Introduction to the work
It was created in 1959. The content of the music comes from an ancient and beautiful folk legend: In the middle of the fourth century, in Zhujiazhuang, a village in southern China, a man who was smart and literate was born. Zhu Yingtai, the daughter of a member of the Zhu family, broke through the shackles of feudal tradition and disguised herself as a man to study in Hangzhou. There, she established a deep friendship with Liang Chubo, a kind, simple and poor young scholar and classmate for three years. When the two When they parted, Zhu used various wonderful metaphors to reveal his long-held love to Liang, but the honest Liang Shanbo did not understand it. A year later, Liang learned that Zhu was a woman and immediately proposed to Zhu. However, Zhu had already been betrothed to her. A son of a wealthy family, Ma Wencai, the son of Ma Taishou. Due to the unfree marriage, Liang soon died of grief and indignation. After receiving this unfortunate news, Zhu Yingtai came to Liang's grave and issued a bloody and tearful accusation against the feudal ethics to the sky. Liang The tomb suddenly opened, and Zhu resolutely threw himself into the tomb. Then they turned into a pair of colorful butterflies, flying in the flowers, inseparable.
This is a colorful, lyrical and touching symphonic work with a strong flavor of life. , made bold innovations and successful attempts in nationalization and popularization, and its performances at home and abroad were warmly welcomed. The masses called it "our own symphony music." At the Third Literary Congress in 1960 , and some other literary and artistic masterpieces are praised as: "It is a symbol of a class and a nation's artistic maturity." It has been performed in Europe, Asia, and the United States, and has gained recognition with its distinctive style and characteristics of the Chinese nation. Internationally recognized. Hong Kong artists adapted it into Gaohu concertos, a cappella songs and stage plays, and American dancers also adapted it into beautiful and moving ice dances. In the early 1980s, colorful butterflies flew across the Taiwan Strait again, and Taiwan Record Factory Reprints were sold and were widely welcomed. Taiwanese publications also published monographs and reviews, which attracted great attention from people from all walks of life. The Hong Kong record company awarded the author a gold record and a platinum record because the film's circulation exceeded 10,000 and 20,000 copies. Now it has flown into the forest of world music and is active in the international music scene.
(1) Presentation part
On the background of the gentle vibrato of strings, the flute plays A beautiful and moving cadenza melody like birdsong was played, and then the oboe used a soft and lyrical introductory theme to show a picture of sunny weather, bright spring scenery, pink willows and blooming flowers beside the grass bridge.
In the main part, the solo violin starts from the soft and simple A string, and plays the poetic love theme in the clear high range with charm. After repeating it once on the rich-sounding G string, the music shifts to A fine key, The cello and the solo violin form a counterpoint (middle section) with elegant tones. Afterwards, the orchestra plays the love theme, fully revealing the sincere and pure friendship and mutual love between Butterfly Lovers.
In the free brilliance of the solo violin After the connecting section, the music enters the sub-section. This theme, which is a variation of the Yue opera transition, is played by the solo violin (including the repetition of fill-in variations), which is in sharp contrast to the love theme.
First The insert part is a variation and development of the theme of the sub-part, and is composed of woodwinds, solo violin, string instruments and solo violin imitating each other.
The second insert part is more relaxed and lively, with the solo violin imitating the guzheng in the key of E , harp and strings imitate the playing of pipa, and the author cleverly absorbs the playing skills of Chinese national musical instruments to enrich the expressive power of the symphony. This music vividly depicts the three years of the Butterfly Lovers with its relaxed rhythm, beating melody and lively emotions. Classmates. Scenes of *** reading *** playing, chasing and playing. Together with the soft and lyrical theme of love, it reflects the two sides of Butterfly Lovers’ friendship and study life from different angles.
Ending, Developed from the theme of love, it is lyrical and slow (B key, 2/4 time). Now it is an intermittent tone, expressing Zhu Yingtai's unspeakable and hesitant feelings. And in the background of string vibrato The "Liang" and "Zhu" responses, the light harmony and orchestration, brilliantly describe the scene of seeing each other off at the age of 18, farewell in the long pavilion, and reluctant to leave. It is really "Three years of classmates' love is like the sea, Shan Bo can't let go of Zhu Ying" "Taiwan".
(2) Expansion
Suddenly, the music turns low and dark. The eerie gongs and timpani, and the panicked violins bring us to this tragedy. In the struggle for sex.
The anti-marriage brass played the violent and cruel music of the feudal forces with a severe rhythm and a gloomy tone.
Theme. (F key, 4/4 time) The solo violin narrated the grief and panic of Yingtai with the loose rhythm of the opera. Then the band played a strong Allegro full performance to set off the decisive rebellious tone of the violin. It successfully portrayed It embodies Yingtai’s unyielding spirit of resistance. Later, the above two tones formed two contradictory aspects. They continued to appear in different tones, and finally reached a climax of struggle-a strong anti-marriage scene. When the band During the whole performance, it seemed to be full of longing and longing for a happy life, but the answer given by reality was the heavy pressure of the feudal forces represented by the brass pipe.
Loutai Hui B Zheng Tiao, 4 /4 beat, the lingering and pathos tone, as if weeping and complaining; the violin and the big piano's repartee, time and time again, vividly express the scene of Butterfly Lovers expressing their love for each other.
Crying spirit accuses The music takes a sudden turn, with the fast syncopated rhythm of the strings, passionate and decisive, and the solo's Sanban and the orchestra's Allegro alternate. Bangu is added here, and the variation uses Peking Opera's inverted ban and Yue Opera's clamor (singing tightly and slowly) The technique profoundly expresses the scene of Yingtai's bloody and tearful accusation against feudal ethics in front of the grave. Here, the violin trumpet adopts the playing technique of national musical instruments, and more operatic expression techniques are used in harmony, orchestration and the whole processing. The image and sad mood of Yingtai are very profoundly portrayed. She screams to the sky all the time, grief-stricken, and sometimes she meditates and bursts into tears. When the music develops and changes the beat (from two beats to three beats), Yingtai With his young life, he made his final accusation to the sky. Then the gongs and drums sounded, Yingtai threw himself into the grave, and the music reached its climax.
(3) Recapitulation
The Butterfly Flute brings people to the realm of gods with its wonderful cadenza melody, combined with the progressive glissando of the harp. On the background of strings with muted instruments, the first violin and the solo violin re-played the music with muted instruments. That unforgettable love theme. Then, the colorful celesta softly played the ups and downs of the pentatonic scale in the high range, and changed the key many times, as if Butterfly Lovers were dancing in the sky, singing their unswerving love. Love.
A rainbow of thousands of miles of flowers blooming
Colorful butterflies in pairs among the flowers
Inseparable for thousands of generations
Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai