Statue of Shi Guangnan at Juvenile Lake (20160320083548)

Shi Guangnan ( Chinese: 施光南; August 22, 1940 in

Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a municipality in Southwest China. The official abbreviation of the city, "" (), was approved by the State Co ...

Municipality, China – May 2, 1990) was a Chinese composer, best known for his patriotic and nationalistic songs from the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...

era that combined traditional melodies with westernized accompaniment.

Biography

He attended the middle school division of the

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and graduated with a degree in composition from the Tianjin Conservatory in 1964, whereupon he was assigned to the Tianjin Dance Theater.China reconstructs - Volume 29 - Page 66 Zhongguo fu li hui - 1980 "The following words on the program sheet caught Shi Guangnan's attention: "Lazy Tunia", Estonian folk song, music and ... When he graduated from middle school, Shi Guangnan decided to apply for a place at the Tianjin Conservatory." In 1985 he was elected as vice-chairman of the

Chinese Musicians' Association The Chinese Musicians Association (; abbreviated CMA) is China's largest and most important musical organization. It was established in July 1949 by the Chinese Communist Party and, as of 2020, has more than 15,600 individual members. Accordin ...

and composed more than 100 works during his 20-year career. He lived in

Jinhua , alternately romanized as Kinhwa, is a prefecture-level city in central Zhejiang province in eastern China. It borders the provincial capital of Hangzhou to the northwest, Quzhou to the southwest, Lishui to the south, Taizhou to the east ...

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. He died of a

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. The 1998 Chinese film '' Rhapsody of Spring'' directed by Teng Wenji is a slightly fictionalized portrait of Shi (called Zhao Liming in the film

The film features a number of Shi's songs.

Works

His songs include "In Hope Field" (在希望的田野上), "Toasts Song" (祝酒歌), "If You Must Know I" (假如你要认识我), "Turfan's Grape Was Ripe" (吐鲁番的葡萄熟了), "Has Lifted Up High the Asian Games Torch" (高举起亚运会的火炬, 1990 Asian Games, 11th session of Asian Games's meeting song), "Hits Hand Drum To Sing Song" (打起手鼓唱起歌), "Premier Zhou, Where You Were At" (周总理，您在哪里), "Under Moonlight Wind at the End Bamboo" (月光下的风尾竹), and "Pure White Feather Send Affection" (洁白的羽毛寄深情). He also composed many operas, ballets,

Beijing opera Peking opera, or Beijing opera (), is the most dominant form of Chinese opera, which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. It arose in Beijing in the mid-Qing dynasty (1644–1912) and became fully developed and recognize ...

s, and other large-scale works, including two full

Chinese-language western-style opera Chinese contemporary classical opera (Chinese: 当今古典歌剧; ''dāngjīn gŭdiăn gējù''; "contemporary classical opera") is a musical art form drawing on western opera traditions - distinct from modern developments of traditional Chinese ...

s; ''Shangshi'' (伤逝; based on Lu Xun's story "Mourning" or "Grieve for the Dead") composed in 1981 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of

Lu Xun Zhou Shuren (25 September 1881 – 19 October 1936), better known by his pen name Lu Xun (or Lu Sun; ; Wade–Giles: Lu Hsün), was a Chinese writer, essayist, poet, and literary critic. He was a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. ...

, and ''Qu Yuan'' (屈原, 1990), as well as the ballet ''Hundred Snake Biographies'' (百蛇传).

References

External links

Article about Shi Guangnan
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