A Study Of The Application Of Chinese Opera Music Elements In Contemporary Chinese Composition

From the perspective of contemporary music composition technology to start, works on comprehensive classification and summary of Chinese opera elements that in the Chinese contemporary music, and carry out the detailed analysis and research what towards the important and representative works of various technical. And the attempt to base point, explore the Chinese composers'orientation and thinking positioning during the period of facing the world multi-cultural situation, Chinese and Western cultures collide, blending the traditional concept and contemporary technology.This treatise consists of three chapters. It classifies the opera musical elements, which are adopted by the contemporary Chinese music in to three classes, and thus generates three concepts:microscopic elements, medium-scope elements, and macroscopic elements.The Chapter 1 expounds the influence of microscopic elements of opera music on contemporary Chinese music creation. The analysis is carried out from four aspects: opera narration, opera rhythms, opera melody, and opera tones. Among them, when studying the influence from the opera narration on contemporary Chinese music works, I classify the narration sound applications into direct citation, hidden citation and symphonious citation. When studying the influence from the opera rhythms on contemporary Chinese music works, I classify the influence into Gong-Drum rhythm influence and beat rhythm influence. The adoption of opera melody in contemporary Chinese music works is classified into direct use, simulation, and motive-use, rotating technique reference and melody concept use. When studying the influence of opera tone on contemporary Chinese music, I classify the influence into direct and indirect influence, and further I classify each influence into sub-level influences:opera instrument music tone influence and role vocal tone influence.The Chapter 2 expounds the influence of medium-scope elements in opera music on contemporary Chinese music creation. I analyze from three aspects:opera role concept, stage performance form, and beat-style variation methods. Regarding the influence of opera role concept on contemporary Chinese music, I use the four opera roles "Sheng", "Dan", "Jing", and "Chou" as the clue, to make analysis and contrast of the description of the common role in different art works. Regarding the influence of stage performance patterns on contemporary Chinese music creation, I analyze and study the basic patterns, "Singing", "Reciting", "Acting", and "Acrobatics", as well as the division of work between "Helping", "Acrobatics",and "Singing" in Sichuan opera vocal-style pattern. Regarding the adoption of Structure-style variation method by contemporary Chinese music, I classify the variation methods into direct and indirect uses.The Chapter 3 expounds the influence of opera music macroscopic elements on contemporary Chinese music creation. I chiefly anatomize it from three aspects:opera subject matter, opera phrase structure, opera aesthetic culture. Besides, I brief the discussion of the influence of the routine principle in opera on modern Chinese opera. When studying the influence of opera subject matter on contemporary Chinese music, I classify the creation methods into language method and band method. Regarding the reference to opera phrase structure in contemporary Chinese music, I enumerates the structure application of Contact Patch Structure of Tune and Structure-style Variation in contemporary Chinese music. Regarding the influence of opera aesthetic concept on contemporary Chinese music, I expound the aesthetic outlook of opera:"embody the complexity in simplicity", and I use the "symphony No.8" by Zhu Jian-er as the example, to analyze and study the depth and penetration of his aesthetic outlook.By microscopic analysis, medium-scope analysis, and macroscopic analysis, I comb and summarize the influence of Chinese opera music elements on contemporary Chinese music creation, and try my best to generalize and sort as many as possible of the numerous opera music elements, and try to enlighten the people to review the traditional Chinese composition skills and thinking concepts.