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Theory Of Opera In The Ancient City Of Spring Breeze Fights Wildfires Yang Xiaodong And The Shaping Of Image

Posted on:2013-03-25Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W Z YangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2245330371469448Subject:Music
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China has a long tradition of Music theatre . BaiXi of Han Dynasty , Singing andDancing Daqu (big show) of Sui and Tang Dynasty , poetic drama and southern operaof Song and Yuan period and the later tranditional opera, they are all the productswhich combine music with drama. However, the first Chinese opera which has thefar-reaching meaning is“The White-Haired Girl”displayed in 1945 , it is a landmarkwork in Chinese opera history and from then on ,Chinese opera developmentgradually found its unique development road. The following opera works ,"fires ofheawen"、"Xiao Erhei Marriage"、"JiangJie"、"Gone Love"and so on ,emerge in alarge amount , which reprent the flourish of Chinese opera arts.The work "Wildfire spring breeze fighting the ancient city" emerged in the formof literature , which was later adapted to movies, TV shows and was widely knownnow . Zongzheng opera troupe adapted it for opera and performed successfully in2005 , in honor of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan and the worldanti-fascism war 60 years.Playwrights carefully select the main novel plot thatreappeared the previous story of stryggling against Japan in the ancient cityBaoding .In music ,the traditional music of Hebei(including ChinaPlay、folk songs)take up the main mounts , the folk music of Shanxi,Shandong and Henan regions’andJepanese music take up minor apartment .You can seize the trace of modern music ofWest,espically the sharply strong sound and rich harmonies.Bel Cant,Chinesenational singing and popular singing are all served for the whole opera.This treatise seize shaping the image of Yang Xiaodong in the drama as theobject.Study the work " Wildfire spring breeze fighting the ancient city " and operatheory in order to grasp creation background and artistic characteristics of the wholeopera and research the main ballad of him, ultimately grasp YangXiaoDong characterimage and put forward viewpoints using for reference.This treatise is formed mainly by three chapters,which can be described in anutshell as follows. The first chapter includes mainly two aspects.To begin with, introduce thehistorical orgin of the product and the creation background of the opera.what’smore,argue the opera’s artistic characteristics mainly described in four aspects: thefeature of brilliant times, powerful drama, emotional complexity and the diversity ofsinging characteristics.The second chapter focuses on analyzing the characters of YangXiaoDong heroimage,mainly reasoned in the hero’s characters and fibers,in order to catch the featureof Yang Xiaodong: being stanch to Party , having a mature temper and sacrificedone’s interests for the revolutionary cause.The third chapter stressfully analyze Yang Xiaodong’s songs and argue how tohandle the songs. This chapter is divided into two sections, The first quarter:analyzing two songs of aria performed by Yang Xiaodong and put up with opinionsof handling them . Through arguing music subject , music image and psychologicalreaction ,seize the character in depth and argue my immature singing point aboutthem.The second section: through analyzing and processing its development ,musicsubject of the "popularity", "a prescription" and "confrontation" combining thecharacteristics of singing, fix up with forward viewpoints using for reference.Finally argue the conclusion: the " Wildfire spring breeze fighting the ancientcity " is an excellent national opera, not only in subject, but also in music and singingcharacteristics ,it has its own unique features. Yang Xiaodong is the leading role,grasp the characters of the hero , comprehensively and carefully analyze main balladand then put it into practice.
Keywords/Search Tags:Opera, “Wildfire spring breeze fighting the ancient city”, Yang Xiaodong, Character image, Concert
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