Xian Xinghai (1905 ~ 1945) is a famous musician and composer in modern China. He used to be Huang Xun and Kong Yu. My ancestral home is Panyu, Guangdong. 1June, 905 13 was born in a poor boatman's family in Macau, 19 18 entered the middle school affiliated to Lingnan University to play the violin, and 1926 entered the Music Department of Peking University Conservatory of Music and National Art College. 65438-0928 entered Shanghai National Conservatory of Music to study violin and piano, and published the famous music prose "Cosmic Music". From 65438 to 0929, he went to Paris to work and study, and studied under the famous violinist Pani Obedov and the famous composer Paul Dukas. 193 1 was admitted to the Paris Conservatory of Music. Studying in the choir composition class. During his stay in France, he created more than ten works, such as The Wind and Roaming Sonata in D minor. 1935 After returning to China, he took an active part in the anti-Japanese national salvation movement, wrote a large number of combative mass songs, and composed music for progressive films such as Top Gun, March of Youth, Drama Resurrection and Thunderstorm. After the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, he joined the Second Team of Shanghai National Salvation Drama, and then went to Wuhan with Zhang Shu to be responsible for the national salvation singing movement. From 1935 to 1938, he created various types of vocal music works, such as Salvation Army songs "I'm afraid I can't resist", "Guerrilla Army Songs", "The Road is ours", "The Boundless Siberia", "Children of the Motherland", "Going Behind the Enemy" and "On Taihang Mountain". From 65438 to 0938, he served as the director of the music department of Lu Xun Art College in Yan 'an, and taught part-time in "Women's University". After teaching, he created immortal masterpieces such as The Yellow River Cantata and Production Chorus. 1940 went to study and work in the Soviet union, 10 died in Moscow on October 30th.

In his short life, Xian Xinghai wrote and lived for about 10 years. * * * He has composed hundreds of songs (currently more than 250), 4 choruses, 65,438+0 operas, 2 symphonies, 4 orchestral suites, 65,438+0 rhapsody, and many solo and ensemble works of violin, piano and other instrumental music. Among Xian Xinghai's creations, the most numerous and influential are all kinds of pop songs. Among them, China People's Anti-Japanese Struggle, Salvation Army Song, Youth March, Defending Lugou Bridge, Going Behind the Enemy Line, etc., appeared in the form of summoning and fighting March. There are Taihang Mountain, Guerrilla and Counter-offensive, which show the magnificent battle scenes of the people's war and combine lyricism with agitation or descriptive with generality. There are "Top Difficult", "Plough Song", "Shifu Song" and "We Open the Road", which show the working life of workers and peasants and are written in a specific labor tone and rhythm. There are also "I'm afraid I won't resist", "Children of the Motherland" and "Women's Day Songs written for women and children in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression" and so on. In these mass songs, Xian Xinghai created musical images with different personality characteristics according to different contents, or expressed passionate and generous feelings and majestic momentum with an impactful rhythm and a tall and angular melody; Or embody the rich inner world of the revolutionary people with broad melody, slow and calm rhythm and lyrical tone.

Xian Xinghai's four choruses "Chorus of Production Movement" and Yellow River Chorus "Chorus of September 18th" and "Chorus of Ximeng".

Among them, The Yellow River Cantata is the best and most influential chorus work.

The Yellow River Cantata is the most important and influential representative work of Xian Xinghai. Introduction to the Yellow River Chorus

The Yellow River Cantata is the most important and influential representative work of Xian Xinghai. /kloc-0 was made in March, 1939, and was rearranged and processed in the Soviet Union in June, 1994/kloc-0. With the Yellow River as the background, this work by the poet Guang Weiran enthusiastically eulogizes the glorious history of the Chinese nation and the indomitable fighting spirit of the people of China, bitterly accuses the invaders of their cruelty and the people's deep disasters, widely displays the magnificent picture of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, sends out a battle alarm for national liberation to China and the whole world, and shapes the heroic image of the giant of the Chinese nation.

The Yellow River Cantata was written in the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, 1938 autumn and winter. The author marched with the anti-Japanese troops to the northwest bank of the Yellow River. China's magnificent mountains and rivers and heroic soldiers inspired the author's creation, and the call of the times prompted him to write a large-scale recitation poem Ode to the Yellow River with high patriotic enthusiasm, which was later rewritten into the lyrics of the Yellow River Chorus. The work consists of eight movements, showing the heroic spirit of the sons and daughters of the Yellow River with rich artistic images, magnificent historical scenes and majestic momentum.