1, the first military band founded by China

1899, Yuan Shikai was established in Tianjin on the advice of a German consultant. There are about twenty people in this band, and the instruments used are the same as the brass bands in foreign countries. They once played for Cixi.

2. The earliest existing military band in China.

Tsinghua University Military Band, founded in 19 16, is still active in amateur wind music.

3. The earliest violin factory in China.

1 June, 9491day, China established the first violin factory-New China Musical Instrument Factory (namely Beijing Violin Factory). Later, cities such as Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Yingkou and Suzhou also set up violin factories. Now, the scientific research department of musical instruments has begun to adopt advanced science and technology, which has greatly improved the violin production level in China.

4. The first bronze statue of native musicians in China.

1982 1 1 February 27th, the bust bronze statue of Xiao Youmei, the founder of Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Xiao Youmei, 1884 was born in Zhongshan county, Guangdong province; 190 1 was admitted to the high school attached to Tokyo Normal University, Japan, and studied at Tokyo Music School; 19 12 went to Leipzig Conservatory of Music in Germany to study music theory and composition; /kloc-after returning to China in 0/920, he taught in Beijing Women's Normal College, Peking University Music Studio and Beijing Art College; 1927 Established the National Conservatory of Music (now Shanghai Conservatory of Music) in Shanghai, and served as professor, academic director and dean. After the September 18th Incident, Xiao Youmei organized the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Association to encourage all teachers and students to write patriotic songs. His "Song of National Shame" and "Song of National Disaster" all had certain influence at that time.

5. The earliest rap music in China.

Xun Zi (about 313 BC-238 BC)' s "Phase Formation". The musical form of Xiang Chengpian is based on folk rap and ballads, and it is divided into three movements. "Xiang" is a percussion instrument developed from the labor tools of rice beating or embankment building, which is used for clapping and rap. "Xiang Cheng" was a popular form of rap and ballad at that time, which later developed into a poetic form. The whole article has four sentences and one rhyme, and it is read in a certain rhythm. There is no fixed tune, and its rhythm is similar to Allegro. Most of the works are promoted as the way of governing the country by the monarch, with mixed historical stories and criticism of the reality at that time.

6. The most famous music institution in ancient China.

Yuefu was established in the fifth year of Emperor Yuan Ding of the Han Dynasty (1 12 BC). "Yuefu" is like a modern singing group, and Captain Xie Law is the highest business leader of this institution. Professional Yuefu workers will sort out and process the local folk songs collected from Zhao, Qin, Chu and other areas, and then they will compose new songs for musicians to sing, so that they can be watched by princesses and officials after the palace moved to the emperor. At its peak, Yuefu had more than 800 people, most of whom were first-class musicians, writers and folk artists. This kind of music institution is the product of the development of culture under the background of the development of economic level in Han Dynasty.

7. The earliest foreign music and cultural exchange in China.

In the 13th year of Zhou Muwang in the Western Zhou Dynasty (about 989 BC). At that time, Zhou Muwang personally led a huge song band to the west, reaching the Black Lake connected with the Black Sea, with a total round trip of about 35,000 miles. Everywhere the band went, they exchanged gifts with local tribal leaders and held a grand performance. Now puppet shows, shadow play and acrobatics were introduced into China at that time. Under the condition of underdeveloped traffic, Zhou Muwang led a team to make great contributions to the development of musical and cultural exchanges between China and the West. This huge song band led by him became the earliest music group to visit abroad in China.

8. The earliest instrumental performance competition in China.

Pipa Competition held in Chang 'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty (785-805 AD). At that time, two colorful buildings were set up in East Street and West Street of Chang 'an. The pipa player on the colorful building in East Street was Kang Kunlun, a Chinese from the Western Regions. He was a court pipa player and was known as the "first hand pipa". On the color building of West Street is Duan Shanben, a pipa player dressed as a girl. According to the records in Yi Yue Fu Miscellaneous Records, after the competition started, after Kang Kunlun played a song "Feather Tune Record", Duan Shanben immediately moved to "Fengxiang Tune" to play. As a result, Kang Kunlun was fascinated by Duan Shanben's playing and became a teacher.

9. The earliest music school in ancient China.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty (BC 1 1 century-the 8th century before), it has a history of more than 3,000 years. At that time, the ruling class attached great importance to music and regarded it as an important tool for ruling the country. As a music institution in the Zhou Dynasty, "Dasi Music" holds the functions of music education and performing rites and music. Its training targets are mainly the children of the royal family and nobles, and some of them are outstanding music talents selected from the people. The main contents of study are music aesthetics, singing and dancing; The teaching period is 7 years, starting from 13 years old and graduating at 20 years old; The number of students is more than 1400, including more than 600 music teachers (musicians), which can be called a music school with strong teachers and complete institutions.

10, the earliest clavichord introduced to China

1600 years of Italian scholar Matteo Ricci (1552— 16 10) as a tribute to Emperor Wanli. This piano is an Italian-made Qingbaro ancient piano with a rectangular body in the17th century. It was called "the clavichord" when it was paid tribute, also known as Xiqin, Ya Qin or 72-stringed piano. At the same time, Matteo Ricci also introduced eight European church music played on the clavichord to Chinese musicians.

The best musician in China.

1, the first China composer who won the Oscar for Music.

1988, after fierce competition, Su Cong, a 3 1 year-old young composer from China, won the 60th Oscar for Best Music Award for his outstanding score in the film The Last Emperor, which was the first time for a composer in China.

Su Cong graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music on 1982, and then went to the Free University of West Berlin in Germany to study for a doctorate in comparative musicology. 1985, Su Cong participated in the International Music Competition on the 0/00th anniversary of Liszt's death in Budapest, Hungary, and his Piano Fantasia won the second prize. Since then, the prestigious Peter Music Publishing Company has specially hired him as a member of the company.

2. The earliest musician in China history.

In the long history of our country, there are countless excellent musicians. Among them, Kui is the earliest musician in Chinese history. Kui lived in the later period of the Yellow Emperor and Yao Shunyu in Chinese legends. According to the Book of History, Kui once served as the music official of Shun. Kui was originally a commoner with musical expertise living in a remote and marginal place, and was later promoted and reused by Shun abnormality. After serving as a music official, Kui personally participated in the creation and command of the famous music and dance Shaole. According to legend, this music and dance has been spread to the State of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period more than/kloc-0.000 years later. After listening to it, Confucius praised that "Shao is beautiful and good". It can be seen that Kui's musical skills are superb.

3. The earliest music theorist who founded the law of twelve averages.

Zhu Zaiyu, an outstanding scientist and music theorist in Ming Dynasty, was the first person in the world to establish the "Twelve Equal Laws" with scientific theory. His legal works amount to as many as 17, and he created the "new secret rate" completely and systematically, that is, the twelve-average law. Zhu Zai-yu's textual research has a small error in pitch, and its accuracy has amazed some western music theorists.

4. The world's least staged performer.

/kloc-one night in the late autumn of 0/950, at a literary evening in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, an old man who was blind and nearly sixty years old played an erhu solo "Two Springs Reflecting the Moon" on the stage, which won the audience's prolonged applause, and the performer was so excited that his eyes filled with tears that he added a song "Listening to Song".

He is a famous folk musician-blind A Bing.

A Bing was originally named Hua Yanjun, a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu. I loved music since I was a child. I studied various musical instruments with my adoptive father Hua Qing and Taoist priests. I can sing and play, and I can improvise words.

Forced by life, A Bing lived on the streets, and then unfortunately suffered from eye diseases and became blind. The erhu strings in his hand are thick and tight, and others generally can't press them. His piano sound is loud and distant, and his performance is unique. He can stand and pull or walk while pulling, and it is his common playing posture to clamp the erhuqin tube between his knees.

Although A Bing has excellent skills, he has never been on the stage. This literary evening was the first and last time he appeared on the stage in his life. A Bing died shortly after the performance.

195 1 year, Tianjin People's Broadcasting Station broadcasted Hua Yanjun's masterpiece "Two Springs Reflecting the Moon" for the first time, and 1954 published "A Bing Songs". On the 0/0 anniversary of National Day/KLOC-,China Foreign Cultural Association presented "Two Springs Reflecting the Moon" to international friends as one of the representative works of Chinese national music. Since then, Hua Yanjun's works have been widely circulated abroad and have been highly praised.

Seiji Ozawa, a famous Japanese conductor, burst into tears after listening to "Two Springs Reflecting the Moon" and expressed his emotion: "The feeling of heartbroken is so appropriate."

The best record

1, the earliest record in the world

The first record in the world was recorded by American engineer Emile Berliher in 1888. This record is now in the National Museum in Washington, USA. Early records had two holes in the middle, and the stylus turned from the inside out. Only one side of the record is recorded, and a caption card is attached to the back.

2. The earliest speakers and electric phonographs.

1898 Horace Short of London, England patented the "Ogzetfern" loudspeaker, which is the earliest loudspeaker in the world. This loudspeaker uses a device for compressing air. The earliest electric phonograph with loudspeaker amplifier instead of earphone was 1925, which was made by Brown zwick Panatrop of Brown zwick Company in Darby, Ohio, USA.

3. The earliest jazz records

The earliest jazz record in the world was 19 17, which went on sale on March 7th. On one side, this record records Songs of New Orleans Jazz Band, and on the other side, it records Nervous and Firm Moment. The performer is Nick larocca's original New Orleans jazz band, published by Picta Company in Camden, New Jersey, USA.

4. The earliest opera records

1896, the French company Patay Frebet began to sell the world's earliest opera records, which are cylindrical records, and the recordings were made by famous opera singers at that time. 1903, Fred Gasbag of Gramophone Company recorded "Clown" in Milan, Italy, which is the world's earliest complete opera record, and was personally conducted by the opera writer Leon Cavallo.

5. The earliest gold-plated records

The song "Katanuga Autumn Autumn" played by Glenn Milla Orchestra in the United States was used in the American film "San Barre Serenade" made in 194 1 year. In the same year, ABC began to sell the album of this song, and it reached/kloc-0.0 million copies in just a few months. To this end, ABC specially produced a gold-plated record for Glenn Milla Orchestra to celebrate. This is the world's first gold-plated record.

6. The earliest gold records

Gold records are specially designed by western countries to reward singers who make records. As long as a record sells/kloc-0.00 million copies, then the/kloc-0.00 million copies are called "golden records". Of course, this "golden record" won by the singer is not gold, but an honor. The first gold record in the world recorded an aria from the opera Clown by Leon Cavallo (1858— 19 19), which was made by the famous Italian tenor Enrico Caruso (1873—192/).

7. The earliest record library

19 14, the library in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA opened the world's earliest record library. At the beginning of the opening, there were only 25 records donated by the local women's club. By 19 19, the library had nearly 600 records, and the number of loans reached 3,505 times.

8. Best-selling records

The record of the highest number of personal records sold was created by Michael Jackson. His albums have sold tens of millions of copies all over the world. Because of his long-term prosperity in the music world, his record is still rising. The first classical dense-grain slow-turn record that broke the1000000 mark was Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's Piano Sonata No.1, which was played by pianist Harvey Lavan Klebenger Jr. The song record with the largest circulation in the world is irving berlin's work "I wish to be bright again", which is a Christmas carol. In the decades since the work came out, the number of records sold has reached 50 million.

9. The most durable record

1 On August 20th, 977, the American spaceship "Voyager1"set out from Cape Kennedy, USA. An aluminum box is fixed around the spacecraft with several titanium bolts. There is a porcelain singing head, a diamond singing needle and a gold-sprayed copper record in the box. Two hours of audio programs are recorded in the record, all of which are all kinds of sounds on the earth. Among them, there are 35 kinds of natural sounds, which can be broadcast in 12 minutes, such as wind and rain, thunder and lightning, birds singing and animals barking, etc. In addition, the record also includes greetings in more than 60 different languages in the world. Three-quarters of the whole album recorded the music of different nationalities in different times and regions on the earth, and there were as many as 27 songs, one of which was China's guqin "Running Water". Even if this record is used for 10 billion years, its timbre will be as bright as new, making it the most durable record in the world.

10, the smallest record

The smallest record in the world, only 35 mm in diameter. The record recorded the British national anthem. This kind of record was produced by a British record company in 1924, and only 250 copies were made before and after. Today, this kind of miniature record has become a collector's pet and a museum treasure.

The best concert

1, the largest music festival in the world

1August, 969 15, an unparalleled large-scale music festival was held in Husto private farm on the outskirts of new york, USA, with more than 450,000 participants from various states. At first, it was stipulated to buy tickets for admission, but later it was out of control because many people had fewer tickets, so it was simply free. The slogan of this activity was "Peace and Music", which lasted for three days and three nights. There was no violence and several babies were born at the scene. Max Jaska, the owner of the farm, became a celebrity overnight.

2. The biggest pop concerts.

1September 1980 13, elton john's concert was held in new york Central Park, attended by about 400,000 people. A year later, in the same place, 500,000 people attended the joint concert of Simon and Gefunk. 1973 On July 29th, new york Waters Grand held the Swing Music Festival. At this music festival, 600,000 people attended, but only/kloc-0.5 million people bought tickets.

3. Concert actors and audiences are the best.

The largest chorus appeared in Brurau, Germany on August 2nd, 1937. At the end of the chorus competition with160,000 participants, 60,000 people sang in unison. The classical concert with the largest number of participants was1a free open-air concert played by New York Philharmonic on the lawn of new york Central Park on July 5, 986, with an estimated 800,000 participants. The record for the audience was set by/kloc-0 in downtown Houston, Texas on April 5, 1986. People saw the laser map shining on the surface of the building. It is estimated that1300,000 people came to watch this laser show, which caused the biggest traffic jam in Houston's history.

4. The earliest music competition

About the sixth century AD, a large-scale competition was held in Delphi to commemorate Apollo's beheading of python. Besides sports, there are also music and poetry. The ancient Greeks believed that an open competition could not only stimulate the talents of the players, but also improve the appreciation level of the general audience.

5. The earliest public concert

The world's earliest concert with admission fee was held in 1672 by British violinist John Bassett. The venue of the concert is a big room with some chairs and tables, like a beer shop. The fare is one shilling. Banister organized several musicians to play on a small stage, starting at 6 o'clock every night and playing for six years in a row.

6. The loudest concert

1may 3, 9761day, a unparalleled concert at Charlton football stadium in London, England. There are 80 800-watt super DC30A amplifiers and 20 600-watt treble 200 frequency dividers on the stage. The total output power of the amplification equipment is as high as 76,000 watts, and the noise of the audience 50 meters in front of the stage reaches 120 dB. Despite this, there are still thousands of people who are willing to go to the meeting at the risk of lifelong deafness.

7. Maximum number of curtain calls

1On July 5th, 983, Puccini's opera The Bohemian was performed in vienna state opera, Austria, and Placidl Domingo, a world-famous tenor, gave an excellent performance. When his lead singer ended, thunderous applause lasted for an hour and a half, and Domingo made 83 curtain calls, becoming the highest honor for a singer in the history of opera.

8, the longest repeat

1844, in a concert in England, one of Handel's songs was endlessly welcomed, which made other programs unable to go on stage and had to announce the end. The longest reenactment in the world was Simarosa's opera The Wedding of segre, which was first staged in 1792. At the order of the then Austro-Hungarian Emperor Leo bould II, the whole play was repeated.

9. The most expensive concerts

1985 1 month 17, the famous Italian tenor Pavarotti gave a performance in Honolulu Concert Hall, the capital of Hawaii. The lowest ticket price for this concert was 125 USD, and it was fully booked half a year ago. However, according to the local newspaper, the ticket price in Honolulu is only half of that when Pavarotti performed in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. When performing in Vegas, the price of each ticket is as high as $250. 1at the end of the 9th century, the ticket price of the lyric coloratura soprano Jenny Linde (1820-1887), who is known as the "Swedish nightingale", was even more expensive. Music fans paid $653 for a ticket in order to listen to her singing.

10, the city with the strongest musical atmosphere

Vienna is the music city of the world. There are five big symphony orchestras, countless small orchestras, 23 theaters and a large number of concert halls in the city. Every night, every theater is packed, and the audience wears the latest and most beautiful clothes to watch the performance and listen to the music. Whether in the streets, restaurants and cafes, Vienna is full of the sound of music. Even press the button on the telephone, you can hear touching music.