Kunqu Musical Heritage Of The Ancient And Modern Music And Changes

Kunqu is one of the oldest opera in china which has 600 years'history since it formed in the evening of Yuan dynasty and forepart of Ming dynasty. There is only Kunqu which can combine the arts of literature and opera most highly within the existed 300 local Chinese opera. So it go without saying that Kunqu is the representation of Chinese tradition culture in the area of opera. The notation of Kunqu has matured in the Ming and Qing dynasty. We can find many reservation of Kunqu music in Gongche notation. In modern time, the numbered musical notation became the main way to notate Kunqu and bring convenience to inherit and develop it.This paper compared three editions of opera Changshengdian which from the scores of Nashuying, Sulu and Zhenfei. This article is comprised of two parts. The first part is the development of Kunqu and Kunqu's notation. The second part is the development of notation of Changshengdian. The analysis comes from the notation, Qupai and Gongdiao. Then we can find a series of transformation in the formula of notation, the sign of note, the name of tone, tempo, Changqiang, the using of tone and Qupai. All of these embody the affection of history to the development of Kunqu. Some affection is come from the inheriting of former scores, others is come from the social environment change.