anthem of the National Anthem "March of the Volunteers" composer. Originally from Yuxi, Yunnan Province. He was born in Kunming on February 15, 1912, and died on July 17, 1935, after drowning at the Sakunuma Beach in Fujisawa City, Japan. Nie Er loved music from a young age (his name was changed to "Nie Er" because he had a particularly good ear), and in 1918 he attended the Kunming Normal Affiliated Primary School. In 1918, Nie Er attended the Kunming Normal Primary School, where he learned to play the flute, erhu, sanxian, and moon organ, and began to conduct the school's "children's band"; in 1922, Nie Er enrolled in the senior section of the private Qushi Primary School, and in 1925, he enrolled in the First Joint High School of Yunnan Province. In 1925, Nie Er was admitted to the First Joint Middle School of Yunnan Province, where he was influenced by the first domestic revolutionary storm in southern China, progressive books and magazines, as well as revolutionary songs such as "The Internationale," etc. In 1927, Nie Er was admitted to the First Normal School of Yunnan Province, where he took part in the activities of the student organization, "The Reading Club," and organized the "JiuJiu Music Club" with friends. During his school years, he participated in the activities of the student organization "Reading Club" and organized the "JiuJiu Music Club" with his friends, often participating in performances inside and outside the school. In 1931, he joined the Mingyue Song and Dance Theatre Company under the auspices of Lai Kam Fai as a violinist, and in July 1932, he published "A Short Essay on Chinese Song and Dance", and was forced to leave the company because of criticism of Lai, and in November 1932, he entered the Lianhua Film Company, where he took part in the "Friends of the Soviet Union Society" music group and organized the "Chinese Emerging Music Research Society". In November 1932, he joined the music group "Friends of the Soviet Union" and organized the "Chinese Emerging Music Research Society" and joined the music group of the League of Left-Wing Dramatists (Friends of the Soviet Union). During this period, he also studied compositional theory, such as harmony and compositional method. In 1933, Nie Er was introduced by Tian Han to join the Chinese Communist Party, and in April 1934 he joined the Baidai Records Company (the predecessor of the China Record Factory) to head the music department, and at the same time established the Baidai National Orchestra (also known as the "Sen Sen National Orchestra"). This was Nie Er's most prolific year. In early 1935, Nie Er composed the famous "March of the Volunteers". In January 1935, Nie Er became the director of the music department of the Lianhua No.2 Factory.On July 17, 1935, at the age of 23, Nie Er tragically drowned while swimming in Fujisawa City, Japan. In less than two years, he composed 37 songs, most of which profoundly reflected the thoughts and feelings of the working people at that time, and accurately portrayed the musical images of the working masses, such as workers, songstresses and newspaper boys. During the anti-Japanese salvation movement, these songs of Nie Er had a wide and far-reaching influence. His masterpieces include March of the Volunteers, Song of the Great Road, Dock Workers, New Women, Graduation Song, Song of the Flying Flowers, Songstress Under the Iron Hoof, Song of the Newspaper Seller, Song of the Plum Maiden, and so on. His musical creations are characterized by a distinctive sense of the times, seriousness of thought, high national spirit and outstanding artistic creativity. His musical creations clarified the direction and set an example for the development of Chinese proletarian revolutionary music.