| The piano suite,The Red Detachment of Women,adapted from the ballet of the same name,was created by the famous Chinese composer Du Mingxin during the Cultural Revolution.The themes of the suite are drawn from the seven most representative segments of the ballet,which are The Detachment of Women Drill,Five-inch Knife Dance by Red Guards,Tsinghua Joining the Army,The Military and the People—One Family,Happy Women Soldiers,The Martyrdom of Chang Qing and Forging Ahead.This suite,which is a concise and sublimation of the dance drama of the same name and has high artistic value and historical status,creatively combines the tonal materials of Hainan folk songs with the rich musical expression techniques of the piano.The distinctive characters created by this suite carry the red spirit,which are the exceedingly characteristic of the times and the nation.Based on the historical clues of combing the creation process of Mr.Du Mingxin and the relevant information of the ballet,this paper focuses on the artistic characteristics of The Red Detachment of Women,and takes the performance interpretation as the main body of research,and makes a comprehensive and detailed exposition of the suite.The paper is divided into five parts.The introduction describes the purpose and significance of this topic.The first part introduces the background of the suite.The second part summarizes the artistic characteristics from the perspectives of the times,nationality and narrative.The third part elaborates the performance in detail from different aspects,including timbre,touch keys,pedal,rhythm,emotion,etc.The conclusion gives a briefly summary of the above in order to provide new ideas for researchers as a reference.Due to the limitations of the times,Mr.Du created the strong voice of the times with the most simple and classic traditional creative techniques.This piano adaptation has been enduring for decades,which is worthy of study and consideration. |
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