A Study On The Vocal Music Of Fengtai Tuiju Drama

This thesis gives an initial study on the Fengtai tuiju Drama. It studies the drama from four parts: the forming and its origination, the form of its vocal music, the specialty of its singing, its development and reformation. Apart from introduction and conclusion, this thesis can be divided into four parts.The first part gives a panorama of the historical process of Fengtai tuiju Drama. This part mainly studies the origin and development of the music of 'Si-ju-tui-zi'(the basic tunes of Fengtai tuiju Drama) as well as the evolvement process of Fengtai tuiju Drama from Qupai form to Banqiang form.The second part mainly studies the musical features of traditional Fengtai tuiju Drama.This part analysises the melody characteristic, mode, commonly used tunes ,kind of Ban form and the instruments for accompaniment of this drama's vocal music.The third part mainly analysises the singing of traditional Fengtai tuiju Drama. It introduces the basic local language and features of its dramatic language. This part also elaborates the singing skills of Tuiju Drama from breath, resonance, enunciation, singing's way and landscaping singing's way.The fourth part introduces the present development evolution of the singing style of the vocal music of Fengtai tuiju Drama, the representative artistes ,actors and drama's different period in the courses of its development. It also gives some suggestions and thoughts that how to develop, inherit, conserve and revive Fengtai tuiju Drama which is considered as the local mini-drama and rare variety of drama.