Dunhuang Opera Studies

DunHuang Melody Art is a kind of folk art forms with distinctive features and populend locally. It reflects DunHuang People's traditional value, honesty and kindness by means of the Art Form's, unique vocal music. With the progress that the society made and the affection of muticulture. DunHuang Melody Art is attacked by the modenization, and is in a condition emerge of itself and perish of itself . This varity of folk art form would likely vanish if there were no active protection measures. This paper is based on field research, by the view of anthropology and taking method of ethnic musicology, get a detailed exposition of its living area, vocal characterisitics, and group union.In addition to the full text of the Introduction and Conclusion, the body is divided into five sections, the basic contents are as follows:DunHuang for the first part of music and drama related to cultural background, from the geographical environment, history, cultural aspects of DunHuang Overview show the existence of the background music of the analysis;The second part is the history of DunHuang show tunes and spread the use of DunHuang literature analysis of the history of opera tunes depth analysis of the current song play DunHuang Overview spread done a narrative;The third part is the music of DunHuang studies show tunes, respectively, of the DunHuang music accompaniment play musical instruments and music, tune the source of music, modal characteristics, voice characteristics, music structure analysis of the characteristics of five aspects;Part IV is divided into classes play music DunHuang Social organizations, social classes from the main profile, since the form of music performance classes, music classes since the role of the division of labor, since the way music heritage class has done a number of analysis;The fifth part of the heritage of DunHuang show tunes and the protection of DunHuang first song of the social function of drama and made a further analysis of human values, and then made the play on the heritage of DunHuang music and protective measures;The concluding part of the text provides an overview of the main points of the chapters, and has done a conclusive concluded that: DunHuang Melody Art show has the typical style of the Northwest culture, and Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang, and other pieces the same system, originated in the Sui and Tang dynasties, or even the Five Dynasties As early as in the DunHuang music based on the absorption of words Shaanxi Opera, Mei households all over the song and Gansu drama, folk music has become a unique integration of the development of local music. In the accompaniment of musical instr uments and music, modal characteristics, features singing, music and other aspects of the structure of households and the eyebrow, Xinjiang song might be related, but more their own uniqueness. There are no student is our biggest problem currently facing. DunHuang Melody Art show is the crystallization of the wisdom of the people of culture, at all levels of attention and really needs to take measures to protect and inherit it.