First, "mountains and rivers"
Liezi Tang Wen records that Boya is good at playing the piano and Zhong Ziqi is good at listening to it. On one occasion, Boya stood on a high mountain and played a magnificent piece of music. Zhong Ziqi said with appreciation, "The great ambition is on the high mountain." Boya played another stormy tune, and Zhong Ziqi said, "Yang Yang is determined to run water." Zhong Ziqi can deeply understand the connotation of the music "Mountains and Waters" played by Boya. From then on, the two became bosom friends, which was passed down as an eternal story.
According to documents, Mountain Flowing Water was originally a song. Since the Tang Dynasty, Mountain Flowing Water and Mountain Flowing Water have been divided into two independent piano pieces. Among them, the song "Running Water" got more development in modern times, and its music score was first seen in "Magic Secret Spectrum" in Ming Dynasty (written by Zhu Quan at 1425). Running water, played by Mr Guan Pinghu, was recorded in the golden record of American space probe and launched into space on August 22nd, 1977/kloc-0, looking for a new "bosom friend" in the vast universe.
Second, "Guangling San"
Guangling San, also known as Guangling Stop, is a large-scale instrumental music work in ancient China, which was one of the tunes of Hunan and Chu during the Han and Wei Dynasties. Ji Kang was killed for opposing Sima's dictatorship. Before his execution, he calmly played this song as a sustenance. According to "Magic Secret Song", this song was originally a folk music popular in Guangling area (now Shouxian County, Anhui Province) at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He used to play with Qin, Zheng, Sheng, bamboo and other musical instruments, but now there are only guqin songs.
Guangling San, which is contained in the Magic Secret Spectrum, is divided into 45 paragraphs, namely, small preface, big preface, correct pronunciation, chaotic pronunciation and post-preface. The melody of the music is special, and the second string is homophonic with the first string, so that the bass melody can be played on these two strings at the same time, achieving a strong acoustic effect. The reason why this song can rank among the top ten ancient songs is partly because of Ji Kang. Ji Kang, a famous pianist in the late Wei Dynasty, was killed for opposing Sima's dictatorship. Before leaving, Ji Kang calmly played this song as a sustenance. After playing, he lamented that Guangling San became a masterpiece today. After that, "Guangling San" became famous, and when people understand this song, they have another meaning, which contains a feeling of contempt and resentment for the powerful.
Third, "Pingsha Wild Goose"
"Wild Goose in Pingsha" is a piano piece expressing feelings, also known as "Wild Goose in Pingsha" and "Wild Goose in Pingsha". It spread to Chen Ziang in the Tang Dynasty, to Mao Xun in the Song Dynasty and to Zhu Quan in the Ming Dynasty. Qupu was first published in Authentic Ancient Sounds compiled by Zhu Changfang, a warlord, in 1634 (the seventh year of Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty). This song was originally composed of four paragraphs, which developed into six paragraphs, seven paragraphs and eight paragraphs in the process of circulation.
The whole song outlines the vast and magnificent scenery of Qiu Jiang with the brushwork of ink painting, showing the shallow sound of quicksand, clouds, Cheng Wanli and geese flying in the sky. The melody is bright and clear, and the music is open-minded, giving people a solemn and energetic feeling. Taking advantage of the soaring trend of Hongyan, it expresses people's hopes and embodies the praise and love of ancient people for the beautiful scenery of the motherland.
Four, "plum blossom three lane"
The Guqin music "Three Lane of Plum Blossom", also known as "Introduction of Plum Blossom", "Music of Plum Blossom" and "Introduction of Jade Princess", is a masterpiece of Chinese classical music, which was widely circulated among the people as early as the Tang Dynasty. The whole song shows the noble character of Bai Xiangmei and Ao Xue. This is a piano piece full of China ancient literati's interest. "The Joy of Dead Wood Zen" said: "The melody is quiet, the syllables are comfortable, and a sense of loneliness appears in your fingers; It seems that there is a Leng Xiang seeping into your heart, and you have to contact calmly to get what you want. "
Since the Jin and Sui Dynasties, this kind of flute has been composed by Huan Yi, the general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Later, Yan Shigu, a pianist in the Tang Dynasty, adapted it into piano music, which has been passed down to this day. The nobleness of plum blossom in Ao Shuang's works is an important theme in ancient and modern artistic creation, which is often used to describe people with noble moral integrity. Yang Minglun's "Boya Heart Method" records: "Plum is the clearest flower, harp is the clearest sound, and writing the clearest thing with the clearest sound should have a rhyme. The meaning of the three lanes takes the sound outside the three strings, and the same string is different from the cloud. " The complete repetition of three overtones is rarely used in Qin music. "So there are three stacks of sunshine everywhere and three rows of plum blossoms every night." (On Law).
Five, "flying daggers"
House of flying daggers is a famous large-scale pipa, which can be called a classic in music. The grandeur of music content and style is rare in classical music. This piece of music first appeared in the Chinese Pipa score published by 18 18, and later changed its name to Huaiyin Pingchu in the 13 new Daqu Pipa score edited by 1895.
The music is based on the fact that in 202 BC, when the Chu and Han armies fought a decisive battle in Gaixia (now southeast of Lingbi County, Anhui Province), the Han army ambushed on all sides, thus completely defeating the Chu army and forcing Xiang Yu to commit suicide in Wujiang River. Gaixia decisive battle is a famous battle in the history of our country. Pipa's Ambush on Houses shows the fierce situation of this ancient war by means of music, and shows the world a vivid and touching picture of the ancient battlefield.
Six, "Sunset Drum"
This is a lyrical and freehand Wen Qu with a beautiful and smooth melody, and various pipa techniques are used in the performance. Formally, the whole song adopts the ways of expansion, contraction, local increase and decrease and high and low area transformation. This song is widely circulated and is one of the representative works of ancient pipa music. The manuscript with the earliest score 1875. 1925 or so, Shanghai Datong Music Club adapted the music "Moonlight on the Spring River" according to this music. It is like a long scroll, linking colorful scenes together. Through the combination of movement and stillness, distance and proximity, emotion and scenery, the whole music is rich in levels and climaxes, and the poetry expressed by music is fascinating.
Seven, "the fisherman's question and answer"
The fisherman's question and answer is a famous guqin music that has been circulated for hundreds of years, reflecting a hermit's longing for the life of fishing firewood and hoping to get rid of the fetters of secular affairs. The music is vivid and accurate. Music expresses contempt for those who pursue fame and fortune through the pleasure of firewood.
The music adopts the way of dialogue between fisherman and woodcutter, and the theme is condensed and refined. A rising tone is used to indicate a question, and a falling tone is used to indicate an answer. The tune is elegant and unique, depicting the leisurely manner of fishing firewood between green mountains and green waters. The sound of logging or sculling sometimes appears in the music, which vividly reminds people of the life of fishing and firewood.
Eight, "Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia"
The guqin music "Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia" is based on the narrative poem of the same name circulated since the Han Dynasty, and it is an excellent classical music work in the music history of China. The author of the original poem said that it was Cai Wenji, but it was not recorded in The Biography of Cai Yan in the Later Han Dynasty, so it was difficult to draw a conclusion. His music was recorded by the Tang people.
The eighteen passages of the whole song * * * use three modes: Gong, Zheng and Yu. The contrast and development of music are distinct and divided into two levels. The first ten beats mainly describe the author's homesickness when he was in Woody. The latter level expresses the author's hidden pain and sadness when bidding farewell to young children. The music tells the tragic experience of Cai Yan's life in a very touching style, reflecting the profound disaster brought by the war to the people, and expressing the protagonist's deep yearning for the motherland and homeland and the painful feelings of separation of flesh and blood. Guo Moruo praised it as "the most enjoyable lyric poem since Qu Yuan's Lisao".
Nine, "Autumn Moon in Han Palace"
In China's traditional music, there are many homonyms, homonyms and homonyms, and the historical origin and evolution of various versions of music often need painstaking textual research. For example, Autumn Moon in Han Palace has different versions, such as Pipa, Erhu, Guzheng and Jiangnan Sizhu.
This piece of music evolved from the score of an instrument to different scores, and was recreated by their own artistic means to create different musical images, which is a common situation in the spread of folk instrumental music. Music shows the sadness of ancient ladies and a helpless, lonely and indifferent artistic conception of life.
X. Chun Xue
Yangchun Baixue was originally two far-reaching Chu songs, Yangchun and Baixue, written by Mo Chounv, a famous singer and dancer of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. With the help of Qu Yuan and Song Yu, it has a history of more than 2,000 years.
Yangchun and Snow White in the existing music scores are two instrumental works, which are said to have been written by Liu of Jin State or Qi State in the Spring and Autumn Period. There is no exact historical data to explain the time when the works were produced. In 657, in the second year of Tang Xianqing, Lu Cai used old Chinese and western music to match the lyrics. "Magic Secret Spectrum" said in solving the problem: "In the spring, everything knows spring, and the wind is indifferent; Snow White is awe-inspiring and clean, and the sound of snow bamboo is beautiful. " Later, it refers to profound and unfashionable literature and art.