The Study Of Huaihe River Basin Opera Associations In Anuhi Province

Huaihe River, located in Anhui province, plays an important role in the geography and culture of China. As one of the three famous culture areas in Anhui, it is located at the intersection of three provinces and has a long history and rich cultural resources. This area has a wide variety of music, particularly the opera, such as: Sizhou Opera with lots of audience; Huaibei Clapper belonging to Bangzi lines; Erjiaxian originating from Spinning Song in Shandong province and the native Tui Opera from Huagudeng. While having their own unique characteristics, these operas have the same historical background and custom because of their common location in Anhui province. During the development, with the effects of nearby related arts, these operas have great relevance on plate type, rhythm of singing and accompaniment music. This thesis will study the relevance of the four representative operas in Huaihe River Basin from following four chapters.The first chapter starts with their features, then, compares the characteristics of plate type and rhythm of singing by analyzing specific spectral cases. Lastly, the characteristics of and relevance on plate type and rhythm of singing are summarized.The second chapter distinguishes the characteristics of the four kinds of opera from the high and vocal characteristics, tone, melody and backbone characteristics firstly. The melody structure, especially in the melody to the large number of examples, are compared and analyzed in detail. Finally, the characteristics of the four operas on singing melodies and their relevance are summarized.After introducing four kinds of common accompaniment instruments and the music of accompaniment, the third chapter conducts a comparison and analysis on their accompaniment music. The accompaniment music and their relevance are analyzed. The last chapter explains the reason of the relevance of the four operas in Huaihe River area in Anhui province from geography, history, and language. Then, the relationship between these four operas and Bangzi Opera, Henan Opera, which do not belong to Anhui, is analyzed.Through the analysis of the above four chapters, it can be found that the four operas in the Huaihe River in Anhui Province have close relevance in plate, aria, melody and accompaniment with the music. At the same time, this relevance is indivisible because of the developing of Bangzi Opera system.