A Brief Demonstration Of Xu Jin's Composition Of Lyrics In Yue Opera

As an important component in Xu Jin's works of Yue Opera,lyrics are composed specially and uniquely.From the perspective of literature,Xu's Yue Opera integrates emotion,narration and argument together,whose expression is characterized and rhythmic.From the perspective of art,Xu makes a balance between the lyrics and spoken parts,sets the length of the aria reasonably,and takes use of diverse singing styles to enhance the stage expressiveness of the lyrics.Influenced by the Yue Opera of in the era of “Chen County folk rap ” and “Small Literal Class ”,Xu's early works were easy to understand.During the reform of Yue Opera,the literariness of his lyrics gradually improved and finally made them an art form appealing to both refined and popular tastes.Xu's composing pattern impacts on the creation of Yue Opera during the latter period.He raised new thoughts about the problems existing in the composition of Yue Opera's lyrics nowadays,which is worth learning for today's playwrights of Yue Opera.