1. the shepherd boy piccolo opens a new era of national piano music in China
the reason why the shepherd boy piccolo has great influence is that this China piano piece has been recognized and applauded by many influential people in the international music industry since the day it was published publicly. For example, Qi Erpin (1899-1977), a Soviet pianist and composer, brought this piano piece to Berlin, Munich, Geneva, Vienna, new york, Amsterdam and other major cities, and personally performed it, which was warmly welcomed by audiences all over the world, thinking that it was "a wonderful combination of oriental music and western music". Since then, this piano piece has become famous at home and abroad, and it has become one of the standing repertoire of pianists from all over the world. Ding Shande, a musician, pianist and composer who recorded the "Piccolo", played "Piccolo" in a solo piano concert; EMI Records' good recording and publishing also played an important role in the spread of the Cowboy Piccolo. The Shepherd Boy Piccolo was also published overseas, first in Japan, and then in the Soviet Union, France, Germany and other countries. It makes China's piano music works go to the world, and also lets people around the world know about China.
At that time, people in the domestic music circle believed that He Lvting's greatest success was that he had opened the boundary between China folk music and western music. He combined China's national and folk music with western music in such a seamless way that he produced the Shepherd's Piccolo, which made it to the world music scene without shame. The New Evening News issued a document praising: "The most important and memorable thing is that he opened the boundary between China's tone and western music theory. The success of his work encouraged us to revive and improve China's music and study the technology of western music theory, giving the general ultra-conservative ancient musicians and those who advocate complete Europeanization the same vigilance." Qu Wei, a composer, still said after many years: "Its appearance has a very unusual significance and has created a new world for the nationalization of piano music."
Not only that, some foreign musicians also said that "The Shepherd Boy Piccolo" is a piano solo sketch with rigorous structure, vivid image, beautiful sound and strong local flavor, which is based on China folk music and adopted the traditional techniques of western music. After more than half a century's test, The Shepherd Boy Piccolo is well-deserved to be recognized as a successful piano piece combining Chinese and Western styles with China style. Over the past 7 years, the artistic charm of "The Cowboy Piccolo" has been enduring for a long time, and it is an artistic treasure dedicated by China's excellent national culture to the people of the world.
since the publication of the shepherd boy piccolo, thousands of piano compositions have been produced in China, including many excellent ones. However, from the perspective of music history, objectively speaking, The Shepherd Boy Piccolo is the first fully mature China piano piece, and it is still one of the best China piano pieces. This piece of music with distinctive musical image and strong Jiangnan style is of pioneering significance in the creation of foreign musical instruments (such as piano and violin) in China, and it is still a reserved teaching material in piano teaching.
The Shepherd Boy Piccolo skillfully uses piano skills to express the unique musical style of China's national musical instrument flute, which can be said to be an unprecedented breakthrough in national music, both in playing mode and creative form. At that time, China's conditions were limited, music education was stagnant, and folk music was in the original ecological state. Without professionals to collect and sort out folk music, it would be difficult for national music to promote innovation. While China folk music is rarely recognized and recognized by foreign music circles, The Shepherd Boy Piccolo has indeed created a great miracle for China folk music. As the success of China's piano music, The Shepherd Boy Piccolo was later adapted to China's piano music, which played a great role in promoting the creation of China's national music. Therefore, regardless of its historical position in China's piano music or the influence of China's piano music works, it can be said that it is the first masterpiece of China's national piano music and a masterpiece of China's national music.
2. The Shepherd Boy Piccolo is the earliest successful famous song with the most elements of China.
The piano art of China first sprouted in the late 19th century and early 2th century. Zhao Yuanren composed March for Peace and March for Children in 1915 and 1919 respectively. These piano pieces with simple conception and short form mark the birth of China's piano music. Although these works didn't have much influence at that time for various reasons, 2 years later, they brought inspiration and inspiration to the creation of the shepherd boy piccolo. It is a new musical attempt to compose China folk music with piano music, and the piano, as the king of musical instruments, is of great significance. Music has no national boundaries, and music works need to keep pace with the times. It is undoubtedly the best attempt to integrate China elements into piano music, which will help promote China folk music to the world and let people around the world know about China music. Of course, China composers created China piano music, a novel work of art, with this foreign art form, and there must be a historical process from imitation, exploration, experiment to maturity.
it's no accident that the shepherd boy piccolo became the most successful masterpiece of China's national piano music. At that time, besides "The Cowboy Piccolo" won the first prize, He Lvting also won the second prize for "Lullaby". Although "Thinking of the Past" has strong national characteristics, it has little influence. In addition, there are 2 piano pieces by 11 people, and only "The Cowboy Piccolo" won a great victory. This is also because it has a distinctive national style, runs through the implicit beauty of the ancient oriental civilization, and shows the industrious, simple, cheerful and lively national character of the Chinese nation.
the shepherd boy piccolo has a simple structure, and the whole song is in c major, consisting of a, b and a in three stages. The whole work is fresh, fluent, echoing and answering two-part polyphonic melody, which successfully imitates the characteristics of China folk musical instrument flute, and shows people a traditional China Jiangnan ink painting. The first passage adopts the mode of eight-tone, with slow speed and quiet and melodious melody. By polyphony, the upper and lower melodies are performed at the same time, just like the idyllic scenery of red flowers and green leaves against each other: a shepherd boy rides on the back of a cow, plays a bamboo flute and roams leisurely in the field. In the second passage, the traditional folk dance rhythm is adopted, and the main melody has a slightly faster speed of sound, and the mood is more enthusiastic and high. The shepherd boy rides an ox and plays the flute vividly, and the main melody is like the unique vibrato technique of bamboo flute, bright and high, and the accompaniment jumps with joy. The third passage is written by borrowing the polyphony of the first paragraph, and the tune is more fluent, cheerful and compact. There are many changes in melody, and the speed of the music gradually slows down at the end, ending in a bright high-pitched area, watching the shepherd boy go away, and there is an aesthetic feeling that the music is still unfinished, which evokes people's imagination. The harmony of "Shepherd's Piccolo" mostly adopts the method of changing the form, and the accompaniment adopts the parallel three-degree downward harmony tone and the main continuous bass writing, thus weakening the mode harmony function and coordinating with the lively main theme. The superb polyphony in The Shepherd's Piccolo is an important sign that modern piano music has made great progress in exploring polyphony in China style. He Lvting skillfully uses polyphony, pentatonic rotation, multi-purpose progressive main melody, common ending with three or four degrees, and music development with repetition and antithesis as the main forms in his music, which makes the melodies of the two parts full of the charm of China folk songs.
it is true that the shepherd boy piccolo not only uses the techniques of western music, but also shows the characteristics of national music, which has a far-reaching impact on solving the problem of the relationship between Chinese and western music, inheriting the excellent national culture, promoting the innovation of national music culture, and even on the creation of new music in China, and also adds a new variety to the world piano music.
3. The Cowboy Piccolo gave birth to the prosperity of piano music in China.
The success of the piano music of the Cowboy Piccolo gave birth to the creative enthusiasm of the China music circle for China national piano music at that time. It has the most miracles in the history of piano music in China, with great influence and far-reaching significance. China's piano music really appeared in the early 2th century, when many piano music works were created, composers injected factors such as the times and nationality into the creation of various music genres. Chinese composers also strive to give full play to the advantages of European music creation techniques, and apply China's traditional tones and national harmony more maturely, which makes the piano music creation in this period have both the spirit of the times and new development. Among them, The Shepherd's Piccolo is a classic among China's piano works in the 2th century, with elegant style, exquisite techniques and distinct layers, and good use of melody and harmony of national music. It is a reformed European composition technology, which is not only the application of European composition technology, but also a breakthrough of European composition technology. The Shepherd Boy Piccolo is regarded as the first China-style piano work in China, which is the best interpretation of how to combine European music theory with China's national culture. As a pioneering work, The Shepherd Boy Piccolo also inspired China's piano music works, which made China's piano music works take an important step forward.
Since the piano music of "The Cowboy Piccolo" was successful, it has attracted the attention of the world and become a successful model for people to study and learn from. This is of far-reaching significance to China's piano music creation when the fashion was in its infancy and the later development of piano music, and also makes China's piano music works enter a new historical era. The successful works not only lie in the works themselves, but also ignite the good expectations of the domestic music industry for national music, which also enables many excellent China piano music works to be born. Such as Lullaby, Joy of the Shepherd, Variations on the Theme of Folk Songs, Yearning for Spring, Flying Butterflies, Flower Drum, Running Water, Variations, Three Stories in Yangguan, Youth Concerto, Yellow River Concerto, Red women soldiers Suite, etc., these piano pieces have all excavated the national music culture, and through the nationalization of melody, rhythm and music, In a sense, the development of modern piano music in China is not only a continuation of ancient music, but more importantly, it represents "new music". It proves that some composing skills, principles and factors in western music can be used to express China's temperament. At the same time, it also points out the direction for more composers' creative path, provides valuable piano music writing experience, and makes China's piano works look brand-new. It is the root of the nationalization of piano music to seek roots in China's national culture, find creative inspiration and develop new musical fields. As long as we can make unremitting efforts like the previous artists, I believe that more and better national piano music will emerge constantly and become a new artistic wonder to promote China piano music.