"The most regrettable thing in my life is that I lost the copyright of this song. ”
The pen stopped, and the 85-year-old man hated Huangquan.
In addition to the cries of the family members, there are bursts of singing in the ward: the Ussuri River is long and long, the blue river waves are rising, the Hezhe people have spread a thousand nets, and the boats are full of fish and fish......
This song is "Ussuri Boat Song", the original cheerful tune, in stark contrast to the crying family members at this time, the atmosphere is very eerie.
The old man who has just passed away is Guo Song, an excellent national first-class actor.
He is famous for the song "Ussuri Boat Song", which was composed by folk life, but everything was ruined because of this song.
Before Guo Song's death, he was accused by his fellow clansmen, angrily accusing him of plagiarizing local folk songs: "We have been singing songs for so many years, how did it become Guo Song's own composition." ”
Guo Song felt aggrieved, he did absorb the traditional tunes of the Hezhe people, but most of them were his own recreations, so he would not be labeled as plagiarism.
After all, the two sides insisted on their own words, but they still got into trouble in court.
In the end, the court held that folk tunes are works of folk culture and art and should be protected by law, so "Ussuri Boat Song" can be regarded as an adaptation.
The verdict was unacceptable to Guo Song, who believed that a few similar melodies had ruined the reputation he had accumulated for a lifetime.
Rumors spread everywhere, Guo Song seemed to be roasted on the fire, and many people who ate melons began to criticize him:
"You're only going to plagiarize, aren't you?"
"It's a shame to copy someone else's tune. ”
"Not worthy of being called a singer. ”
Regret and grief devoured Guo Song like a monster, making him stay in the hospital for a long time in his old age.
Eventually, he left, leaving behind the "Boat Song".
01
Accumulate and eventually succeed
After graduating from university, by chance, Guo Song entered the art troupe, and with his skills honed over the years, he can not only sing flower drum opera, but also sing solo single strings.
In order to make himself more singing, Guo Song applied to the leader to learn to sing bel canto with the singer Achayi.
In the process of learning, Guo Song believes that his national style songs are closer to the lives of the people than these bel canto singing methods.
So, during a singing event, he sang in his own unique and ethnic interpretation.
It's a pity that this performance not only failed to impress the audience, but instead caused the audience to sneer: "I feel like I sing averagely." "Is this the singing level of the art troupe?"
All kinds of ugly remarks made Guo Song confused, and he even doubted whether his singing level was really unbearable.
I obviously sang from the daily life of ordinary people, why didn't the audience present resonate.
"On the road to success, it may be full of disdain and ridicule, or it may be full of suffering and obstacles, but it cannot destroy the will of the brave. ”
Although this incident hit Guo Song, it did not defeat him, but strengthened his determination to go deep into folk art.
With the lessons of this failure, Guo Song worked harder than ever to learn bel canto, and at the same time, he also studied Northeast folk songs with folk art masters Fan Jingtian and Li Rong.
Those days were both bitter and joyful for Guo Song, but his singing skills were improving all the way up.
Finally, he proved himself on the stage of the Northeast Music and Dance Show.
A folk song "Lost Ring" is full of charm under Guo Song's singing, and is highly recognized by Li Zaofu, a senior in the industry.
Guo Song, who was appreciated, was not proud, he knew that these were all fleeting, and more importantly, he improved himself.
In 1956, at the first National Music Week, Guo Song won the recognition of the audience again with the two Northeast folk songs "Lost Ring" and "Yangge".
Soprano Wang Kun was also shocked by Guo Song's voice: "If Guo Song can persevere, his unique concert will be remembered." ”
In the days that followed, Wang Kun gave this fledgling young man all kinds of recommendations, giving him the opportunity to sing on various stages.
It is Guo Song's purpose to insist on singing folk songs, and after being affirmed by his predecessors, he focuses more on the development of folk songs.
When Guo Song was 30 years old, he was arranged to study at the Shanghai Institute of Acoustics.
Under the teaching of Dr. Lin Junqing, Guo Song's control of breath gradually became more and more comfortable, and his voice conditions were completely developed.
Since then, he has sung dozens of folk songs such as "Ussuri Boat Song", "The More You Walk", "The Door Visits", "The Crescent Moon Five Watches" and so on.
Guo Song's songs are basically written from the experience of rural life, and the creation of "The More You Walk, the Brighter the Hall" has an unknown story.
The predecessor of this song is "Joyful" created by Guo Song's friend Li Xiutian, when he first heard this song, Guo Song felt that it could be optimized, and after discussing with Li Xiutian, "The More You Go, the Brighter and Brighter" was created.
At that time, a leader received foreign VIPs, and he invited Guo Song to sing this song "The More You Go, the Brighter and Brighter" for everyone.
The singing resounded in every corner of the hotel, and Guo Song sang the simplicity and diligence of the farmers vividly and pleasantly.
After the performance, the leader found Guo Song, and after approving his singing, he said earnestly: "This song is very well written, expressing the joy of a bumper harvest, and it may be better if you add a vision for the future." ”
Hearing the words of the leader, Guo Song and Li Xiutian once again went deep into the lives of farmers, adding the farmers' yearning for the future agricultural life, and finally this song successfully showed the selfless dedication of farmers.
For a time, "Brighter and Brighter" became a masterpiece of folk songs, and also won the National Outstanding Music Creation Award.
It's a pity that excellent works are always accompanied by controversy, and Guo Song, who regards fame as everything, never expected that after working hard all his life, he would eventually fall because of a famous work.
02
A lawsuit ruins life
"One of the hardest is the Ussuri Boat Song. ”
When composing the song "Ussuri Boat Song", Guo Song went to the Hezhe area with Hu Xiaoshi and Wang Yuncai in order to make the song better enter the lives of the people.
As soon as my friend Hu Xiaoshi stepped into the Hezhe area, he heard the locals humming a song, and an optimistic atmosphere came to his face.
It's just a hundred words of lyrics, and the three of them discussed it for half a year and changed it dozens of times before finalizing it.
The trio's efforts paid off, and the song was invited to be recorded and played on the radio as soon as it was released.
"Ussuri Boat Song" spread all over the country with lightning speed, and was included in Asian vocal music teaching materials.
Guo Song's status as a folk singer has risen, and Guo Song's love has come with it.
Guo Song has been busy with his career all the year round, and he didn't have a problem with personal feelings until he was in his thirties.
His wife is the announcer of the local song and dance theater, and because Guo Song often goes to the theater to sing, the two fall in love with each other.
After marriage, the life of the two is also very happy, Guo Song strives to develop his career with peace of mind, and his wife struggles with him.
The happy life reached its peak with the arrival of the little one.
The two have raised two children, a son and a daughter, both children and daughters, and Guo Song's life has gradually become complete.
In order to let his family live a good life and let his children receive a good education, Guo Song led his family to Beijing for development.
A few years later, he was transferred to Hainan for work reasons, and the family went with him.
Life in Hainan is plain and happy, and my daughter settled in Haikou and has settled in Hainan since then.
In 1991, Guo Song retired and returned to Beijing with his wife and children.
I remember the day I left, Guo Song glanced at her daughter and said reluctantly: "Girl, remember to come to Beijing when you miss me and my mother, my mother and I will always welcome you home." ”
Tears burst out of her daughter's eyes suddenly, and she was so choked that she couldn't speak, she could only hug her mother tightly, and she couldn't separate for a long time.
In his singing career of more than 40 years, Guo Song has experienced ups and downs, but there is no negative news, only his love for music and his family.
In 1999, Guo Song went to the Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival and sang on stage as usual.
After the performance, the CCTV host emphasized: "The "Ussuri Boat Song" sung by Mr. Guo is an original Hezhe folk song that he carefully composed and lyrics about. ”
After the remarks broke, Sipai Hezhe Township in Raohe County, Heilongjiang Province, believed that Guo Song had infringed their copyright because some of the melody in the song was a local folk song.
After collecting evidence, in 2001, the township government took Guo Song to court, demanding that Guo Song and CCTV stop the infringement and apologize for compensation.
Guo Song couldn't accept this fact, and he sang songs praising the Hezhe people for most of his life, but in the end, instead of the gratitude of the people, he was rewarded with a leaflet from the court.
The pain of grievances instantly permeated Guo Song's heart, and he felt unprecedented warmth at the age of retirement.
How he wished that someone would clear his name, but reality slapped him hard.
The court ruled that when he used the Ussuri Boat Song in the future, he needed to indicate that it originated from the folk tunes of the Hezhe people.
This result made Guo Song sullen all day, and he thought that several similar melodies ruined his reputation for the rest of his life.
Angrily appealed, but was dismissed.
As soon as the matter fermented, many media and newspapers reported on the incident.
For a time, the names of "plagiarism", "immorality" and "dishonesty" were buckled on Guo Song's head.
And in front of a verdict, Guo Song pale in everything he said, and he aged a lot in an instant.
No matter how much his wife and children comforted Guo Song, it would be to no avail.
Under the double pressure of public opinion and remorse, Guo Song's body was in condition, he often felt dizzy, and his blood sugar and blood pressure began to be unstable.
Perhaps due to the influence of the lawsuit, in the next few years, Guo Song rarely sang again, and cared more about his family's life.
usually takes stress relief medicine at home, and when he can't stay idle at home, he goes to his son's house to visit his granddaughter, but he can't let go of the name of being branded as "plagiarism" in his heart.
In 2011, Guo Song, who was happy on the surface and depressed on the inside, was admitted to the hospital with a high fever, and the fever was accompanied by symptoms such as diabetes and cerebral infarction.
Breathing air was a luxury for him, and the doctor was forced to cut the old singer's trachea in order to save his heart, and he could no longer speak.
Guo Song could only live in the hospital in the future, and his wife has been taking care of him in the hospital for the days since.
"Ask the doctor when I'm going to be discharged? I want to sing another song. Guo Song wrote on the paper on the hospital bed.
When his wife asked the doctor nervously, she got a sentence: "In the case of Guo's seniors, it is almost impossible to sing anymore." ”
In order to let Guo Song actively cooperate with the treatment, his wife told a white lie: "The doctor said that it was soon, you can bear with it." ”
As soon as the words fell, tears flowed out of her eyes like beans, Guo Song saw it in his eyes, and knew everything in his heart like a mirror.
In this way, Guo Song spent five springs, summers, autumns and winters in the hospital, and his condition deteriorated day by day, and finally entered Huangquan Road when he was 85 years old.
This artist of virtue and art has always left us, and a song close to the lives of ordinary people has left.
Rooted in the lives of ordinary people, he created songs that were well known to women and children, but in the end he was misunderstood by the world because of the similarity of a short melody, and he unfortunately passed away.
Looking back on Mr. Guo Song's life, I only sigh.
If it weren't for his adaptation, the original soundtrack might still be in the mountains.
It's a pity that the win-win ending itself ruined an artist loved by everyone because of the copyright dispute.
Guo Song has experienced too much in his life, with a brilliant singing career and a painful experience that is not understood by the world, but he always has the wife who loves him and is willing to wait for him to accompany him.......