On Taihang Mountain, anti-Japanese war songs, Guitao's lyrics, Xian Xinghai's songs. 1July, 938, it was sung by Zhang Shu, Lin Lu, Zhao Qihai, etc. in Wuhan to commemorate the first anniversary of the Anti-Japanese War, and quickly spread to the rear area and the anti-Japanese base areas behind the enemy lines.
This song was written in July 1938, and it is a chorus for the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians who fought bloody battles against Japanese invaders in Shanxi. In this song, Xian Xinghai organically combines the energetic lyrical melody with the firm and powerful March melody, which makes the song full of combativeness, reality and the magnificent color of revolutionary romanticism.
It depicts the fighting life and brave, tenacious, optimistic and cheerful personality of guerrilla athletes in Taihang Mountain. When the song was written and premiered in Hankou, the audience cheered loudly and applauded constantly, and then it spread all over China. Guerrillas in Taihang Mountain all take it as their team song. This melody, which is full of the revolutionary passion of the anti-Japanese army and people, makes every China people have patriotic lofty sentiments and lofty aspirations, and ripples with the national soul of solemnity and broad romanticism.
2. "Go Behind the Enemy"
China's songs. One of the representative works of patriotic songs for resisting Japan and saving the nation. Zhao Qihai's Ci and Xian Xinghai's Qu were completed in September 1938. The melody is tall and vigorous, and the rhythm is forceful. The lyrics are magnificent and heroic, and they are very appealing. They were popular anti-Japanese songs at that time.
Go to the enemy's rear was written in September 1938. Zhao Qihai's lyrics describe the majestic scenes of guerrilla warfare, and create a witty and brave fighting image of guerrilla athletes. Xian Xinghai was very appreciative of the lyrics and immediately set the music. He successfully expressed the theme and specific artistic conception of the lyrics with his tall and vigorous melody and active and elastic rhythm. Exciting songs are like rolling waves, rushing forward, showing the powerful battle of the people's war.
3. The Yellow River Cantata
The Yellow River Cantata is the most important and influential large-scale chorus vocal suite in Xian Xinghai. Made in March 1939, and rearranged and processed in the Soviet union in 194 1 year.
With the Yellow River as the background, this work, written by the poet Guangweiran, enthusiastically praises the glorious history of the Chinese nation and the unyielding fighting spirit of the people of China, bitterly complains about the brutality of the invaders and the profound disasters suffered by the people, broadly displays the magnificent picture of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and sends out the battle alarm of national liberation to the whole China and the whole world, thus shaping the heroic image of the Chinese nation as a giant.
4. "Ximeng Chorus"
"The geese fly, Fenshui is cold, and the enemy hits Niangziguan. Members of Ximeng went out in a surge and bravely went deep into the enemy's side ... "This song" Ximeng Chorus "composed by Xian Xinghai once resounded through the anti-Japanese battlefield in Shanxi.
It reflects the true history of the Ximenghui and the new army in persisting in the anti-Japanese national salvation movement in an extremely complicated environment. Although the honeymoon period of Yen Hsi-shan and the * * * producers' joint anti-Japanese war was not long, the leaders of the * * * producers, such as the Special League and the New Army, fought thousands of battles successfully in Bo Yibo, which dashed the Japanese aggressors' dream of "bringing Shanxi into North China's autonomy".
5. Production Chorus
Composer Xian Xinghai's The Yellow River Cantata soon spread all over China after its premiere in Yan 'an. His Production Chorus, September 18th Chorus and Ximeng Chorus are all unique choral works. After the founding of New China, the choral cause flourished, and many professional choral groups were established, and amateur choruses were also very active.
1958 The Happy River Chorus, composed by Xiao Bai, Wang Jiufang, Wang Qiang and Zhang Yingmin of Shanghai Conservatory of Music, won the first prize of the 7th world festival of youth and students Music Competition. The Long March Suite, which came out in the early 1960s, has a distinctive theme and novel form, and is welcomed by the masses.
The folk songs "Half Moon Climbs Up", "Pastoral", "Alamuhan", "Wusuli Boat Song" and "Guests from afar please stay" adapted by Qu Xixian and other composers have all become classic choral works in China, which are deeply loved by people. At the same time, there are a large number of chorus songs and divertimentos.