1, the first military band founded by China.

From 65438 to 0899, Yuan Shikai was founded in Tianjin at the suggestion of a German consultant. There are about twenty people in this band, and they use the same instruments as foreign brass bands. They used to work for Cixi.

2. The earliest existing military band in China.

Tsinghua University Military Band, founded in 19 16, is still active in amateur wind music field.

3. The earliest violin factory in China.

On June 1949, the first violin factory in China-New China Musical Instrument Factory (namely Beijing Violin Factory) was established. Later, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Yingkou, Suzhou and other cities also set up violin factories. Now, the scientific research department of musical instruments has begun to adopt advanced science and technology, which has greatly improved the violin production level in China.

4. The first bronze statue of a local musician in China.

1982165438+1On October 27th, a bust bronze statue of Xiao, the founder of Shanghai Conservatory of Music, was erected. Xiao, 1884, a native of Zhongshan County, Guangdong Province; 190 1 was admitted to the high school affiliated to Tokyo Normal University in Japan and studied at Tokyo Music School. 19 12 went to Leipzig Conservatory of Music in Germany to study music theory and composition; 1920 After returning to China, he taught in Beijing Women's Teachers College, Peking University Music Studio and Beijing Art Institute successively. From 65438 to 0927, the National Conservatory of Music (now Shanghai Conservatory of Music) was established in Shanghai as a professor, academic director and dean. After the September 18th Incident, a small organization called Anti-Japanese Salvation Association encouraged all teachers and students to write patriotic songs. His Song of National Shame and Song of National Disaster had certain influence at that time.

5. The earliest rap music in China.

The phase was formed in Xunzi (about 365438 BC+03-238 BC). The musical form of Xiangcheng Pian is based on folk rap and ballads and is divided into three movements. "Xiang" is a percussion instrument developed from the labor tools of threshing rice or building dikes, which is used for high-five and rap. "Xiangcheng" was a popular rap form at that time, and later developed into a poetic form. The whole article has four sentences and one rhyme, and it is read at a certain rhythm. There is no fixed tune, and the rhythm is similar to Allegro. Most of the works are promoted as the monarch's way of governing the country, mixed with historical stories and criticism of the reality at that time.

6. The most famous music institution in ancient China.

Yuefu was founded in the fifth year of Emperor Ding Yuan (BC 1 12). "Yuefu" is like a modern choir, and the highest business of this institution is to coordinate Dewey. Professional Yuefu workers will sort out and process the local folk songs collected from Zhao, Qin, Chu and other regions, and then compose new songs for musicians to sing, so that they can be watched by princesses and officials after the imperial palace is moved. In its heyday, Yuefu had more than 800 people, most of whom were first-class musicians, writers and folk artists. This kind of music institution is the product of cultural development under the background of economic development in Han Dynasty.

7. The earliest foreign music and cultural exchange in China.

In the 13th year of Zhou Muwang in the Western Zhou Dynasty (about 989 BC). At that time, Zhou Muwang personally led a huge song band to the west, reaching the Black Lake connected with the Black Sea, with a total round trip of about 35,000 miles. Everywhere the band went, they exchanged gifts with local tribal leaders and held grand performances. Now puppet shows, shadow puppetry and acrobatics were introduced to China at that time. Under the condition of underdeveloped traffic, Zhou Muwang led the team to make great contributions to the development of cultural exchanges between Chinese and Western music. The huge song band he led became the first music group in China to visit abroad.

8. The earliest instrumental performance competition in China.

Pipa Competition held in Chang 'an, the capital of Tang Dynasty (785-805 AD). At that time, two colorful buildings were erected in East Street and West Street of Chang 'an. The pipa player on Dongjie Cailou is Kang Kunlun, a native of China from the Western Regions. He is a court pipa player and is called "the first-hand pipa". On the color building of West Street is Duan Shanben, a pipa player dressed as a girl. According to the records in Yi Yuefu Miscellaneous Notes, after the competition started, Kang Kunlun played a song "Feather Tune Record", and Duan Shanben immediately moved to Fengxiang Tune. As a result, Kang Kunlun became fascinated by Duan Shanben's performance and became a teacher.

9. The earliest music school in ancient China.

The Western Zhou Dynasty (BC 1 1 century-the 8th century before) has a history of more than 3,000 years. The ruling class at that time attached great importance to music and regarded it as an important tool for governing the country. As a music institution in the Zhou Dynasty, "Big Four Music" has the functions of music education and ritual music performance. Its training targets are mainly the children of the royal family, and some of them are outstanding music talents selected from the people. The main contents of learning are music aesthetics, singing and dancing; Teaching experience is 7 years, starting from the age of 13 and graduating at the age of 20; The number of students 1400, including more than 600 music teachers (musicians), can be called a music school with strong teachers and complete institutions.

10, an ancient piano first introduced into China.

1600 Italian scholar Matteo Ricci (1552- 16 10) paid tribute to the Emperor Wanli. This piano is a piano made in Italy in the17th century, with a rectangular piano body. When paying tribute, it is called "clavichord", also known as Xiqin, Ya Qin or 72-string piano. At the same time, Matteo Ricci also introduced eight European church music played on the clavichord to China musicians.

The best musician in China.

1, the first China composer to win the Oscar music prize.

1988, after fierce competition, Su Cong, a 3 1 year-old young composer from China, won the 60th Academy Award for Best Music for his excellent score in the film The Last Emperor, which was the first time that a composer appeared in China.

Su Cong 1982 graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music, and then went to the Free University of West Berlin to study for a doctorate in comparative musicology. 1985, Su Cong participated in the international music competition for the 0/00th anniversary of Liszt's death in Budapest, and his piano fantasia won the second prize. Since then, the prestigious Peter Music Publishing Company has specially hired him as a member of the company.

2. The earliest musician in the history of China.

In the long history of our country, there are countless outstanding musicians. Among them, Kui is the earliest musician in the history of China. Wei Xiao lived in the late period of the Yellow Emperor and Yao Shunyu in the legend of China. According to historical records, Kui used to be Shun's music official. Wei Xiao was originally a commoner with musical talent who lived in remote areas, but was later promoted and reused by Shun. After becoming a music official, Kui personally participated in the creation and command of the famous music and dance "Little Music". According to legend, this kind of music and dance spread to Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period after 1000 years. Confucius praised "Shao is beautiful and good" after listening. It can be seen that Kui's musical skills are superb.

3. The earliest music theorist who founded the law of twelve averages.

Zhu Zaiyu, an outstanding scientist and music theorist in Ming Dynasty, was the first person in the world to establish the law of twelve averages with scientific theory. His legal works are as many as 17, which completely and systematically created the "new secret rate", that is, the law of twelve averages. Zhu Zaiyu's textual research has a small error in pitch, and its accuracy has surprised some western music theorists.

4. The performer with the least stage in the world.

1950 One night in late autumn, at a literary evening in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, an old man who was blind and nearly sixty years old played an erhu solo "Two Springs Reflecting the Moon" on the stage, which won the audience's prolonged applause. The performer was so excited that tears filled his eyes and added a song "Listening to Songs".

He is a famous folk musician-blind A Bing.

His real name is Hua, a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu. I like music since I was a child. Learn all kinds of musical instruments from adoptive father Hua Qing and Taoist priest. I can sing and play, and I can improvise.

Forced by life, A Bing lived on the streets, and later unfortunately suffered from eye diseases and became blind. The erhu string in his hand is thick and tight, and others generally can't press it. His piano is loud and distant, and his performance is unique. He can stand and pull or walk at the same time. It is his common playing posture to clamp the erhuqin pipe between his knees.

Although A Bing has excellent skills, he has never been on the stage. This literary evening was the first and last time in his life. A Bing died shortly after the performance.

195 1 Tianjin People's Broadcasting Station broadcasted the Chinese masterpiece "Two Springs Reflecting the Moon" for the first time, and 1954 published "Song Collection". On the occasion of 10 National Day, China Foreign Cultural Association presented "Two Springs Reflecting the Moon", one of the representative works of China folk music, to international friends. Since then, Hua's works have been widely circulated abroad and highly praised.

Seiji Ozawa, a famous Japanese conductor, burst into tears after listening to "Two Springs Reflecting the Moon" and said with emotion: "The feeling of heartbroken is too appropriate."

Best record

1, the earliest record in the world.

The first record in the world was recorded by American engineer Emile Berliher in 1888. This record is now in the National Museum in Washington, USA. Early records had two holes in the middle, and the stylus turned out from the inside. Only one side of the record was recorded, and a caption card was posted on the back.

2. The earliest speakers and record players.

1898 Horace Short of London, England, obtained the patent of "Ogzetfern" speaker, which is the earliest speaker in the world. This kind of loudspeaker uses a device for compressing air. The earliest record player that used amplifier instead of earphone was made by Brown Zwick Panatopp 1925 in Darby, Ohio, USA.

3. The earliest jazz records

The earliest jazz record in the world is1965438+March 7, 2007. This record records the songs of the New Orleans Jazz Band, while recording the tense and firm moments. The performer is Nick larocca's original New Orleans jazz band, released by Picta Company in Camden, New Jersey, USA.

4. The earliest opera records

1896, the French company Patay Frebet began to sell the world's earliest opera records, which were cylindrical records, and the recordings were made by famous opera actors at that time. 1903, Fred Gasper of the phonograph company recorded The Clown in Milan, Italy, which is the earliest complete opera record in the world, and was personally conducted by the opera writer Leon Cavallo.

5. The earliest gold-plated records

The song "Catanu plus Qiu Qiu" played by American Glenn Milla Orchestra was used in the American film "Serenade of Saint Barre" produced by 194 1. In the same year, ABC began to sell the album of this song, which reached 65,438+0,000 copies in just a few months. To this end, ABC specially made a gold-plated record for Glenn Milla Orchestra to celebrate. This is the world's first gold-plated record.

6. The earliest gold record

Gold records are specially designed by western countries to reward singers who make records. As long as a record sells 6.5438+0 million copies, the 6.5438+0 million copies are called "golden records". Of course, this "golden record" won by the singer is not gold, but an honor. The world's first gold record recorded an aria from Leon Cavallo's opera The Clown (1858- 19 19), composed by the famous Italian tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-192/kloc).

7. The earliest record library

19 14, the library in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA opened the world's earliest record library. At the beginning of its opening, the local women's club donated only 25 records. By 19 19, the library had nearly 600 volumes of records, which were lent out for 3,505 times.

8. best-selling records

The record of the highest sales of personal records was set by Michael Jackson. His album has sold tens of millions of copies all over the world. Because of his long-term prosperity in the music industry, his records are still rising. The first classical dense-pattern slow-motion record that broke through the 654.38+million mark was Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's Piano Sonata No.1 played by pianist Harvey Laban claiborne, Jr., and the most widely distributed song record in the world was irving berlin's work I wish to shine again, which was a Christmas carol. In the decades after the work came out, the record sales have reached 50 million.

9. The most enduring record

1 On August 20th, 977, the American spaceship Voyager1set off from Cape Kennedy, USA. An aluminum box is fixed around the spacecraft with several titanium bolts. There is a porcelain singer, a diamond stylus and a gold-plated copper record in the box. The record recorded two hours of audio programs, all of which were all kinds of sounds on the earth. Among them, there are 35 kinds of natural sounds, which can be played for 12 minutes, such as wind and rain, lightning, bird singing, animal barking and so on. In addition, the record also includes greetings from more than 60 different languages in the world. Three-quarters of the whole album records the music of different nationalities in different times, regions and regions on the earth, with a total of 27 songs, one of which is "Running Water" by China Guqin. Even if this record has been used for 654.38 billion years, its timbre will be as bright as new, making it the most durable record in the world.

10, the smallest record

The smallest record in the world, with a diameter of only 35 mm. This record recorded the British national anthem. This kind of record was made by a British record company in 1924, and only 250 copies were released before and after. Today, such miniature records have become collectors' pets and museum treasures.

Best concert

1, the largest music festival in the world.

1969 August 15, an unparalleled large-scale music festival was held at Husto private farm in the suburb of new york, USA, with more than 450,000 participants from all States. At first, you needed tickets to enter, but later, because many people couldn't control it, they simply opened it for free. The slogan of this activity was "Peace and Music", which lasted for three days and three nights. There was no violence, and several babies were born at the scene. Max Jaska, the owner of the farm, became a celebrity overnight.

2. The biggest pop concert.

1On September 3rd, 980, elton john's concert was held in new york Central Park, attended by about 400,000 people. A year later, in the same place, 500,000 people attended the joint concert of Simon and Gefunk. On July 29th, 1973, the Swing Music Festival was held in Waters Grande, new york. This music festival, 600,000 people attended, but only 6,543,800+0,500 people bought tickets.

The concert actors and audience are the best.

The biggest chorus appeared in1August 2, 937 in Brurau, Germany. At the end of the chorus competition of 16000 people, 60000 people sang in chorus. The classical concert with the largest number of participants was a free open-air concert performed by New York Philharmonic on the lawn of new york Central Park on July 5th, 1986, with an estimated attendance of 800,000 people. The audience record was set by/kloc-0 in downtown Houston, Texas on April 5, 986. People see laser maps shining on the surface of buildings. It is estimated that1300,000 people came to watch the laser show, which caused the biggest traffic jam in Houston's history.

4. The earliest music competition

Around the 6th century AD, a large-scale competition was held in Delphi to commemorate Apollo's beheading of the python. Besides sports, there are music and poetry. The ancient Greeks believed that an open competition could not only stimulate the talent of the players, but also improve the appreciation level of the ordinary audience.

5. The earliest public concert

The earliest concert with admission fee in the world was held in 1672 by British violinist John Bassett. The venue of the concert is a big room with some chairs and tables, like a beer shop. The fare is one shilling. Banister organized several musicians to play on a small stage, starting at 6 o'clock every night and playing continuously for six years.

6. The loudest concert

1976 May 3 1 Sunday, Charlton Football Stadium in London, England, a concert with unparalleled volume. There are 80 800-watt super DC30A amplifiers and 20 600-watt treble 200 frequency dividers on the stage. The total output power of the public address equipment is as high as 76,000 watts, and the audience noise 50 meters in front of the stage reaches 120 decibels. Nevertheless, there are still thousands of people who are willing to attend the meeting at the risk of lifelong deafness.

7. Maximum number of curtain calls

1On July 5th, 983, Puccini's opera "The Bohemian" was staged in vienna state opera, Austria, and placido domingo, a world-famous tenor, performed particularly well. When his lead singer ended, thunderous applause lasted for an hour and a half, and Domingo made 83 curtain calls, becoming the highest honor of a singer in the history of opera.

8. Longest repetition

1844, at a concert in England, one of Han Deer's songs was so popular that other programs couldn't go on stage and had to be cancelled. The longest replay in the world is Simarosa's opera The Wedding of Segray, which was first staged in 1792. At the order of the then Austro-Hungarian Emperor Leo Boulder II, the whole play was staged again.

9. The most expensive concert

1985 65438+ 10 17, the famous Italian tenor Pavarotti gave a performance in Honolulu Concert Hall, the capital of Hawaii, USA. The lowest ticket price for this concert is $ 125, which was fully booked six months ago. However, according to local newspapers, the ticket price of Honolulu is only half that of Pavarotti when he performed in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. When performing in Las Vegas, the price of each ticket was as high as $250. /kloc-at the end of 0/9, the concert tickets of lyric coloratura soprano Jenny Linde (1820- 1887), who is known as the "Swedish nightingale", were more expensive. Music fans paid $653 for a ticket to hear her sing.

10, the city with the strongest musical atmosphere.

Vienna is the music city of the world. There are five big symphony orchestras, countless small orchestras, 23 theaters and a large number of concert halls in the city. Every night, every theater is packed, and the audience wears the latest and most beautiful clothes to watch the performance and listen to music. Whether in the streets, restaurants or cafes, Vienna is full of the sound of music. You can hear touching music even if you press the button on the phone.