Jun 3, 2007

Top-ten classical music of Chinese—White Snow in Early Spring


White Snow in Early Spring is one of ten famous Qin tune in Ancient times. According to the fable, it is wrote by Jin country's musician ShiKuang or Qi country 's musician LiuJuanzi, lived in the Spring and Autumn Period. White Snow in Early Spring’s literary reference comes from "Songyu answer to Chu king" recorded in "Chu elegies". Chu Xiang king asked Songyu: "Do you have the personal character which you were hide? Why do not the people praise you?” Song Yu said that once a singer guested in Chu country, he recites "the Song of the Rustic Poor” at first, there are thousands of people chime in with him in the country. When the singer sings "the Yang AXie Lu", only several hundred people chime in with him. When the singer sings "White Snow in Early Spring", only dozens of people chime in with him. When the song increases some high difficulty skills, like "enjoys serious music, mixed flowing snow", only three people can chime in with him. Songyu’s conclusion is: "the more difficult the music is, the less people can chime in with." The songs, such as" White Snow in Early Spring ", the more loftier and complex the music is, the fewer people can sing it. Namely is too cultured to be appreciated by the masses.

"White Snow in Early Spring " shows that there is discrepancy between audience’s appreciation esthetic and esthetic ability. The higher the Music artistry is, the fewer people can appreciate. This kind of difference also has close relations with the appreciators subjective interest, sometimes it’s very difficult to obtain an objective appraisal. Although " White Snow in Early Spring " has been considered as the lofty art, many books refers "White Snow in Early Spring " are all commend it vividly displayed the picture that earth recovered in spring, the myriad things approached the glory, everything are vitality in early spring by the smooth melody and the lively rhythm .



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