The simplified score of "Butterfly Lovers" is as follows

On May 27, 1959, the violin concerto "Butterfly Lovers" composed by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang was premiered at Shanghai Lyceum Theater, with Yu Lina as the conductor Violin solo. This most famous violin piece in Chinese history completed the creation of the nationalization of symphonic music.

The "Butterfly Lovers" Violin Concerto was composed by Chen Gang and He Zhanhao when they were students at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. It was composed in the winter of 1958. It was premiered in Shanghai in May of the following year and was well received. Yu Lina was the violin soloist at the premiere. .

The theme is a well-known folk tale, using tunes from Yue opera as the material, using a combination of symphony and Chinese folk opera music expression techniques, carefully conceived and laid out according to the development of the plot, using a sonata-style structure, a single movement, and a small number. title. The main content is "Caoqiao sworn homage", "British-Taiwan resistance to marriage", and "Butterfly in front of the grave". The musical structure is composed of birds singing and flowers fragrant, sworn vows at Caoqiao, classmates for three years, farewell at the age of eighteen, farewell in the pavilion, resistance to marriage in Britain and Taiwan, complaints from crying souls, and butterflies turning into butterflies in front of the grave.

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The story of "Butterfly Lovers" has been circulated among the people for more than 1,460 years and is known as the eternal song of love. According to the research of historians in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the story of "Liang Zhu" originated from Majiang Town, Runan County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province. The ruins of his hometown include the Tomb of Liang Zhu, Liang Zhuang, Zhu Zhuang, Mazhuang, Hongluoshan Academy, Yuanyangchi, and Shibali. Farewell to the old road, Caoqiao (Caoqiao) and Zou Tong's tomb where Master Liang Zhu was buried.

According to legend, during the Western Jin Dynasty in my country, the young student Liang Shanbo resigned from home to study. On the way, he met Zhu Yingtai, a student who was disguised as a man. Go to Hongluoshan Academy to study. The two of them got along day and night in the academy, and their relationship deepened day by day. Three years later, when Yingtai returned home, Shanbo saw her off at Shibali, and the two parted reluctantly.

Shan Bojing took the butterfly jade fan pendant left by Yingtai to the Zhu family to propose marriage, but Zhu's father betrothed Yingtai to the Ma family. After returning home, Shanbo was filled with grief and anger. He fell ill and died. When Yingtai heard that Shanbo died for him, he was heartbroken. Soon, the Ma family came to marry, and Yingtai was forced to get into the sedan chair angrily. When he arrived at Shanbo's tomb, Yingtai insisted on getting off the sedan chair and cried to worship the deceased. He died of excessive grief and was later buried on the east side of Shanbo's tomb.