The Preliminary Analysis For The Chinese Records In The First Half Of The Twentieth Century

Towards the end of the nineteenth century, the phonographs and the phonograph records were spread into China. At the first half of the twentieth century, it's a fact that the industry of the phonograph records had come into being. The form and development of the industry of the phonograph records promoted the development of the modern and contemporary Chinese music, while at the same time it made itself became one of the most important part of the modern and contemporary musical history of China.Gathering and sorting out the corresponding materials further based on the achievement in research, linking with the other humanities such as economics,sociology and so on, using the research method of the musical historiography to track back to the history of the Chinese records and find out the law that how does the industry of the phonograph records reflect and influence the development of the musical culture, the author here aims to enrich the historical data and content of the research for the modern and contemporary musical history of China.According to the history of the industry of records,the content of records,the market operation and the influence of the records, the article here discuss the following contents: the developing situation of the Chinese industry of records at the first half of the twentieth century; the main contents of the different kinds of records; the records do reflect the different period of Chinese music; the sound recording activities of the famous singers; the elementary circumstances of the sound recording,manufacture,sales volume,consume of the records; the influence that the records can do to the musical culture,the popular life,politics,economics and education, etc.