The Orbit Of The 20th Century The Development Of Chinese Art Songs

Originated from European romantic music in the 19^th century, art song have greatly been developed and now achieved a high position in the vocality art. Being representative and classical, they not only enrich the art of music, but also innovate the aesthetic thinking. In the early 20^th century, the forerunners of modern Chinese music introduced various composing techniques from western music. Shaking off the dated rules, they emphasize humanity instead of rationality, sensibility instead of formality, and therefore created art songs with Chinese characteristics. Having been developed for nearly a century in China, a place with its own artistic charms, this type of vocality has yielded abundant fruits with vivid style and ethos thanks to the efforts of several generations. These fruits, as our spiritual treasures, deserve our further research. This paper,by analyzing the origin and features of art song, mainly discusses and summarizes the styles and features of Chinese art song in their composing,performing and promoting in different historical periods. Further more, it explores the underlying reason why art songs enjoys an everlasting popularity, and argues that Chinese art song, compling wtih its unique aesthetic principles in composing,performing and promoting, should be constantly innovated so as to advance with the times. It displays the enchantment of Chinese art song, helps people inherit Chinese art tradition and publicize the spirit of Chinese nation.Besides, vocality teaching staff should pay attention to stage performance, as well as insist on their study of relative theories and history, accumulate experience of interpreting various music styles, enhance their art potential, so as to improve their vocality teaching. At the same time, lyric writers and composers need to explore and summarize the rules of singing art, convey the underlying meaning of art, satisfy multiple tastes of the public, and therefore contribute to the succession and flourishment of Chinese art song, vocality teaching and even Chinese culture.