First movement
The yellow river boatman's song uses the tonal materials of labor songs to show the vivid images of dark clouds all over the sky, stormy waves lapping on the shore and boatmen fighting against storms. It embodies the excellent quality of Chinese people's hard work and will surely reach the other side of victory. The nine songs of Yellow River Dengda Coarse Mine are shaped in the form of lead singer and chorus, which has a strong flavor of life and artistic appeal.
This movement is divided into three parts: the first part depicts the scene of the boatman fighting with the wind and waves, and the music is full of fighting power; The second part is based on the theme melody at the beginning, which broadens the rhythm and slows down the speed, showing the relief of the boatman crossing the rapids and approaching the river bank. This shows that the people of China have seen the dawn of victory despite the difficulties in the War of Resistance.
In the third part, the music returned to the speed at the beginning of the movement, but gradually weakened from strong to far.
This movement symbolizes the increasingly fierce national contradiction between the people of China and Japanese imperialism through the struggle between the Yellow River boatmen and steep waves and hidden sand. As the first movement of chorus, The Yellow River Boatman Song shows people the first act of this epic.
The second movement
The tenor solo Ode to the Yellow River is a passionate ode symbolizing the motherland with the Yellow River, full of unrestrained feelings. The first part sings the majestic posture of the Yellow River with steady rhythm and broad breath. The second part eulogizes the splendid culture of the Chinese nation for 5,000 years with passionate melody, and enthusiastically eulogizes the heroic spirit of the Chinese nation.
The third movement
How the Yellow River water moves out of the sky is a poem recitation with music. First accompanied by three strings, then accompanied by pipa. In this movement, Xian Xinghai absorbed the tonal materials of the March of the Volunteer Army's "Man Jiang Hong", telling the national tragedy and praising national heroes. It is the poet's further praise for the Yellow River and the Chinese nation.
At the same time, it also implies that the Yellow River or the Chinese nation will face extinction. But unfortunately, in today's concert, it is difficult for people to hear this action, because it is often omitted considering the performance effect!
The fourth movement
The folk lyric ballad "Yellow Water Ballad" has a beautiful and simple tone. The first part describes the flowing water of the Yellow River and the beautiful and peaceful life of children in China. The second part of the theme is profound and painful, describing the tragic scene of the separation of the Japanese invaders. The music ended in a low mood, which is unforgettable for a long time.
Huang Shui Ballad is two choral songs for female students. This is a three-part folk song with a very beautiful tune, which expresses people's love for life and infinite affection for the motherland to the fullest.
The first paragraph shows the peaceful and quiet life of people on both sides of the Yellow River. The music is smooth and peaceful. In the middle, the atmosphere got worse. People have suffered since the Japanese came.
This passage shows that the Japanese invaders invaded China, trampled on the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, and the people of China were in dire straits. The third paragraph is the reappearance of the first paragraph, but it becomes depressed and sad emotionally. This movement is the turning point of the whole song, and the contradiction between tragedy and drama of the whole work begins.
The fifth movement
Duihue Song, as a folk ditty, is kind and full of local flavor. Through the narrative duet form and concise technique, the effect is very good, describing the tragic experience of the people under the Japanese aggressors after the collapse of the country.
The Duet by the River is a male duet and a mixed chorus. The folk music structure with repeated segments is adopted, and the music absorbs the tone of Shanxi folk songs, and the method of gongs and drums accompaniment is adopted. The whole movement is a dialogue between two exiles. Here, through the dialogue between two exiles, the author tells the tragic experience of the vast number of refugees who have been displaced and left their homes. Lead the chorus to shout "Go home".
The sixth movement
The Yellow River Complaint tells a story of a woman who was ravaged by the Japanese invaders and lost her husband and children, leaving her last wish of "settling her blood debt" and throwing herself into the arms of the Yellow River.
Chorus, followed by "Defending the Yellow River", shows the heroism of guerrilla fighters and is a magnificent battle March of the people's war scene. The words "Longgelonggelonggelong" come one after another, and the magnificent scene and optimistic national spirit come to the fore.
The Yellow River Complaint is a female solo. Sing the pain and sorrow of the oppressed and humiliated women in the occupied areas in a tragic and touching style. This passage is the inner monologue of a desperate woman. A woman's husband was displaced, not only to leave, but also her son was killed by Japanese devils, and he was destroyed by Japanese devils. Finally, he had to jump into the arms of the Yellow River mother and commit suicide.
The reason why the author has such an idea is to stimulate the fighting spirit of the people of the whole country through the death of a woman. This is the most dramatic passage in The Yellow River Cantata. As a solo song, it is very skillful and is the touchstone for testing soprano.
Seventh movement
Defending the Yellow River, the first round of singing and co-singing, is the most familiar song. Here, the polyphonic technique of "cannon" is adopted, which gives people an artistic effect of one after another, exciting and Ma Benteng. First, there were two rounds of singing, then three rounds of singing. The interlude of "Long Ge Dragon" enhanced the musical atmosphere, which made people feel that the anti-Japanese forces were growing and unstoppable.
The eighth movement
The mixed chorus "Roar, Yellow River" is the finale and the climax of the whole chorus. Several important basic themes that have appeared before have been fully displayed. Angry emotions, the horn of battle, firm rhythm and full chorus pushed the music to a climax with great momentum, and the work ended in the surging waves played by the band and the swallowing of mountains and rivers by the eight-part chorus.
Roaring the Yellow River is a mixed chorus song. It is a summary and sublimation of the theme of the whole work, and it is also like a review. With its poetic and romantic style, it fully expressed the confidence of China people in defeating Japanese imperialism.
The Yellow River is Roaring, the Yangtze River is Roaring, and the Pearl River is Roaring describes the situation of the national war of resistance. Finally, a "combat warning signal" was issued and repeated many times. The whole song gives people great appeal, which is undoubtedly a declaration of war against fascism and invaders!
create
1939 On February 26th (the eighth day of the first month), Xian Xinghai visited Zhang Guangnian in the hospital, and they decided to compose a chorus. Zhang Guangnian dictated poems while in hospital, which were recorded by Hu Zhitao, a member of the third group of drama. On the basis of several months' brewing, it took only five days to complete eight paragraphs of lyrics of Ode to the Yellow River with more than 400 lines.
On March 1 1 day (the 21st day of the first lunar month), the third troupe held a poetry recital in the cave of Northwest Hotel, and Xian Xinghai was specially invited to attend. At the party, Zhang Guangnian recited the lyrics Ode to the Yellow River for the first time. Xian Xinghai was very excited after hearing this and robbed the manuscript.
Afterwards, Xian Xinghai learned more about the creation background of this poem, and then composed music in a small cave in the former site of Lu Yi in Yan 'an. He set up a small table on the heatable adobe sleeping platform and asked his wife Qian Yunling to help him draw a grid on ordinary paper for music. Xian Xinghai used to create while eating sugar, but Yan 'an lacked materials, so Zhang Guangnian bought Xian Xinghai two Jin of sugar.
Xian Xinghai wrote a few words and took a bite of sugar. From March 26th to 3 1, it took Xian Xinghai only six days to compose music for Ode to the Yellow River, including the chorus of the score. This work is called The Yellow River Cantata.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Yellow River Chorus.