On Zhang Quan's Achievements In Vocal Music

Zhang Quan, a famous educator and artist of vocal music performance, is an important figure in the contemporary history of Chinese vocal music . She had remarkable achievements in vocal music performing and teaching .In her limited life, she kept singing for Chinese common people as her belief all along, put forward the theory of establishing China' s vocal music sect, pointed out the direction of Chinese vocal music' s development and devoted the energies of her lifetime to it.This research is intended to sort out Zhang Quan's achievements on vocal music, reviewing her activities in vocal music performing and teaching. The thesis takes a deep research into the features and formation of her vocal music's artistic style, sum up her teaching ideology and methods, and concludes her ideas and viewpoints on establishing China's vocal music sect.The purpose of this thesis is to commemorate the vocal music artists of the older generation, unearth the cultural treasure from them, edvocate their persisting and devoting spirit for vocal music, thus encourage the late comers to carry forward their exemplary conduct and characteristic nobility, thereby, to contribute a share for Chinese vocal music undertakings.