Lyrics: Tian Han
Music composition: Nie Er
Original Song: Dentsu Company Singing Group
Album: The most popular modern songs are selected from Collection of Ancient and Modern Folk Songs (version 1935).
Get up, people who don't want to be slaves
Build our flesh and blood into a new Great Wall,
Everyone was forced to give the last roar and get up.
Get up, get up
We stood together and braved the enemy's gunfire.
March forward under the enemy's gunfire
Forward, forward
Forward, forward
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March of the Volunteers is a very creative song, and composer Nie Er devoted himself to the creation of this song with great enthusiasm. First of all, according to the rules of music, he successfully handled Tian Han's prose-like lyrics vividly, powerfully and colloquially.
In melody creation, he not only absorbed the outstanding achievements of international revolutionary songs and the style characteristics of western European marches, but also made it have strong national characteristics, so that this song can be mastered by the masses and play its fighting role.
The first and second sentences of the lyrics are very attractive. The composer treats these two melodies according to the rising trend of "5- 1-3-5", especially the arrangement of rhythm, and adopting the second half sentence can give people a sense of urgency. The song started from the second beat and jumped up four times, solemn and powerful.
The third sentence of the lyrics "The Chinese nation is in the most dangerous time" is the most important epigram of all the lyrics. Nie Er not only used the highest and strongest voice in the whole song here, but also creatively paused for half a beat after "the Chinese nation has arrived" to highlight the sentence "the most dangerous time".
March of the Volunteers, with his high agitation, vigorous melody and inspiring lyrics, expressed China people's strong dissatisfaction and resistance to imperialist aggression, and embodied the heroic spirit of the great Chinese nation in facing foreign aggression bravely, firmly and united.