Vocal music originates from the social instinct of human catharsis, expression and communication, and from the life practice and productive labor of working people. The earliest songs are songs that express labor and love, with shouting and shouting as the main singing forms, simple rhythm and natural and primitive singing methods. There are more than 300 songs in The Book of Songs, the earliest collection of poems in the history of China, which are widely circulated. During the feudal period, the state set up music institutions, which were arranged, adapted, created and collected by special personnel. For example, Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs" was an influential large-scale vocal music work at that time, with rich tracks and themes.
In the middle feudal period after the Tang Dynasty, national vocal music developed to unprecedented prosperity. The country has established a relatively complete music creation organization, gathered more than 1000 musicians to collect and create songs, and specially trained music and dance talents, bringing up many talents with superior skills, and national vocal music began to enter the track of normalization and standardization. At this time, many valuable songs and dances were created, such as Daqu in the Tang Dynasty, Zaju in the Song Dynasty, Yuanqu and Kunqu in the Qing Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, various classes were set up all over the country, with strict singing training methods, and some valuable vocal music theories were written, which formed the most basic national vocal music art and laid a solid foundation for the development of Chinese national vocal music.
After the bourgeois revolution, China entered a special period. Due to the chaos of the country and the aggression of warlords and Japanese aggressors against the people, the country is in ruins and the people are in dire straits. The national disaster made different multi-level vocal music works appear in this period. Generally speaking, there are three kinds: one reflects the sentimental sentiment and sentiment of intellectuals, and has a strong bel canto style in singing methods, which is created by music educators and composers represented by Huang Zi and Ying Shangneng. The other is urban ditty, which shows the mental outlook of citizens. These works are very close to people's lives and spread widely in cities, mostly reflecting marriage, love and material life. Represented by Li Jinhui. The third kind is mass songs, which reflect the resistance to Japan and save the nation, publicize the revolutionary movement of workers and peasants, expose the darkness of society and express grievances for the working people. It represents progressive and patriotic cultural and ideological music with high professionalism and artistry. Paper net graduation
In this special period, these three kinds of songs have played a very important role in promoting the development of vocal music art in China. At this time, although Bel Canto has spread, it has not been widely accepted and used by the broad masses of the people, and the traditional national vocal music art can not be systematically sorted out and excavated, nor can it form a systematic and complete singing system.
After liberation, the development of national vocal music has been highly valued by the state. On the one hand, we should explore traditional folk culture and art in an organized and purposeful way, and set up a national vocal music group and a conservatory to cultivate national vocal music. With the efforts of music experts, a large number of famous singers in the field of national vocal music have been trained and created, and a large number of national vocal music tracks have been created. These songs inherited the traditional singing method and borrowed the scientific skills of western Bel Canto. At this time, the singing methods and forms of expression were deeply welcomed by the broad masses of the people in our country and made great contributions to the development of national singing art.
Since the reform and opening up, there has been a new situation in China's national vocal music. Many vocal workers actively devote themselves to the theoretical and practical research of national vocal music, pursue and explore the essence of traditional singing, and at the same time boldly absorb and learn from the scientific vocal techniques in Bel Canto in Western Europe. After a long period of exploration and discussion and stage practice, a national and scientific singing technique was finally formed. During this period, the national vocal music has been revived and prospered. The relaxed political environment and the multicultural ecology have broadened the composer's vision of examining social life, stimulated the creative inspiration to the greatest extent, and summarized the experience and lessons of modern national vocal music creation. The development of national vocal music in the new period can be divided into the following two stages according to the genre and style of works: the first stage is the recovery period, which is the return period of national vocal music creation to lyric songs in the 1950s.