Wang Xiren Work Characteristics

Mr. Wang Xiren is the famous military composer and in his life, he creates numberless classic operas as well as songs which are familiar to the people and have significant influence in both folk and professional music composing fields. His creation can be divided into three important periods and his representative works are the Opera Red Coral of the late of 1950s, the Song Red Sun of 1970s as well as Folks From Hometown and White-Haired Dear Mother after 1990s respectively. These works closely encircle the theme of the times of our nation and at the same time, they learn the rich nutrient from the tones of the traditional drama and folk music of our country which make the important contributions to developing China's traditional musical culture.The music of Mr. Wang Xiren is simple, sincere, delicate as well as soulful which emanates the charm of the traditional folk music and drama music of our nation. The content and creative skills of his works tightly center on the themes of various historic times of our country which can mobilize the richful emotion of the audience and are of the colorful art infectivity. Generally speaking, his music displays the national features which are full of feelings of the times.This article colligates the known materials and combines the interview with Mr. Wang Xiren, the composer himself, tries to explore the characteristics of the works of his during the above-mentioned three periods. Based on the systematically summing up his works, this paper hopes to research and analyze the national features of Mr. Wang Xiren's works which are full of the feelings of the times.