Music has had an impact on society and people since the primitive era of its birth; music, since the era of its birth, people have realized that it has an invisible spiritual power that exists all the time. They are all having an impact on society and people.
The reason why human music art can develop from simple primitive singing in ancient times to the colorful and magnificent splendor on today's music stage and communication media is due to the objective existence of the social function of music and people's respect for it. Inseparable from the deepening aesthetic understanding.
As early as the pre-Qin period in China, Confucius solemnly asserted: "No one can be good at music when changing customs." He deeply felt that noble music plays a subtle and important role in guiding healthy social atmosphere, cultivating people's moral cultivation, and changing social stereotypes and bad habits. Jia Yi, a statesman and writer in the early Han Dynasty, also affirmed the important social function of music in influencing people: "Teach them to enjoy themselves, so as to remove their filth and fill their defiance." Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty believed: "The husband governs the country and annihilates the people. There is nothing like the five tones. "Chinese literati of all dynasties have the same understanding of the essence of music: music affects society and affects people. The political ideals of "the world is governed by the sound of the piano" and "government by the sound of the piano" that they dreamed of were based on their profound understanding of the social function of music - although their ideals were not yet fully understood at the time. It's fantasy.
Around the 5th century BC, philosophers of the Pythagorean school in ancient Greece also observed and noticed the "purifying" effect of music. According to the explanations of philosophers, this "purification" is the "purification" of people's social behavior, and this "purification" process is the process of using music to educate people. Martin Luther, the famous German religious reformer during the Renaissance, also paid great attention to the social function of music. He said: "Music is the source of moral embryos." After the 18th century, the remarks about the social function of music from European music masters More, more concrete; Beethoven said: "Music should spark the human spirit." Mendelssohn said: "Music should enrich our hearts with thousands of beautiful things that are better than words." Schumann When evaluating Chopin, he also said: "Chopin's works are like cannons hidden among the flowers." And Chopin himself said this: "I am willing to sing all the sounds inspired by angry and unrestrained emotions. , so that my work - at least part of my work - can become a war song sung by John Subieski's troops. Although the war song has become extinct, its echo will still ripple on both sides of the Danube. " Liszt even spoke passionately about the social function of music. Music "is the concrete and perceptible essence of our souls. It can permeate into our hearts perceptibly, like arrows, like morning dew, like the atmosphere." It penetrates our hearts; it enriches our souls.”
A profound and accurate understanding of the nature of music and the social function of music is an important achievement in the history of human thought and aesthetics. In China, it has become the basis for every musician to engage in music and cultural activities. The foundation of aesthetic thought and the source of motivation for the development of Chinese music and art.
Music has the function of influencing people's morality, spirit and sentiment. Excellent music is also a symbol and symbol of the spirit of a nation and a country. The influence of music on people will have different expressions in different eras. In peacetime, music is more of a form of entertainment, showing its subtle influence on people's morality, spirit, and sentiment; but in wartime, when the nation's survival and national security are in danger, music inspires people with a trumpet-like call. and acts directly on the human spirit. As Chinese music under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and embodying the development process of advanced culture, it will always shape people with the lofty spirit in music and always inspire people with excellent musical works.
Since the 20th century, in the process of China's social development and in line with the needs of the revolutionary struggle led by the Communist Party of China, the social function of music has also been fully demonstrated. Nie Er, Xian Xinghai, Zhang Shu, Ren Guang and other pioneers and builders of China's new music culture, they followed the objective law that the social function of music will actively affect social practice, and used music as a weapon to fight for the Chinese revolution. made an outstanding contribution to the victory.
In the half century since the founding of the People's Republic of China, China's music and culture construction has developed by leaps and bounds under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and achieved unprecedented achievements and scale. In all aspects of unity, social stability, and economic development, the positive impact and role of New China's music culture on social development is even more obvious. In the more than 20 years of reform and opening up, the music culture of New China has entered a new era of greater prosperity and prosperity. Countless excellent musical works have eulogized our era of change and soaring, and inspired the people of our era. of everyone.