School songs are a form of music in the history of modern music in China, which was created by China musicians Nie Er and Li Shutong in the early 20th century. The creative methods and contents of school music songs have the following characteristics:
1, based on national music: The creation method of school music songs is to combine China traditional music elements with western music elements, and to combine harmony, rhythm and instrumental performance of western music based on national music.
2. Reflect the social reality: The lyrics of school music songs mainly reflect the real social problems in China at that time, such as poverty, education and national unity. , has a strong social significance.
3. Concise and lively: The tunes of school music songs are concise and lively, with beautiful melody, easy to sing, concise lyrics, straightforward expression and easy to be understood and accepted by the audience.
4. Strengthen education: The purpose of creating school music songs is to popularize education and improve people's cultural quality. Therefore, the content of lyrics mostly involves education, knowledge and other aspects, which is very educational.
In a word, the school song is a musical form with distinctive China characteristics, and its creation method and content reflect the realistic problems and cultural characteristics of China society at that time, which has high artistic value and historical significance.
The Historical Significance of School Songs
1, contributed a number of early outstanding vocal music works to the modern music history of China, and created the creation of "new music";
2. Make the singing form of "collective singing" deeply rooted in people's hearts and lay the foundation for the mass singing movement later;
3. Through the singing of music songs and school music education, western basic music theories and skills began to be systematically and widely spread in China;
4. Educated the earliest talents who spread, created and developed school music education in the history of modern music in China, and made outstanding contributions to the development of modern music in China.