1. Hamamatsu City, Japan, enjoys the reputation of the "City of Music". Represented by the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, numerous international music events are held here.
2. Munich is the birthplace of the famous composer and conductor Richard Strauss. There are more than 20 opera houses and theaters in the city, making it a world-famous music city. Built in the early 19th century, the Bavarian State Opera is a world-class opera house.
------------Paris music can refer to the music of France as a whole to a certain extent-------
France is the cultural center of the world. It is also a music center. The development of orthodox music (different from popular music) in France can be traced back to the religious music of the 5th century in the medieval period. From then until the end of the 15th century, France continued to develop and evolve in religious music. Polyphonic music activities appeared, as well as "Notre Dame Polyphonic Music" and so on, making the French region a polyphonic religious music. center.
After the 14th century, the label of French music can be said to be the manifestation of "Ars Nova", which fundamentally represents spiritual and technical innovation, and a new style of motet appeared. Subdivisions in sound quality and changes in beats. During the Renaissance that followed, French music flourished even more. At the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century, emerging European palaces, cities, and federations were willing to sponsor the development of musical performances and other arts. France followed this development, which naturally showed a different kind of rigorous music performance from Germany and Austria. free-spirited.
During the Baroque period of the 17th to 18th centuries, the autocratic monarchy of the French Louis Dynasty made court music flourish. Among the court musicians at this time were Colombey, Marine Marais, and Couperin. , Lully and other composers and performers. Lully and Rameau laid the foundation for French opera creation. During the French Revolution, the liberal revolutionary ideas demanded by the people made music begin to move to the streets and squares, and the French "Marseillaise" appeared.
In the Romantic period, Berlioz appeared and established the fixed musical ideas of title music. The characteristics of this symphonic music are reflected in the outstanding dramatic effect and title, which also enabled the orchestra to begin to have a modern organization and expressive power. "Symphony Fantasy" is the essence of all Berlioz's works and also represents the French romance. The generation of music school. After that, the afterglow of romantic music swept across the French music scene. French opera was also influenced by the realist literary and artistic trend at that time, and lyric opera appeared. Among them, romances, ballads, ballads, arias and other more life-oriented musical forms The indoor form replaced the huge structure of previous grand operas. The realism technique of French opera reached its perfection in Bizet's opera "Carmen", which can be said to be the pinnacle of French opera art in the 19th century. After 1850, a new musical drama genre appeared in France - operetta. Offenbach's operettas have a variety of themes, and Offenbach's "Barcarolle" section in the opera "Legends der Hoffmann" is even more loved and praised by music fans.
In 1871, the Society of Ethnomusicia was established in France. One of the organizers was the composer Saint-Sa?ns, whose "Organ" Symphony No. 3 is the most well-known piece.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Debussy and Ravel appeared in Paris. The most original French composer should be Debussy (1862-1918). He created the "Impressionism" music that greatly influenced the European and American music circles. Ravel (1875-1937) was another musician who created his own original style. Ravel's best works include "Spanish Rhapsody", "Waltz", "Bolero", etc. After Ravel, there was Oleg, Poulenc became the representative of New Romanticism, and Messiaen's "Doomsday Quartet" proved man's courage. Messiaen's student Boulez was an important French composer in the avant-garde.