Analysis And Study Over China And Foreign Marches

The social pragmatic function of march is generally superior to any other music style,and it sometimes surpasses the artistic merit and m usic value of march itself.For instance,at the composition of the na tional anthem "March of the Volunteers",as the theme of a movie,it reflected that,at the 30's of the 20^th century when China was invaded by Japanese Imperialism,the Chinese Nationals'strong appeal to refus e becoming slaves of foreign power,Chinese firm will to launch the wa r against Japan and to liberate the whole China.When the movie was re leased,it immediately became very popular.It deeply affected and ins pired Chinese in Anti-Japanese and National Salvation movement and ins pired their revolutionary will,bringing along the profound historic i nfluence,its historic value and social influence outdid far more in t he social position and the function than those of a movie theme.All n ational anthems have similar humanity content,and it is undeniable.Angling toward the march's special position,vital function and soci al function merit,from four aspects,the study expounds on the common and special features of march from points of generation and developme nt,giving description over the passage from which march being introdu ced into China and its influence,over the classification and division of march.Besides,as to marches from China and Foreign Countries,it also discusses from the aspects of Form,Content,Structure and Music Language,and from the aspect of the augmentation of music theme.Firstly,it probes into the ideological foundation and social needs for the generation of march,and elucidates on the passage from which march being introduced into China and it's impact.Secondly,it classifies and divides march in terms of the march cont ent,performing mode,performing venue,audience,purpose of compositi on and pragmatic function.Thirdly,according to the classifications and divisions,it reviews those marches endowed with certain meanings,giving readers eye-openin g vision,making them better understand march styles,helping to furth er command march's categories and prominent march works,awaking reade rs'interest in musical art,enriching the our world of passions.Fourthly,with vertical and horizontal comparison and analysis metho d,from different angles and different levels,it gives out the observ ations over characteristics of China and Foreign marches.For an insta nce,from the aspects of Form,Content,Structure,Mode,Tonality,Rhy thm,Theme,Augmentation of theme,and from the aspect of the social f unction,the study generalized couple of common rules,furnishing comm on and individual arguments,investigating for references to draw on a nd probing for improvement.In addition,the study also aims to promot e prosperity in march composition,to increase the composition quality, so as to better serve the Spiritual and Cultural Construction.The invention of march is a great contribution to the World's Musica l Culture by western musicians.After the style was introduced into Ch ina,through unrelenting efforts rendered by decades musicians,it has achieved appreciable accomplishments in endowing march with Chinese C haracteristics,and in nationalizing the march.Their dedication has e stablished musical expression ways and approaches incorporated Chinese characteristics,which fully demonstrates musical style with the Char m of China.