The Development Vision Of Chinese Art Song

Art songs originated from Romantic period of Europe during the19th century. Through the years, because of its unique quality and content, art songs had been perceived the essence of vocal music art. At the early20th century, just after the Opium War had, basic theories and skills of Western music began to spread in China, which were accompanied by the large-scale pour of Western politics, economics, cultures. As a result, it was lie a foundation for the professional music making, especially for the Chinese art song. By a century of exploration and innovation, the art songs had made great achievements. After the reform and opening, with a series of development ot important musical events, the musical language and composion skills of art songs had become more and more riper than ever before. It means that the art songs had entered into a time of diversified development. In this new era, with progress of the musical expression idea, people began to think about how the art songs should have new esthetic thoughts and working ideological. Based on the origins and theme characteristic, this study reviewed the development track of Chinese art songs in a century. Taking Zaiyi Lu as a case study, we aimed to investigate the unique characteristics of creation, performance and propagation of Chinese art song.