"Song of Colorful Feather Clothes"

That is, "Dance of Colorful Feather Clothes" is a masterpiece of French music among the great operas of the Tang Dynasty and a collection of Tang songs and dances.

In the thirteenth year of Tianbao, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty used Tai Chang to carve stones and changed some music introduced from the Western Regions. This music is adapted from "Brahman Song".

guide. At that time, Minister Zhang said "Huaqing Palace" said: "The sky is dark and the night is still young, and the green clouds and immortals are dancing in colorful clothes; a jade flute is heard in the sky, and the moon is full in the Lishan Palace." "The Song of Colorful Feathers" was written in the Kaiyuan and Tianbao years. It was popular for a while, but after the Tianbao Rebellion, it was no longer performed in the court... Due to the beautiful melody and exquisite conception of "Neon Shang Yuyi Song", various feudal towns also rehearsed this song one after another, so literati in the Tang Dynasty had songs or records.

A brief analysis of the music

The whole song has 36 sections, divided into three parts: the prelude (six sections), the middle preface (eighteen sections) and the ending (twelve sections): The Sanxue is a prelude, which is all free-tempo Sanban. It is played solo or in turn by musical instruments such as chime, Xiao, zither, and flute. There is no dancing or singing;

The middle sequence is also called the beat sequence or the song head. , is a slow lyrical section, with several changes from slow to fast in the middle, singing and dancing according to the beat of the music;

Qu Po, also known as Wu Po, is the climax of the whole song, with dance as the main theme. In the main part, the complex tones are fast and rhythmic, the music is sonorous, the speed gradually increases from loose to slow to slow to fast, and then slows down at the end, dancing instead of singing.

Bai Juyi praised the beauty of this dance and said: "Thousands of songs and dances are countless, but the neon dress dance is my favorite among them."

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