The Research Of Chen Gexin's Popular Songs

Shanghai is Chinese modern political, economic and cultural center, which in modern times has created the all-inclusive culture. Shanghai culture is rich in content and include various kinds. Popular songs are an important part of its culture. ChenGexin is an important writer of popular songs from 1930s to 1940s. Chen Gexin is a musical all-rounder. He is accomplished in music composition, directing, singing, etc., particularly music composition, the core of which is pop music. His life is full of ups and downs. In his short life of over forty years, he has created a total of more than 200 pop songs, the majority of which are songs for films. Many works such as "Rose, Rose I Love You", "Rosa blossoms everywhere "," Flower-like Age", " Night in Shanghai "," Congratulations, congratulations, "are not only popular and widespread at that time, but also have a far-reaching impact with its persistent art life .It can be called classics in the history of the Chinese pop music. According to subject, his pop songs are divided into the following kinds: love songs, sentiment songs, satirical songs, patriotic songs and so on. His prominent features are as follows: a variety of subject matter content, special styles, the artistic pop songs and the initial exploration of the pop songs'localization. From his work we can also see a general profile of popular songs composition in 1930s and 1940s. Many of his works at that time have been widely disseminated, due to the nurture by good surviving soil, outstanding lyric writers' creation, capable singers'interpretations and a variety of modern media'strong publicity.Chen Gexin's pop songs not only occupy some place in the development of the Chinese pop songs history, but also is an important branch of Shanghai culture, and feed modern pop music. It can be said that the Chen Gexin's pop songs have double significance in history and reality. They are worthy of our attention and study.