Nie Er (1912-1935), whose original name was Nie Shouxin, whose courtesy name was Ziyi, was a painter of purple arts. His pen names have been Black Angel, Noisy Sen, Huan Yu, and Wang Daping. A native of Yuxi, Yunnan, born in Kunming. Since childhood, he has loved folk music such as lanterns and Yunnan opera, and can play a variety of folk instruments.
During the Great Revolution, he participated in the Progressive Student Movement. He went to Shanghai at the age of eighteen and was admitted to the Mingyue Song and Dance Ensemble the following year, where he learned composition from Li Jinhui. Dissatisfied with the troupe's policies, he quit in 1932 and went to Peking to carry out revolutionary music activities with Li Yuanqing and others. Later, he returned to Shanghai to join the Drama Federation Music Group and initiated and organized the China Emerging Music Research Society. He also worked at Lianhua Pictures and EMI Records, composing music for left-wing progressive films, plays, and stage plays. In 1933, he tried his best in creation for the first time and composed "Song for Mining" and "Song for Selling Newspapers", which were refreshing. 1934 was his "Music Year", with songs such as "Da Road Song", "Pioneer of the Road", "Graduation Song", "New Woman", "Dockworker Song", "Forward Song", "Strike the Yangtze River" and "Golden Snake". "Crazy Dance", "Spring Dawn on Green Lake" and other national instrumental music were all completed during this year. In 1935, he wrote "Mei Niang Song", "Song of Comfort", "Village Girl Beyond the Great Wall", "Self-Defense Song", "Singing Girl Under the Iron Heel" and "March of the Volunteers" which was designated as the national anthem after the founding of the People's Republic of China. He has only been engaged in music creation for about two years, but he has written 20 theme songs or interludes for eight movies, three plays, and one stage play, plus 15 other songs and national instrumental music compiled and adapted from folk music. With four ensemble pieces and two harmonica pieces, *** composed forty-one musical works. In addition, he also published fifteen militant music papers such as "Li Jinhui's "Poem on a Banana Leaf"" and "A Short Essay on Chinese Song and Dance" and three film scripts (not published during his lifetime) including "Youth of the Times".
He came to Japan in 1935, preparing to go to the Soviet Union via Europe to study. Unfortunately, he drowned in the Honuma Sea in Fujisawa City while swimming. His works have distinctive national characteristics and the spirit of the times. For the first time, he created a glorious image of the Chinese proletariat in songs, and he is a well-deserved pioneer of revolutionary music in our country.
"Dance of the Golden Snake": In 1934, Nie Er compiled and adapted the folk music "Inverted Eight Banners" and recorded it under his personal command. "Lao Ba Ban" is a variant of "Lao Liu Ban". It develops the tail changes of the latter as the beginning of the music, so it is commonly known as "Inverted Eight Banners".
In the second section, the word "work" in the original song is replaced by "fan", and it is transferred to the upper fourth-degree palace tune system. The mood becomes brighter and warmer, so it is also called "Fan Forgot Work" or "Fan Forgot Work". Jue Gong Board". The third section adopts the "snail knot top" twisting method, with the upper and lower sentences echoing each other, the sentence length is reduced layer by layer, and the emotions are rising layer by layer, reaching the climax of the whole song. The music is accompanied by exciting gongs and drums, adding to the warm and jubilant atmosphere. Nie Er named it "Dance of the Golden Snake" to reflect his strong belief in New China and revolutionary optimism