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Guangdong
Music, evolved mainly in the Ming and Qing dynasties, was formed on
the basis of Zhongyuan (central China) ancient melody, Kun melody,
and Jiangnan (east China) folk tunes, belonging to a kind of string
and wind instrumental music. First popular in the Pear River delta
area and then spreading to other places all over China, it features
clear and melodious and profound content, acclaimed as
"transparent music" and "a pearl of oriental folk
music". It is different from other folk music in tone color and
style by using decorating tone and "Jiahua" when playing.
More than 300 pieces were composed before the foundation of PRC and
now it is heard wherever there are Chinese descendents. Many pieces
of Guangdong music can be filled with words to become songs or
operatic arias.
Most famous tune names of Guangdong music are "Pinghuqiuyue
(Autumn Moon over the Calm Lake)", "Yudabajiao (It Rains
on Plantains)", "Emayaoling (Hungry Horse Shakes the
Bell)", and "Bubugao (Step by Step)".
Famous
Works
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"It
Rains on Plantain"
Famous Guangdong music tune name. Composer is unknown, It was
supposed to be a He family score. The piece sounds enthusiastic
and flows smoothly to create a scene of southern Chian, making
itself one of the most representative works of Guangdong music.
On the 1st China Guangdong Music Competition in March of 1987,
it was named the compulsory piece for all participants to play.
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"Autumn
Moon over the Calm Lake"
Famous Guangdong music work, it was composed by Lu Wencheng who
admired the night scene of West Lake of Hangzhou which he toured
in 1930s. Soft melodic praise of the natural scenery, it is an
exquisite lyric piece of Guangdong music with a single passage
of moving melody that exudes the artistic charm of a song.
·Guangdong Quyi
Guangdong Quyi in a narrow sense means the Cantonese tunes
singing and in a wider sense means the combination of all Quyi
forms available in the province. For instance, the Cantonese
tunes, Muyu songs, dragon boat songs, southern music, Chaozhou
songs, Hakka bamboo slip songs, salt-water songs, etc. In a
word, it indicates the singing and storytelling art active in
Guangzhou and surrounding areas.
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Cantonese
Tunes Singing
The most popular Quyi form in the dialect area of Guangzhou,
the Cantonese tunes singing came from Cantonese operatic
arias. Sung in local dialect, it is popular in Guangzhou,
Hong Kong, Macau and Southeast Asia. Overseas Chinese in
north and south Americas love it too. Independent of the
opera where it came from, it focuses on its own sweetness
and pleasantness for vocal melody rather than story telling,
While it is based on Xipi and Erhuang tune systems, it has
also absorbed the essence of other folk art or Quyi forms.
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