Transferred from: Midnight Tan
"The Ussuri River is long and long, and the blue waters of the river are waving..."
This familiar melody sounds, reminiscent of the fragrance of the black land of the northeast,
Think of the rustic People of the Ussuri River singing loudly while working.
And his singer, Guo Song, sang the memories of generations with his unique voice.
He is a tenor singer, folk singer, and national first-class actor.
Songs such as "Ussuri Boat Song", "New Cargo Lang", "Lost Ring", "More and More Brightening" and so on, made him an ambassador for the promotion of Northeast folk songs.
He is an old ancestor of virtue and art, harmonious and happy with his wife, educating his children filial piety,
Today, six years after The death of Guo Lao, I mentioned the things that made him regret his life,
I wonder if the initiator has any guilt in his heart?
Singers were blasted out in the midst of the war
In September 1931, at the moment when bullets were flying and artillery was constantly under fire,
In a hospital, there is a pregnant woman who is struggling to give birth to a baby boy, and his parents named him Guo Zengfa.
He was the later Guo Song, who described it in his mother's words: "He just burst out of the artillery fire!" ”
Because Guo Song's parents were poor peasants, every day before dawn his father would push a trolley to go out to work.
Mom and brother are doing simple handicraft work at home, cleaning the house, collecting the soles of shoes, and the hardships of the family's life.
Even so, Guo Song's father did not give up making fun in the pain, he always took Guo Song in his arms and gave him a whistle to listen,
Whenever this time comes, my brother shakes his head next to him and sings opera passages. Guo Song will also sing along intermittently.
When Guo Song was in elementary school, the teacher discovered his musical talent.
In the classroom, the teacher was lecturing on math, and Guo Song's thoughts flew away in the classroom. He was recalling the staves his teacher had drawn in a class
When he was called up to answer the question, he pronounced 3 + 4 = 7 as Migafa Equals West"
Although the students laughed, the teacher encouraged him to "if you really like music, you should study harder."
Thanks to the guidance of the teacher, Guo Song benefited a lot, and he immersed himself in the musical score every day, laying the foundation for future music learning.
Later, Guo Song was not admitted to the conservatory, because his father told him to make a living first and ensure that he would eat before talking about his ideals.
He obeyed his father's arrangement and was admitted to the Civil Engineering Department of Hegang Engineering Vocational School.
But his dedication to music has given him the opportunity to get in touch with music.
After graduation, he was assigned to he was assigned to he was assigned to work as a music teacher at Hegang Affiliated High School.
At the beginning of his career, he was fortunate to meet Bole
In a National Day chorus competition held at the school, Guo Song surprised four people with a song "Yellow River Chorus".
As the lead singer, he received applause as soon as he opened his voice, and his friend Hong Jun suggested that he change his name to "Guo Song".
Hong Jun is a Chinese teacher who comes to support Guo Song's school, and he admires Guo Song's talent very much.
After helping him change his name, he personally wrote a letter of recommendation with the heart of pity for talent, and recommended Guo Song to the original unit literary and labor troupe.
After receiving the letter, the leader of the cultural and labor corps decided to give him a trial opportunity.
At that time, the cultural troupe was rehearsing the opera "Spark of Stars", and asked Guo Song to try to sing the songs in it.
Present were su yang and liu zhu, the conductors of the opera, and Zheng Shichun, the leader of the song and dance team of the Heilongjiang literary and art team.
They heard Guo Song's singing, unique and full of vitality,
I think he really shouldn't be buried here,
He should spread the word and let it be heard by more people.
They immediately decided to transfer Guo Song to the province, a decision opposed by Dong Shiwei, the principal of Hegang Affiliated Middle School.
The school has such an excellent music teacher, he can easily let go.
Later, after constant enlightenment and ideological work, he promised to arrange another music teacher to take Guo Song's place.
This made the headmaster nod, and Guo Song also began his musical journey.
Coming here, Guo Song is like a sponge, frantically absorbing music knowledge,
He can be a soloist, and he can also sing single strings, piano books, hunan flower drum plays, he will also,
In order to broaden his singing line, he followed the Russian soprano Achayy to learn to sing bel canto.
It is said that music knows no borders, but sometimes even people are divided into three, six, nine and so on.
Guo Song marched all the way, and the words scolding him followed,
At that time, there were some vassals and elegant people who had a very high self-esteem,
They can't see that they have been robbed of the limelight, but they can't belittle him.
After Guo Song performed in the countryside once, some people in the audience shouted loudly,
"Guo Song can't be on the stage, singing is really vulgar!"
"Low-level and lewd singer! It's not good at all."
If one person in the crowd says this, he will be passed on ten, ten times a hundred.
Guo Song was embarrassed for a moment, he was suddenly confused, he himself learned the bel canto singing method, but it was not used here.
He does not understand that a domestic national customs minor key, compared to the foreign national minor key is inferior?
Is it necessary to make people recognize that the moon abroad is rounder?
He had to figure out these questions, and he went back to the countryside with pen and paper and instruments.
Follow the folk artist to learn the northeast traditional two-person turn, he turned the handkerchief to look like,
I asked my bel canto teacher again, he wanted to sing more popular bel canto songs,
During that time, Guo Song was almost walking in the dark, he didn't know how long he would have to hold on, he was afraid that his enthusiasm would have to start again after a while
At this time, the three northeastern provinces held a music and dance performance, and Guo Song sang on stage.
A Northeastern folk song "Lost Ring" was highly appreciated by the older generation of composers such as Marco and Li Haofu and the seniors in the music industry.
"You have to continue to create and go out of your own way!"
Guo Song, who was affirmed, strengthened his belief, and he knew that his persistence was not wrong.
Later, at the first National Music Week in 1956, Guo Song's "Lost Ring" was broadcast and caused a sensation throughout the music week, and in the background he first met Wang Kun, who had long admired.
Wang Kun is the heroine Xi'er in "The White-Haired Girl" and the leader of the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe.
Wang Kun was very happy to pat him on the shoulder and said to him: "Your singing voice has its own characteristics, which can arouse strong repercussions from everyone, you must persist!" ”
One after another, guo song was affirmed by experts, and Guo Song humbly asked Wang Kun for advice, he knew that the nationality was everyone's, and he no longer had to think about what was domestic and foreign.
Later, under the recommendation of Wang Kun, Guo Song had more opportunities to appear on stage.
Every time he mentioned Wang Kun, he would say, "Teacher Wang is my nobleman!" ”
On the road of adhering to folk songs, Guo Song has always been at the forefront, and later he was arranged to study at the Shanghai Institute of Acoustics.
At this moment, he officially became a regular army, and after receiving the training of professional teachers, Guo Song learned how to use inhalation and tuna to alleviate his shortcomings when singing.
His voice became louder, and his whole temperament stood up when he sang.
The only constant is his original intention for music, focusing on it because of love.
Later, Guo Song composed and sang more than 50 folk songs.
"New Cargo Lang", "Ussuri Boat Song", "More and More Bright", "Visiting the Door", "I Love These Young People", "The Landscape drunk we Hezhe people", "Crescent Five More",
Even children on the street can hum a few of his songs, and the singing degree is very high.
Staves do not stain people's hearts and minds
Guo Song's creative process is very simple,
He takes the wind in the fireworks and uses music to give it back to the audience,
The song "New Cargo Lang" was created in the backyard of a department store, when Guo Song and his friends came to Harbin, they passed by the department store backyard and saw the salesman loading scythes, pens, pencils, thermos bottles, autumn clothes, gloves and other daily necessities.
The two of them helped the salesman push the cart together to deliver the goods to the farmers on the outskirts of Harbin.
At the time of delivery, Guo Song saw the smile on the farmer's face when selecting the goods,
Seeing the salesman's enthusiastic service attitude, he felt that this scene made him very moved.
He thought to himself, "Isn't this the new cargo of the new era?" ”
A flash of inspiration, a cheerful melody rose in his heart,
"Beat the drum and beat the gong, push the trolley to deliver the goods..."
Such apt lyrics and intimate melody,
Whenever people return home with a full load, they can't help but sing this song to express their musical feelings.
Guo Song believes that folk songs are the portrayal of the lives of ordinary people, and what they want to sing must be sung so that the audience can understand it. Therefore, he often went deep into the folk style.
Among his songs, the creation of "Ussuri Boat Song" made him climb to the top and let him fall the hardest,
At that time, Guo Song and his colleagues Wang Yuncai and Hu Xiaoshi went to the Hezhe ethnic area of Heilongjiang Province to collect folk tunes.
They chatted about the traditional stories of the Hezhe people in their hometowns, listened to their national spirit,
After the three of them went back while taking notes, they began to write lyrics and compose music.
At that time, Sha Qing, the director of the Heilongjiang Song and Dance Theater, heard that they had a new inspiration and vigorously supported them, encouraging them to write this song well. He can always be found where he needs help.
Later, the song was changed more than 30 times, and it took them more than half a year to finalize the lyrics.
After the words were written, Guo Song and they specially composed music for it, and this song was later known as the "Ussuri Boat Song".
After being recorded and broadcast by the radio, it quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys, and later the "Weekly Song" of the Central People's Radio also selected the "Ussuri Boat Song" into the song list and began to play it at a fixed time.
The song was also included in UNESCO's cultural textbooks, allowing the world to hear the charm of Chinese folk songs.
At this moment, everyone heard Guo Song's unique voice and singing style.
After becoming popular, Guo Song did not forget his roots, nor did he have a little shelf, he and his friends went to perform in other places, always laughing and hehe, as if there was no trouble.
Later, his friend recalled that "the old man was older, and when he went out to take the train, he insisted on getting on and off the train by himself.
I have to take my own luggage and insist on practicing every day."
His apprentice Liu Hegang also said, "I am my teacher in art, he often encourages me, I feel that what he gives me is something of the soul, and his own singing voice has a sincere sincerity from the heart." ”
For Guo Song, his voice is very recognizable, if you don't look at people, as long as his singing voice sounds, many people know that this song is sung by Guo Song.
Such an old artist with both virtue and art actually left behind the most regrettable thing in his life in his old age.
Guo Song married late, and only got married in his 30s.
His wife turned out to be a announcer at the Heilongjiang Song and Dance Theater, and the two settled in Beijing together, pregnant with a son and a daughter.
Later, when Guo Song retired, only his daughter settled in Haikou, and his wife and son accompanied him in Beijing.
Originally living a harmonious and happy life, he did not want a sudden lawsuit to shatter Guo Song's reputation for many years, so that the old man finally died with regrets.
In 2001, the government of Hezhe Township in Raohe, Heilongjiang Province, took Guo Song to court, saying that he had violated their rights and interests by describing "Ussuri Boat Song" as his own creation.
They believe that "Ussuri Boat Song" is a folk song of the Hezhe ethnic group, not guo Song, and they also took the CCTV station that promoted the song to court.
It claims compensation for various losses up to more than 500,000 yuan.
A stone stirred up thousands of waves, and Guo Song, who was already more than 70 years old, could not eat every day.
He cherished his reputation and was bent on promoting the art of the northern peoples,
Because he admired it, he wanted to express the original feelings of the Hezhe people, but he did not expect to be sued in court now.
It was later decided that if he used the Ussuri Boat Song in any way in the future,
It should be noted that it was based on a folk tune of the Hezhe ethnic group.
A statement was also published in the Legal Daily stating that the "Ussuri Boat Song" was based on a folk tune of the Hezhe ethnic group.
The copyright dispute hit Guo Song hard, and his appeal was dismissed.
At this point, he was full of sorrow and indignation, and overnight he seemed to be 10 years old,
Guo Song believes that just a few bars of similar tunes have damaged his reputation throughout his life, which is a regret in his life.
Because of the blow of this incident, Guo Song's body took a sharp turn, and the original physical functions had declined, until he was directly hospitalized later
Guo Song's wife and son guarded him at the hospital bedside, when he experienced psychological torture.
While being plagued by pain, he has complications of diabetes, lung infections, cerebral infarction and many other situations.
Later, because of the operation, Guo Song could no longer speak, and even used a machine to assist breathing.
The daughter rushed back from Hainan, and when she saw her father's appearance, she and her mother cried with headaches, and a good person was tortured into such a lawsuit.
What people did not expect was that Guo Song was lying on the hospital bed pointing to his voice, and his wife understood what he meant, knowing that he wanted to speak.
In order to make him more optimistic about facing the disease, he lied that "as long as you actively cooperate with the doctor, it will be fine."
In the end, Guo Song did not wait for his opportunity to open his mouth again, and in May 2016, his condition became more and more serious, and after rescue, he finally closed his eyes at the age of 85.
Now, six years have passed since Guo Lao's death, and many people have forgotten the original right and wrong, but for Guo Song's family, it is a pain that can never be erased.
His wife was reluctant to leave the house where Guo Song once lived, and his son lived here with her.
Every day, the first thing the old man woke up was to go to the living room, touch and touch the family portrait, the photo of Guo Song smiled happily, the son and daughter stood on either side of them, anyone who saw it would envy them.
But the photo freezes the moment of happiness, but it can't be kept forever.
The son accompanied his mother to wipe Guo Song's trophy and then helped his mother to go downstairs.
The old pomegranate tree in the yard was once promised by his father to give flowers to his mother when he blossomed.
Now the flowers are still there, but people can never come back.
I hope that Elder Guo is still an optimistic and cheerful old man in heaven, where there is no dispute, and he can sing to the fullest.