Research On The Combination Of Southern Tune

This paper took three Chinese classic dramas including the Romance of Hairpin,the Tale of Washing Gauze and the Peony Pavilion,which mainly composed by Southern Tune,as researching objects to analyze the Combination and the Scene of Southern Tune.Inspecting the difference and relationship between Southern Drama and Legend and their features in the Combination of Southern Tune by comparison,and exploring how later authors inherited and created the Combination of Southern Tune,we analyzed the development of Chinese classic drama’s history in the point view of the Combination of Southern Tune.The first chapter researched the feature of Southern Drama’s Combination of Tune mainly by the Romance of Hairpin.This chapter divided the work’s Combination of Tune into singly repeating tune’s combination and suite’s combination.We found that the Romance of Hairpin mainly used singly repeating tune’s combination and didn’t use suite’s combination very often.The suite’s combination in it was relatively simple.By comparing with other works,it follows that the Combination of Tune in the Romance of Hairpin is typical and classic.The features of Southern Drama are as below: comparing with Northern Drama,Southern Drama can change the tune’s key and mode,so it can arrange multiple combinations.Comparing with Legend,Southern Drama’s form is more free,which can transpose and doesn’t limit the use of tune by roles.Southern Drama’s tune’s combination is in the state of the accumulation of the Combination of Southern Tune.The second chapter researched the feature of Legend’s Combination of Tune mainly by the Tale of Washing Gauze.This chapter divided the Combination of Tune in it into single combination and multiple combinations,and divided more delicately under two groups.By classified discussion on it,we found that the Tale of Washing Gauze used less singly repeating tune’s combination and more suite’s combination than the Romance of Hairpin.By analyzing three highlights from the Tale of Washing Gauze and comparing them with other works,we concluded the difference and relationship between Legend and Southern Drama as below: Legend inherited Southern Drama’s Combination of Tune and developed on it.From Southern Drama to Legend,the Combination of Southern Tune gradually mature,Legend’s Combination of Tune is more standard and completed in music.The third chapter researched the inheriting and creation of the Combination of Southern Tune by the Peony Pavilion and works affected by it.Firstly we classified the Combination and the Scene of Tune in it and then analyzed highlights from the Peony Pavilion.Comparing with the Tale of Washing Gauze,the Peony Pavilion used less singly repeating tune’s combination and more suite’s combination,from which we can see the development of the Combination of Southern Tune.On the side of inheriting,some authors simply imitated the Combination of Tune in the Peony Pavilion and some other authors created in the basement of imitation.For instance,they might use the Collection of Tune to make the Combination of Tune more colorful.It self’s Combination of Tune was continuously adapted by later authors and they created on it.As for its breaking of Kun Opera’s law,people in later age changed the adapting ways from changing words for suiting tunes to changing tunes for suiting the words,showing the development of Kun Opera’s music theory and adapting ways on Legend.The period of Southern drama was the accumulation period of the Combination of Southern Tune.The period of Legend was the mature period of the Combination of Southern Tune.In the Qing Dynasty,the composition of Tune‘s Combination was gradually fading,authors tried to use shorter Combination of Tune in order to suit the perform,but at last the composition of Banqiang Style won in the controversy of the Hua and Ya.In a word,this paper analyzed the development of the Combination of Southern Tune by three works in Chinese drama’s history,hoping that it could contribute to the study of the Combination of Southern Tune and be used in the current composition of Kun Opera.