The Influence Of The May Fourth New Cultural Movement On The Art Song Creation Of Early 20^th Century In Our Country

May Fourth New Cultural Movement is a kind of cultural campaign, which took place in the early 20th century of china, with the slogan of democracy; science and patriotism; with the advocating of democracy and science while against feudal autocracy and ignorant superstition; with the advocating of new morals while against the old one; in favor of new literature while against the old one and in bold pursuit of literature and art as well as new thoughts.May Fourth New Cultural Movement advocates vigorously carrying out the programs "Vernacular Chinese", "New poetry"," Chinese National Language ", upholding emancipation of mind, advocating independent thinking, attaching great importance to the down-to-earth spirit, emphasizing both freedom and equality, respecting independent personality, pursuing emancipation of personality, freedom in speech and love etc.It was against this backdrop that both new musical development and creation of new musical style began to rise and develop, to compose Art Song is a vitally important aspect of this period. Every aspect of the Art Songs of the early 20th century are closely related to contents emphasized in the May Fourth New Cultural Movement.To expound the influence exerted by The New Culture Movement on Art Songs from the perspective of culture is a fresh kind of researching way. To date, there have been very few researches like this, so the writer has it a try. This thesis consists of three parts:in the first part, the writer gives some introduction to the background, against which May Fourth New Cultural Movement took place and the essential meanings, so as to expound how The campaign influences the development of new musical culture.In the second part, through analyzing of the general development and artistic features of The Art Songs of early 20th century in our country, we can find that these are closely related to both slogan and contents concerning the May Fourth New Cultural Movement.In the third part, through analyzing of the general development of The Art Songs on the part of the important composers of early 20th century in our country, we can find that their products were, from every aspect, influenced by The New Culture Movement, the examples are as follows:in terms of composition modes, we should break through the way of producing vocal works by "selecting tunes and adding to lyrics" just like School Song created before; in terms of composition style, we should seek a way of having music nationalized, personalized and diversified; in terms of the tendency toward aesthetic judgment, we should realize the function of aesthetic education, reflect the social reality, bring music close to the people's life and combine with the features of the time; in terms of the requirements on singing, we should also draw on Both techniques and methods employed in Bel canto, while combining with Chinese traditional music and the phonologic features of Chinese classical poetries...