CHIN 40 Lecture 11: W6- Tue
Week 6, Tuesday!
Music History !
Introduction (music clips and background)
1. 雨，明暉!
•Lyrics: !
•my dear I don’t want you gold, My dear I don’t want your silver, the
only thing I want is your heart!
•She was regarded as the first Chinese popular music singer!
•father of the singer - music adviser in the movie of Two starts
•father: Li JinHui!
•formed training center for young starts and dance school!
•also the person who discovered Zhou Xuan and Nei Er!
2. 上夜，周旋!
•Lyrics: 夜上夜上你是个不夜城华灯起乐声响歌舞升平只她笑脸迎谁知她
内苦闷夜活都为衣食住酒不醉醉!
•content is about the night life at Shanghai!
3. 四季歌，周旋!
•Lyrics: 姑娘漂泊到長江，姑娘夜夜夢家鄉 The girl think about the
parents, winter arise and snow is strong, I prepare winter clothes for me, I
wish I can be the small girl farmer back in those days!
•Context: nationalism, folk hero reference!
•Li Jinhui is not known to put in a lot of national or political things!
4. 聶耳的影片!
•one song was completely deprecated (popular music represented by Li Jinhui)!
•in the movie they do not even have space to show reaction, Li Jinhui just got
eliminated from the screen!
•Lyrics: all the flower outside my window are colorful, etc!
•then new revolutionary song (political music represented by Nei Er)!
•French revolutionary song with Chinese new lyrics, sang with masculine
voice!
•Lyrics: stand up the brave soldier, the time of struggle has arrived, together
we will face together. They will come to our homes and kill our wife and
daughters, we must forme union to move forward!
•= remember that the context is during political pressure and control of !
•E.g. Nei Er composition: !
•E.g. Later composed the China’s National Anthem !
•Lyrics: Arise, march on, refuge to be slaver, The Chinese nation is facing the
greatest danger, braving the enemy’s fire !
5. 東紅 1965!
东红，太阳升，中国出个泽东。他为谋幸福，他是的救星。!
川秀，天地平，主席领导陕宁，迎接移开，咱们边区满地红。!
Document Summary
(cid:1285) content is about the night life at shanghai. Lyrics: the girl think about the parents, winter arise and snow is strong, i prepare winter clothes for me, i wish i can be the small girl farmer back in those days: context: nationalism, folk hero reference. Lyrics: all the ower outside my window are colorful, etc then new revolutionary song (political music represented by nei er) French revolutionary song with chinese new lyrics, sang with masculine voice. Lyrics: stand up the brave soldier, the time of struggle has arrived, together we will face together. They will come to our homes and kill our wife and daughters, we must forme union to move forward: = remember that the context is during political pressure and control of, e. g. Lyrics: arise, march on, refuge to be slaver, the chinese nation is facing the greatest danger, braving the enemy"s re: 1965.
