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Chorus, that is, an artistic category of collective singing of multi-voice vocal works, has extremely high requirements for the unity and harmony of singing, and is one of the most popular and widely participatory forms of music performance. The history of the development of Chinese choral art is relatively short, and it is generally believed that the choral song written by Chinese Singing Chinese is marked by the three-part choral song "Spring Tour" created by Li Shutong.
In the early 20th century, new schools sprung up like mushrooms and were born on the land of China. In order to enrich the music classes offered by the academy and enrich the campus life of students, "xuetang music songs" have become the "key care object" of many music educators, and Li Shutong is one of them.
In 1902, he adopted the tune of the folk music "Old Six Plates" and composed a "Sunset Song", which became a "popular song" for contemporary children after school, but it was not widely disseminated.
"Sunset Song"
Lyricist: Li Shutong
Time is like running water
Not for a while
Return from school after class
Let's think about it for a moment
Today's homework is not clear
Words spoken by the teacher
There has been a violation
Parents look forward to their children.com
We wandered all the way
In the future, the country will be governed and the world will be equal
It's all up to my generation
Everybody work hard
Students
See you tomorrow
Until 1913, Li Shutong published a song score in the magazine "Baiyang", which was the "Spring Tour" trilogy. The song is a choral sketch with a fresh melody and elegant lyrics, which uses poetic language to show the joy of teenagers when they devote themselves to the bright and renewed nature of spring. The song has been covered by Liu Bingyi, Li Guyi and many other artists, and is considered the enlightenment of China's "local chorus", and has also been rated as one of the classic works of Chinese music in the 20th century.
Since the success of "Spring Tour", the school music has gradually flourished. However, with the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, the restoration of Yuan Shikai, the "918 Incident" and other events, the fresh, natural, soft and gorgeous "shengshi chorus" was gradually replaced by the majestic and high-pitched "patriotic chorus", and the school music gradually disappeared in the long river of history.
"Spring Tour"
Composer: Li Shutong
The spring breeze blows thinner than the veil
Spring people dress less than painting
The Spring Swimmer walks in the middle of the painting
A thousand flowers fly under the spring people
Pear blossom pale cabbage flower yellow
Willow flowers are fragrant with mustard flowers
The warbler cries that the stranger returns
Flowers outside the clock to send the sunset
Curator/Writer/Editor: Folk Song Jun
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