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| Guangdong Music |
Guangdong Music is a kind of Guangdong local folk music and is
formed by the tune of Guangdong local opera, which has absorbed the
essence of ancient music of Central Plains, Kunqu opera and local
opera of south of the Yangtze River. It fundamentally belongs to ensemble
of traditional stringed and woodwind instruments, one kind of traditional
instrumental music. In 1860, its own features came into being. At
the beginning of 20s of the 20th century, it developed into a new
music form composed of percussion instrument, whose main instruments
are Erxuan, Guangdong Violin, Sanxuan, Hengjian (or Houguan), or whose
main instruments are Yehu, Dongjian Pipa (or dulcimer, Zheng), or
whose main instruments are Suona Horn and Houguan. Grace note and
"Jiahua" are adopted as play skills. The music and its features
produced by these instruments and play skills are different from other
music.
Guangdong music is good at absorbing essence from other brother folk
music and western music and bringing forth new ideas. Its rhythm is
fresh and lively; its melody is exquisite and touching; its tone color
is clear and melodious. It was once called "glass music"
by foreigners.
Guangdong music is titled music, most pieces of which are produce
works of music. More than one thousand pieces of Guangdong music have
its own music score. Such condition is very rare among domestic folk
music. Famous pieces include " Thunder in Dry Days", "Rain
Striking Plantain", "Hungry Horse Shaking Bells", "Rise
Step by Step", and so on. Guangdong music is not only popular
among local people, but also welcomed by overseas people.
Famous Works
Rain Striking Plantain
It is one of the most famous works of Guangdong music and has been
changed into the names of the tunes to which Qu are composed. According
to textual research, it is the work of He Family. It is one of the
most representative pieces of Guangdong music with rich sentiment
of south of the Five Ridges.
Autumn Moon on the Calm Lake
It is also called " Zui Tai Ping". In the 30s of the 20th
century, famous musician, Lv Wencheng, wrote this gentle piece to
describe the beautiful scene of the West Lake in the night, and to
praise the nature after visiting the West Lake in Hangzhou. It is
a fine piece of lyrical music.
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