An Esthetic Analysis Of Songzuying's Music Works

As one of representative singers of Chinese national vocalmusic, Song Zuying's music works have had special artistic charm.The beauty of Song Zuying's music text consists of that of lyricsand of tune. The beauty of lyrics finds itself in the aesthetical contextmade up of scenes and feelings, and in forms such as rhymes andsyntax; the beauty of tune embodies itself in rhythm,melody,harmony,structure and grace notes.The beauty of Song Zuying's singing style shows itself in thefollowing three aspects: the natural beauty due to the integration ofscenes and feelings, the beauty of concordance owing to theinteraction of being and nothingness, the beauty of rhythmized breathfrom pronunciation and tune-pattern.The main factors which have engendered the formation of SongZuying's singing style can be categorized into two aspects: cultureand surroundings, the former including traditional Chinese aestheticthought in vocal music, contemporary Chinese aesthetic culture ofvocal music, and traditional aesthetic culture of west Hunan, and thelater including the natural environment and the social circumstance.Among the main reasons why Song Zuying's music works havebecome popular are the following five: the conformity ofindividualized singing characteristics to social aesthetic needs, theunification of faithful expression and re-creation to original works,the unity of visible and audible beauty, the harmony of elegancy andvulgarity, the accordance of artistic and moral quality.The aesthetic functions of Song Zuying's music works consistchiefly in that of shaping souls, of instruction, of sociality and ofinternational cultural communication.Song Zuying's music works play an important role in making Chinese national vocal music mature; meanwhile, they have laid afoundation for its international propagation. Moreover, they havebridged the international cultural communication.The extensive popularity of Song Zuying's music works hasperfectly proved such a music aesthetic principle—more national,more international.