Party History in Songs: "Graduation Song"
"Graduation Song" was composed in 1934 and is the theme song of the film "Peach and Plum Robbery". The film depicts the bumpy life path of young Chinese students after the "918" incident. In the film, the songs are played before the graduation of young students and at the end of the film, which plays a role in highlighting the main theme of the work, calling on young people with lofty ideals to rush to the front line of the War of Resistance Against Japan and devote themselves to the Anti-Japanese Salvation Movement.
The song is in the march style, the lyrics are free-form new poems, using a multi-segment structure that runs through the development of the core tone, and is divided into four segments. The music in the first paragraph is call-to-action, like a wake-up call. The second paragraph is sworn and shows the aspirations and aspirations of a generation of young people. The third paragraph uses the technique of revolutionary romanticism, with a high tone and an open rhythm, highlighting the momentum of "setting off a huge wave of national self-salvation". The last melody has a call to action, becoming a more urgent and enthusiastic appeal.
The song makes a dynamic and concentrated display of the tone and rhythm of the first paragraph, which has a strong generalization power, so that the whole song ends in a high combat atmosphere. In 2015, the song was selected as one of the "Top Ten Anti-War Songs" selected by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.
Source: Shanghai Music Publishing House
Editor: Duan Pengcheng