The formation and development of popular music in China are as follows:
The term popular music first appeared in performance reports in the 19th century. Before World War II, popular music usually included jazz music, Latin American song and dance music such as rumba and tango, general movie songs, musicals, and world-popular local music (such as American new folk songs, Italian Neapolitan songs, French ditties , black spirituals, Hawaiian music, Chinese contemporary music, etc.).
After the Second World War, the names of popular music became more diverse. In addition to the above categories, rock music (once translated as swing music), new rock music, country and western music, and black souls were added. Music and blues, disco, happy music, etc. There are various variations among them.
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Rock music includes folk rock, East Coast rock, West Coast rock, psychedelic rock, etc. In addition, there are many tributaries, such as the development of disco, including twist dancing, bossa nova and today's break dancing.
The term "popular music" as a proper noun first appeared in performance reports in European newspapers in the 19th century. After entering the 20th century, especially after the Second World War, popular music with richer styles They emerge one after another and cater to the public's aesthetic concepts, so they are popular all over the world. Popular music mainly refers to the music form that flourished in Hong Kong and Taiwan after the 1970s. From a musicological perspective, popular music should be classified as popular music.
Today’s popular music styles are more detailed and independent. Each style has creators, researchers and enthusiasts who devote their efforts to it, but in general, popular music is still full of Friendly and fashionable music form.
The beginning of Chinese popular music can be traced back to the early 20th century. Songs such as "Sister I Love You" and "Drizzle", which were born in 1927, are symbols of the birth of popular music in our country. The creation of these popular songs Liang Jinhui is known as the founder of popular music.
After the 1950s, the popular center of popular music shifted to Hong Kong and Taiwan, and this began a period of silence that lasted nearly twenty years.
In the 1970s, the spring breeze of reform opened the country, which also brought about the re-emergence of popular music. Popular music represented by Teresa Teng had an important impact on the mainland. After the 1980s, popular music began to develop in a diversified way. During this period, represented by "Northwest Wind" and Cui Jian's "rock", the prosperous era of popular music officially arrived.
Since the 1990s, popular music has entered a period of openness and differentiation. my country’s popular music has been increasingly influenced by the European, American, Japanese and Korean music circles, becoming more fashionable, alternative, advanced, and closer to the contemporary fast-paced social life. According to the aesthetic requirements, the melody is weakened, the rhythm is strengthened, and the musical form is diversified.
After nearly a hundred years of ups and downs, popular music has gradually taken shape and is divided into several basic styles: folk style (new folk songs, campus folk songs, etc.), urban romantic style (love songs, etc.), rock music (European and American rock, local rock, etc.), northwest wind, new seasonal minor tunes and other types.