The composer of Jasmine is

Jiangsu, Anhui and Jianghuai folk songs are well-known at home and abroad. Folk songs originated in Liuhe, Nanjing. It was adapted from folk songs collected by the famous military composer He Fang in Liuhe area. This song has been performed on many important occasions such as the handover ceremony of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games.

Song origin

Widely praised in China and the world, it is a Jiangsu folk song. [ 1]

Nanjing Liuhe Folk Songs was created by He Fang, a famous military composer, who collected Nanjing Liuhe Folk Songs.

/kloc-in the winter of 0/942, Huainan Volkswagen Troupe of the New Fourth Army performed at the foot of Jinniu Mountain in Liuhe, Nanjing. On a rainy afternoon, He Fang, a youth league member who was only 14 years old (He Fang, from Tianchang, Anhui, a famous military composer and former head of the front-line song and dance troupe), heard from the local people that there was an artist nearby who not only played well, but also sang badly. He Fang found the artist in a small room. The artist was very enthusiastic and asked He Fang if he had heard Flower Tune. John young imitated and shook his head. The artist said that this song was sung in Anhui, Jiangsu Province during the Daoguang period, and it was very nice. The artist took the piano and sang:

"What a good jasmine, what a good jasmine; The flowers and plants in the garden are not as fragrant as it is. I want to wear one, but I am afraid that it will not sprout in the coming year; What a beautiful honeysuckle! What a beautiful honeysuckle! Honeysuckle blooms like a hook tooth, and the slave has the heart to pick one and put it on, and the flower watcher will scold the slave. What beautiful roses! What beautiful roses! Roses in a bowl! The bowl is very big. I want to wear one, but I'm afraid of thorns. "

The young man He Fang was fascinated by this melodious coloratura at once. He spent most of his time not only writing down the songs by notation, but also singing them accurately according to the artist's method. Although "Hua Diao" is beautiful, after all, it comes from the folk, and its creation is inevitably a bit rough. After careful consideration, He Fang carried out a "major operation" on Hua Er Diao, changing three kinds of flowers in the song into one. The revised lyrics are: "What a jasmine, what a jasmine, even the flowers in the garden can't be smelled. I have a heart to wear one, and the flower watchers will scold me. A good jasmine, a good jasmine, jasmine can't be white when it snows. I want to wear one, but I am afraid of being laughed at by others; What a good jasmine, what a good jasmine, the flowers in the garden can't compare. I want to wear one, but I am afraid that it will not sprout next year. "

1957, He Fang, then composer and conductor of the frontline song and dance troupe, led the choir to Beijing to participate in the art performance of the whole army. The revised folk song Jasmine in Jiangsu and Anhui became an instant hit, and was soon officially made into a record, which soon spread all over the country and became a popular folk song. 1959, Molly officially went abroad and sang at the Vienna Opera House. Prior to this, He Fang revised the lyrics, changing Flowers in the Garden to Flowers in the Garden, and changing People Who Look at Flowers to People Who are Afraid of Watching Flowers to People Who Look at Flowers, which further enriched the melody and was highly appreciated in Vienna. Since then, "Jasmine Flower" has become a hit, singing from Austria to the former Soviet Union, Indonesia, Poland, Hungary, Albania and all over the world. It is also included in the album of world famous songs. 1At midnight on June 30th, 997, before the handover ceremony of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, the China Military Band played the well-known Liuhe folk song Jasmine. 199965438+February19 at midnight, jasmine played again at the handover ceremony when China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Macao. On February 3rd, 2002, in the voting for the right to host the 20 10 World Expo held in Monte Carlo, Monaco, the delegation of China played the melody of jasmine for more than ten times, which conquered the representatives of various countries and officials of the Bureau of International Exhibitions. On the morning of March 2 1 2003, the first meeting of the Fifth People's Congress of Yangzhou passed a resolution to make the Yangzhou folk song Jasmine as the city song of Yangzhou, thus becoming the first city in China to use folk songs as the city song. [2] At the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games on August 19, 2004, the melody of jasmine once again fascinated the audience all over the world.

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Development influence

China has a vast territory, a long history and many nationalities, so a large number of folk songs are widely circulated. They are like flowers in the garden in late spring and March. They are colorful, colorful and fragrant. One of the varieties has a long history of cultivation and is widely loved by the public. She is the well-known folk song Jasmine. [3]

Her melody is euphemistic, with smooth ups and downs and delicate feelings. Through the praise of jasmine, the simple and gentle feelings between men and women are implicitly expressed. As early as the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, its lyrics were published in the script collection of Yangzhou opera "Hundred Autumn", which shows its long history.

At the end of the eighteenth century, a foreigner wrote down her tunes, and the lyrics were expressed by free translation in English and Chinese Pinyin. Later, an Englishman named John Bello came to China to serve as the secretary of the first British ambassador to China. 1804 published Travel Notes of China. Perhaps in his eyes, "Jasmine" is the representative of China folk songs, so he specially published the music score of "Jasmine" in his works, so this song became the first American folk song to spread overseas in the form of a publication, and began to spread in Europe and South America.

1924, Puccini, a world-famous opera master and Italian composer, finished the first draft of the opera Turandot among cancer patients and died. Based on the Yuan Dynasty in China, the play fictionalizes a beautiful and cold story of Princess Turandot. Puccini took the tune of Jasmine as one of the main musical materials of the play, and adapted its original song into a female chorus. In addition, all the characters in the play are dressed in costumes of the Yuan Dynasty, which makes the China story written and performed by foreigners have the color and flavor of China. 1926, the play premiered in Italy and was a great success. Since then, the fragrance of China folk song Jasmine Flower has spread abroad with the spread of this opera classic.

/kloc-in the winter of 0/942, Mr. He Fang, a famous military composer, former head of the front-line song and dance troupe and a musician who collected and sorted out the folk song Jasmine from Jiangsu and Anhui, went to Liubaqiao Town, Nanjing to collect this folk song which was widely sung in the local area and recorded her tunes and lyrics one by one. 1957 He adapted the original words of the original song, and all three lyrics used the same tune, from singing three kinds of flowers to singing jasmine flowers in a concentrated way, ending in a melodious drawl, which became familiar to everyone now. This song was sung by the front-line song and dance troupe and then recorded by the Chinese record club, so it was further circulated.

At the beginning of this century, Zhang Yimou used "Jasmine Flower" as the background music in the propaganda films of Olympic bid and Expo bid. On August 3, 2003, the emblem of the 2008 Olympic Games-"China Seal Dancing Beijing" was grandly unveiled in the Hall of Prayer for the New Year in Beijing Tiantan Park. When Deng Yaping, a famous athlete, and Jackie Chan, a famous movie star, walked slowly to the Hall of Prayer for the New Year with their badges, the melody of jasmine sounded in the band. At the moment, the music of jasmine you hear is vigorous in euphemism, passionate in delicacy and firm in fluttering, which seems to tell the world that the hometown of jasmine, ancient China, is striding forward. With the broadcast of these TV series, I believe that the fragrance of jasmine will float farther and wider.

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lyrics

What a beautiful jasmine, what a beautiful jasmine.

There are flowers and grass in the garden, and the fragrance is not as good as it;

I like a dress,

The flower watcher will scold me.

What a good jasmine, what a good jasmine,

Jasmine blossoms, but snow can't beat it;

I like a dress,

Afraid of jokes.

What a good jasmine, what a good jasmine,

The garden is full of flowers, better than it;

I like a dress,

I'm afraid it won't sprout in the coming year.