Zhang Dichang

Zhang Dichang

Zhang Dichang

(1918-1990), Han nationality, was born in Meixian County, Guangdong Province. Famous Chinese film musician and composer. In 1942, graduated from Yan'an Luyi music department. In 1948, he was transferred to the Northeast film studio (later renamed as Changchun Film Studio) as the first leader of the composition group. He started the road of film music creation for film, became one of the pioneers of new China's film music industry, and was a representative of the times in China's film music industry. He once served as director of music creation room, deputy director of Art Committee and head of orchestra of Changchun Film Studio, vice chairman of Jilin Branch of China Musicians Association, chairman of Guangdong Branch of China Musicians Association (later changed to Guangdong Musicians Association), vice chairman of Guangdong Federation of literary and art circles, member of China Federation of literary and art circles, executive director of China Musicians Association and director of China filmmakers Association. His representative works include the songs of the Communist children's League, the songs of the left behind corps of the Eighth Route Army, and the good scenery of Shanxi. He has also composed music for "red child", "Zhao Yiman", "the party's daughter", "harvest", "Jiawu Fengyun" and other films.

Life of the characters

Zhang Di Chang (1918-1990), male, is a famous Chinese film composer. He is a native of dunben hall, zhangjiawei, Meixian County, Guangdong Province. He was born in Meixian County, Guangdong Province in 1918. When he was one year old, he went with his mother to live abroad in yujiaxibu, Indonesia. At the age of six, he attended the "China Primary School" in mengjiaxibu, Indonesia. At the age of 14, he returned to China and studied in Jianyi Primary School of zhangjiawei (now Jianyi Primary School of Meijiang district) and Meixian County Middle School (now one of the predecessors of Meizhou middle school). In 1932, he went to Nanjing and studied in the cram school of the middle school attached to Central University. Later, he was admitted to the National College of physical education. In 1938, he went to Yan'an and joined the Anti Japanese military and Political University. In the winter of the same year, he was transferred to the propaganda team of the Political Department of the 385th Brigade (brigade commander Wang Hongkun, chief of staff Geng Biao) of the Eighth Route Army as a music teacher and cultural teacher of the political teaching team. In 1939, he was admitted to the Music Department of Lu Xun art college with excellent results, and studied under musicians Xian Xinghai and Lu Ji. In 1940, he wrote the song "the army song of the left behind corps", which was published in the company life newspaper of the Political Department of the left behind Corps. In 1942, he graduated from Yan'an Luyi music department. In 1944, he was admitted as a graduate student in the Music Department of Lu Xun Art College and concurrently served as an erhu teacher in the local cadre training class of Lu Xun art college. He composed songs such as "yingbalu", "song of delivering grain" and "song of friendship between China and the Soviet Union". After the victory of the Anti Japanese war in 1945, he went north with the Department of Lu Xun Art Institute. In 1947, he was appointed conductor, composer and captain of the "Luyi" Hejiang sub orchestra. Later he was transferred to the Northeast Ministry of culture and works as deputy director and composer of the Ministry of art. In 1948, he served as a teacher of northeast Luyi, the leader of the first composition group of northeast film studio (the predecessor of Changchun Film Studio), and later as the chief of music section; in the same year, he joined the Communist Party of China. After 1952, he successively served as a member of the orchestra of Changchun Film Studio, director of the music studio, deputy director of the Art Committee, member of the China Federation of literary and art circles, executive director of the China Musicians Association, vice chairman of Jilin Branch, honorary director of the China filmmakers Association, etc. He was transferred to Guangzhou in 1985 as vice chairman of Guangdong Federation of literary and art circles, chairman of Guangdong Branch of China Musicians Association, and director of Guangdong Branch of China International Cultural Exchange Center. He died in Guangzhou on February 13, 1990 at the age of 72.

Main works

Zhang Di Chang has been engaged in film music creation for a long time. From 1948 to 1949, he composed music for several large-scale documentaries, such as "democratic northeast". After 1949, he composed music for "Zhao Yiman", "harvest", "mysterious travel companion", "beacon fire in the border village", "red child", "daughter of the party", "young people in our village (Part one)", "young people in our village (sequel)"《 Nearly 30 films, such as youth in war and the storm of Jiawu, compose music. Among them, the songs such as "Burmese osmanthus flowers bloom ten miles fragrance" in "mysterious travel companion", "Chinese children's group song" in "red child", "Xingguo folk song" in "Party's daughter", "people say Shanxi's beautiful scenery" and "cherry is delicious, trees are hard to plant" in "young people in our village" are widely sung, and are deeply loved by the audience. As early as 1940, Zhang Di Chang composed "the military song of the left behind corps". Before 1948, he wrote nearly 100 songs such as "the song of transporting grain" and "the blossom of iron trees", which were quite popular in Northeast China. In 1955, Fengshou was awarded the third prize of excellent film from 1949 to 1955 by the central Ministry of culture for the first time. In 1981, the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Changying film factory, excellent films were selected. Seven films composed by Zhang Di Chang were selected. In 1989, in the selection activity of "evoking my good memories of those songs" Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of the people's Republic of China, "people say the beautiful scenery of Shanxi" won the excellent work award.

artistic characteristics

The film songs he composed have strong flavor of life, era atmosphere and distinctive local color. Believing in the principle that art comes from life, he went to ethnic minority areas many times to collect materials. He focuses on using music to depict the inner world of the characters, so as to better serve the theme of the film.

Appreciative Remarks

People talk about the beautiful scenery of Shanxi

"The young people in our village" is a feature film adapted from the work of Ma Feng, a Shanxi writer of the same name. Zhang Di Chang came to Niangziguan and the riverside of fenyangyu road in Shanxi Province to collect wind with the film crew in 1958. That area has beautiful scenery and simple folk customs. In particular, the Yangko tune of Fenyang is beautiful, euphemistic, sincere, rich and vivid, and full of strong local flavor. Zhang Di Chang borrowed a lot of local folk song materials in his creation, and finally created this song "people say good scenery of Shanxi" which can make him proud for a lifetime. the lyrics are in two paragraphs. The first section of the scene, sitting in the north to the south, has the spirit of guiding the country. First of all, "people say that Shanxi has a good scenery, beautiful land, rich water and fragrant grains"; then there is a long-term view, "the left hand refers to Taihang Mountain, and the right hand refers to Luliang"; then from far to near, "stand on a high place and look at the water of Fenhe River"; finally, there is a close-up, "Hua la la flows by my small village". This part points to the rivers and mountains, with a broad artistic conception and a style of prosperous Tang Dynasty. However, the narration is all local dialect, which really combines elegance with vulgarity. The second paragraph is about people, but it is full of pride. "A man is not afraid of hardships, but a daughter can embroider thousands of flowers. People have ambition and will never grow old. Look at the white haired mother-in-law, she is like a 17-8. " Even the mother-in-law with white hair is old and strong with high aspirations. What kind of mental outlook is this! The theme of this song is profound and concentrated, the image is songable and sung, the emotion is fundamental and authentic, and the language is concise and popular. the lyrics adopt the "seven character" and "five character" habits of Chinese classical poetry and folk literature, and remove the padding and lining characters of some local language habits, which are basically seven character one sentence. Rhyme is also very particular, the first paragraph uses the loud "ang" rhyme, the second paragraph uses the "a" rhyme, and rhymes every other sentence, so that the lyrics are very smooth whether singing or reciting, smooth as the water of Fenhe River. The use of "seven words" and rhymes, the clear determination of rhythm and the bright harmony of rhythm make it an excellent work. The composition of this song is fresh and natural, the melody is tactful and fluent, the melody is beautiful and mellow, and it is very kind. It blends the folk song flavor with the spirit of the times just right, and displays the people's spiritual outlook of loving their hometown, firm confidence and high morale at that time incisively and vividly. This is the composition of the song, which is the most powerful evidence of the view that "the more national, the more global". After the movie was released in 1959, the song spread like wildfire and soon became popular all over the country. Up to now, nearly half a century has passed and it is still full of vitality. Many folk singers take this song as their repertoire. When it comes to Shanxi, it seems that the first thing you think of is "people say Shanxi is a beautiful scenery". Most people forget that it was originally a movie episode, and it became a new folk song.

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Stills of Zhao Yiman

Sparklingflame (1984) wakeup, it's spring! (1980) "new people in the mountain village" (1976) "Golden Avenue" (Part I) (1975) "sunny day" (1973) "in the broad world" (1973) "glorious road" (1972) "independent brigade" (1964) "young people in our village" (sequel) (1963) "Jiawu Fengyun" (1962) "Dongmei" (1961) "trial voyage" (1959) young people in our village (Part 1) (1959) youth in war (1959) daughter of the Party (1958) red child (1958) story of scar (1958) beacon fire in the border village (1957) mysterious travelling companion (1955) land (1954) bumper harvest (1953) defending the fruits of victory (1950) Zhao Yiman (1950) back to your own team (1949)

Awards

In 1989, 28 songs won the Golden Melody Award, and the work "people say good scenery in Shanxi" won the award.

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