From The Definition Of Art Songs Since The Founding Of The Characteristics Of Chinese Art Songs

Chinese lied, as a particular music style of Vocal Creation, originate from German in the Late 18th early 19th Century. They are the music product of Europe Romantic Era tending to reflect inner world of person, which have poetic lyrics, expressive force tune, complicated technique of expression and composition. At that time, they were called lyric songs in Europe.Chinese lied, as result of the Western Civilization Taking over the East, started from ,"school songs" period, developed from the stage of patterning Western styles to the stage of compromising the merits of Chinese and Western styles, and developed from the stage of grope to the stage of innovation. Chinese lied after founding of the P.R.C developed rapidly on creation of skills and renovation of thought. At this period, Chinese lied patterned Western styles combining with Chinese traditional culture (native language, national character, emotions of nationalism).However, after founding of the P.R.C, because of the content of Chinese lied enriched and Chinese lied influenced by different cultures, a lot of musicians in China can not exactly define the conception of lied, the content of lied, the feature of lied and the scope of lied. Therefore, it has theoretical and realistic significance for researching this topic.The thesis consists of three parts. Part one states the history of Chinese lied developing. Part two discusses problems from defining Chinese lied. Part three mainly deal with the feature of Chinese lied after founding of the P.R.C. At the end, the conclusion indicates that it is significant to research this topic.