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What musical materials are used in the Song of Boatmen on the Yellow River?

"The Song of Boatmen on the Yellow River" is a Shaanxi folk song. The music adopts the genre of labor songs. By creating a vivid image of the boatmen's hard work, it praises the Chinese people's hard-working spirit.

The Song of Boatmen on the Yellow River" is the first movement of the "Yellow River Cantata" and is a mixed chorus.

The tonal material of the Yellow River boatmen’s chants is used here.

This movement is divided into three parts.

The first part depicts the scene of boatmen fighting against the wind and waves, and the music is full of the power of battle.

The second part is based on the opening theme melody, broadening the rhythm and slowing down the speed, showing the joy of the boatmen after crossing the rapids and approaching the river bank. This shows that although the Chinese people are in a difficult war of resistance, they have seen the dawn of victory. In the third part, the music returns to the tempo at the beginning of the movement, but gradually weakens from strong to weak, from near to far. This movement symbolizes the increasingly fierce national contradiction between the Chinese people and Japanese imperialism through the struggle of the Yellow River boatmen against the rapid waves and dangerous shoals.