An Analysis Of The Form And Performance Of The Symphonic Overture Ode To The Red Flag For Electronic Organ

The electronic organ,also known as the electronic organ,originated from the Baroque church organ.The first electronic organ was developed and patented by Lawrence Hammond in 1934,and then the patent was bought by Panasonic in Japan and the transistor electronic organ was successfully developed.Since then,the electronic organ has entered a long period of development and innovation,from the first machine D-1 in December 1959 to the STAGE era in 2004.The newer iterations of the product have given the product higher performance,and the current timbre of the electronic organ includes a very rich sampling of Western instruments,while the timbre of Chinese folk instruments is less sampled,therefore,the existing electronic organ finished repertoire covers fewer Chinese folk music works.In this paper,we focus on the general score reduction step,timbre simulation,and performance techniques of the symphonic overture "Ode to the Red Flag" on the electronic organ."Ode to the Red Flag" was composed by Lu Qiming in 1965,and the work occupies an important place in the history of Chinese national orchestral music.The composer used Western orchestral arrangements and incorporated Chinese folk music elements to create this classic work full of patriotic sentiments.In this paper,we will explore the symphonic overture "Ode to the Red Flag" with our own performance practice.The paper consists of four parts:Part Ⅰ: Background of the work and the composer’s introduction,which mainly elaborates the background of the work and the composer’s life experience;Part Ⅱ: Analysis and reduction of the score of "Ode to the Red Flag",discussing the structure of the score and the reduction of the score,including the ideas and steps of how to adapt the score for symphony orchestra into a score with only three lines in electronic organ and the author’s suggestions on how to read and reduce the score;Part Ⅲ: the performance analysis of "Ode to the Red Flag",the author will discuss four aspects of the performance of strings,woodwinds,brass tones and the performance skills of the foot keyboard.Part Ⅳ: explains the contemporary significance of Chinese orchestral music played on the electronic organ.