Northern Shaanxi Folk Singer Zhang Tianen Of Artistic Achievement

Zhang Tianen(1910~1970)is a famous folk artist from the north of Shaanxi province.Based on his life as a youngster, he had written many folk songs that had great impact on thedevelopment of north Shaanxi folk songs. With the elements he had absorbed from the northShaanxi folk songs, duet performance and Chinese folk art forms from Ningxia and InnerMongolia, he had written over100popular folk songs, among which are his master works like‘grazing herds’,‘boat rowing’,‘porter’s song’,‘selling vegetable’,‘I can forgetmy parents but I can never forget you’. Aport from song writing, Zhang tianen had madegreat contribution to the popularization of northern Shaanxi folk songs by giving lectures innorthwestern art school in the1950s and social activities like stage performances nationalwide. The articles that introduce Zhang tianen mainly focus on his personal life, yetneglecting analysis on his art works and performing skills. As a vocal music major specializedat folk style singing, the author here intends to cost light on the analysis of Zhang tianen’sworks and musical life, thus putting forward innovative research on his performing skills andthe gist of art works.