Cao Anhe

Cao Anhe (1905~2004), female, ethnomusicologist, native of Wuxi, Jiangsu. She is a 100-year-old female ethnomusicologist in my country and a research scholar of the Beijing Guqin Research Association. Together with Yang Yinliu, she is the discoverer and recorder of Blind A Bing and "Two Springs Reflecting the Moon". Cao Anhe graduated from the Music Department of the Women's College of Arts and Sciences of National Peking University in 1929 and stayed at the school to teach. She also served as a lecturer at the School of Arts of National Peking University. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as professor at the Central Conservatory of Music, researcher and director of the China Music Research Institute, and consultant to the Music Research Institute of the China Academy of Arts. He has long been engaged in the research of traditional Chinese music and the performance and teaching of pipa and Kunqu opera, and is a pipa player of the Chongming School. He is the author of "Shi Xunshi Pipa Guide" and "Selected National Instrumental Solo Music", etc.

Chinese name: Cao Anhe

Nationality: Chinese

Birthplace: Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province

Date of birth: 1905

Date of death: 2004

Occupation: Ethnomusicologist

Graduation school: Peking University Women’s College of Arts and Sciences

Main achievements: engaged in pipa, Kunqu Opera Performance and Teaching

Representative Works: Shixunshi Pipa Finger Path National Instrumental Solo Selection

Outstanding Achievements: Blind A Bing and Recorder of "Two Springs Reflect the Moon"

Introduction

Cao Anhe (1905~2004), female, ethnomusicologist, native of Wuxi, Jiangsu. When she was studying at Wuxi Jingzhi Girls' Middle School from 1919 to 1924, she learned Kunqu opera, pipa and flute from her cousin Yang Yinliu after school. He also studied Kun Opera under Wu Wanqing. She graduated from the Music Department of Peking University Women's College of Arts and Sciences in 1929 and later stayed at the school to teach. In 1943, he was appointed professor of Nanjing Conservatory of Music. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as professor at the Central Conservatory of Music, researcher and director of the China Music Research Institute, and consultant to the Music Research Institute of the China Academy of Arts. He has long been engaged in the research of traditional Chinese music and the singing, performance and teaching of pipa and Kunqu opera, and is a pipa player of the Chongming School. He once worked at the Beijing Guqin Research Association. He is the author of "Shixunshi Pipa Guide" and "Selected National Instrumental Solo Music", and co-edited with Yang Yinliu: "Blind Man Bing's Music Collection", "Dingxian Ziwei Village Orchestra Collection", "Sunan Shifan Drum Collection" "Music", "Guan Hanqing Opera Music Score", "Selection of Four Music Scores from the Romance of the West Chamber", translated the score "Thirteen Sets of String Suo" with Jian Qihua, compiled "Selected Songs of Shanxian Paizi" with Yang Yinliu and Wen Yan, and co-edited the "Selected Music Score of Danxian Paizi" with Li Tingsong Xunyang Night Moon", etc.; the main papers include: "Pipa Column Positioning Method", "Questions and Answers about Pipa", "National Musician Liu Tianhua", "Introduction to Ancient Chinese Music Score", "Yang Yinliu and Rhythm", "Yang Yinliu and Music History" More than 20 papers.

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Born on June 5, 1905, Han nationality, from Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province.

In 1919, she was admitted to Wuxi Women's Normal School, where she learned to sing Kunqu Opera from her cousin Yang Yinliu and taught herself pipa. Later, she learned pipa from Liu Tianhua, and also studied piano and music theory; she graduated in 1929. Department of Music, Women's College of Arts and Sciences, National Peking University. After graduation, he stayed at the school to teach piano, pipa, flute, xiao, sheng and other national musical instruments. He is also a lecturer at the School of Art, National Peking University.

From 1930 to 1935, he concurrently served as the auditor of ancient musical instruments in the Palace Museum. Under the leadership of Liu Bannong, he reviewed the ancient musical instruments in the Palace Museum.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, he moved to Shanghai. In early 1941, he went to Chongqing and served as editor of the Music Education Committee of the Ministry of Education.

In September of the same year, he was appointed professor of the National Conservatory of Music. He also compiled and published the pipa teaching material "Shixunshi Pipa Guide".

In 1946, he moved to Nanjing with the National Conservatory of Music and served as a visiting professor of pipa at Jinling Women's University.

After the founding of New China, he successively served as professor and research director of the National Conservatory of Music, the Central Conservatory of Music, and consultant of the Music Research Institute of the China Academy of Arts.

Since 1992, he has enjoyed special government subsidies.

Contribution

Cao Anhe is a pioneer of Chinese folk music. He has long been engaged in the research of traditional Chinese music and the singing, performance and teaching of pipa and Kunqu opera. He was a leading figure in the music scene in the 1930s and 1940s. The only female pipa player and teacher. Whether in terms of performance techniques or theory, she devoted herself to research and devoted her life to the cause of Chinese ethnic music. She especially made a great contribution to saving the heritage of ethnic music. She is a rare figure in the field of Chinese ethnic music. Got the talent.

For example, Cao Anhe is a living fossil and witness of the Music Research Institute of the China Academy of Arts. As a student and assistant of Mr. Yang Yinliu, a generation of music masters, she assisted Yang Yinliu in sorting out a large number of music works. Many scattered folk musics have been preserved. In 1950, under the guidance of Li Songshou, a Wuxi musician, Yang Yinliu, Cao An and they discovered and recorded with an old-fashioned tape recorder in a secluded temple in Wuxi city the compositions composed and performed by Wuxi folk artist Blind A Bing, namely Hua Yanjun, including " Six pieces of music including "Er Fountain Reflects the Moon" have made this worldly masterpiece spread. From the "Blind Man Bing's Song Collection" published by Manyo Shoten in 1952, we can still clearly hear Cao An and her soft voice announcing the curtain with a slight Wuxi accent. Two years later, the musician Lu Ji accidentally heard this swan song. So this song, which was composed with the life of a blind artist in a small town in Wuxi, was recorded into a music tape and played in various golden halls in China and the world. It has been played by artists of different nationalities and colors, and has become a unique classic repertoire for the entire human race.

Results

The repertoire played by Cao Anhe includes: traditional music "Ambush from Flying Daggers", "Haiqingna Crane", "Moon High", "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace", "General's Order", etc. Based on his actual performance experience, he compiled and edited the pipa solos "Ambush from Flying Daggers", "The Overlord Disarms", "Qinglian Yuefu", "Sunset Flute and Drum", etc.

The main achievements include: authoring "Shi Xunshi Pipa Guide" and "Selected National Instrumental Solo Music".

From the 1940s to the 1960s, he co-edited with Yang Yinliu: "Wenban Twelve Pipa Scores", "Blind Man Bing Collection", "Ding County Ziwei Village Orchestra Collection", "Su "Southern Shifan Drum Music", "Guan Hanqing Opera Music Score", "Selected Musical Scores from Four Types of Music from The Romance of the West Chamber", translated "Thirteen Sets of Xiansuo" with Jian Qihua, compiled "Selected Songs of Shanxian Paizi" with Yang Yinliu and Wenyan, and collaborated with Li Tingsong Compiled the pipa score "Moonlight Night in Xunyang" and so on.

In the 1970s, he participated in the compilation of the book "Introduction to Chinese Musical Instruments" and completed the compilation of the opera research tool "Catalogue of Existing Complete Music Scores of Northern and Southern Operas of the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties".

After the 1980s, he devoted himself to the organization of the Northern and Southern Ququpai. Over the years, he has published dozens of papers such as "Pipa Column Positioning Method", "Questions and Answers about Pipa", "National Musician Liu Tianhua", "Introduction to Ancient Chinese Music Score", "Yang Yinliu and Rhythm", "Yang Yinliu and Music History".