Who is Liu Beimao?

Liu Beimao (1903- 198 1), alias Shou Ci, was born in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, a famous modern erhu performer, composer and educator. The son of Liu Baoshan, a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, was brothers with Liu Bannong, a poet, and Liu Tianhua, a musician. Liu Beimao is a faithful successor and developer of the cause of Liu Tianhua. After Liu Tianhua's death, he inherited his brother's legacy of "improving China's music" and successively created more than 0/00 erhu performance tracks such as Hanjiang Tide, Little Flower Drum and Liu Fang Qu. He is a prolific composer in the history of modern music in China, and is known as "the master of national music".

Chinese name: Liu Beimao

Alias: Liu Shouci

Nationality: China.

Ethnic group: Han nationality

Place of birth: Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu

Date of birth: 1903

Date of death: 198 1 year.

Occupation: musician, educator

Graduate school: yenching university.

Main achievements: a generation of national music masters

Representative works: Jiangnan in Han Dynasty, marching exercises, songs of wanderers.

outline

Liu Beimao is the younger brother of Liu Tianhua, an outstanding national musician in China, a famous folk music composer, erhu performer and music educator. Due to the early death of his parents, he grew up under the care of his brothers (eldest brother Liu Bannong and second brother Liu Tianhua). In his early years, under the careful guidance of Liu Tianhua, he mastered the playing skills of many Chinese and foreign musical instruments, especially ethnic musical instruments such as erhu and pipa. Liu Beimao showed his musical talent when he was a teenager. From 65438 to 0927, Liu Beimao graduated with honors from the English Department of yenching university, and then engaged in the teaching and research of Shakespeare's selected works, poetics, composition guidance and other professional English in Jinan University, Peking University and Northwest United University. After Liu Tianhua's death, in order to inherit his legacy of "improving China's music", Liu Beimao insisted on the teaching and research of English for literary majors, and at the same time worked harder to learn erhu, pipa and other national musical instruments, and began to create music. His erhu solo "Hannan", "March", "Song of a Wanderer" and "Little Flower Drum" sincerely and profoundly expressed the love of just intellectuals for the motherland and the people and their hatred for the enemies under reactionary rule. During the ten years of turmoil, although he suffered greatly, with great enthusiasm and perseverance, he wrote a song "Reminiscence" that deeply missed the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries, "Legendary Melody" by beloved Premier Zhou Enlai, and "Welcome to Zhao Hui" that enthusiastically praised the four modernizations. In his 40 years' efforts, he has always insisted on inheriting the excellent tradition of national music and absorbing and drawing lessons from foreign music culture. His 100 works have distinctive national style and innovative spirit.

His works are as simple and sincere as his personality. Although Mr. Liu Beimao has left us, his excellent qualities of pursuing truth, making continuous progress, treating people with things, being rigorous in his studies and striving for the cause of national music are always worth learning and commemorating.

The road of art

Liu Beimao has a good memory and strong imitation. He studied English in a missionary school in primary school and became a famous linguist with Lv Shuxiang. He taught English in our school in high school. 1923 was admitted to Soochow university, and later admitted to yenching university as a transfer student. At the age of 29, he became an English professor in Peking University and a famous expert on Shakespeare.

After Liu Tianhua's death, Liu Bannong told him: "The second brother's children are still young, and there are not many students who fail to live up to expectations. It seems that the second brother's career needs you to inherit. " Since then, Liu Beimao has turned to music. 1935, to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of Liu Tianhua's death, Liu Beimao performed ten famous songs by Liu Tianhua, which surprised four people.

After the July 7th Incident, Liu Beimao was encouraged to be a senior secretary in the Ministry of Education. He angrily denounced him and resolutely refused to work for the Japanese, saying that he was ill and would not go to class. After going through hardships, I bypassed Hong Kong, Yunnan and other places and arrived at Chenggu, Shaanxi, an important position of anti-Japanese culture in the northwest. At the invitation of Mr. Xu Shoushang, a close friend of Lu Xun, I teach at Northwest United University. This feat of Mr. Liu shows his lofty national integrity and patriotic feelings.

In the late period of the War of Liberation, the reactionary regime of Nanjing Kuomintang was tottering, but it was still unwilling to withdraw from the historical stage. On the contrary, it strengthened the cruel rule over the broad masses of people. Under this circumstance, Mr. Liu Beimao resolutely supported and actively participated in the progressive teachers and students' rehearsal of the folk music ensemble "Spring Dawn in the Cuihu Lake" by the people's musician Nie Er, and used progressive and revolutionary music to sweep away the decadent sound of the music industry in Nanjing at that time, and at the same time gave great spiritual encouragement to the struggling people. In April of the same year, the "April 1" tragedy occurred in Nanjing, and the reactionary regime of the Kuomintang brutally suppressed the revolutionary actions of progressive students. Regardless of his personal safety, Mr. Liu Beimao went to the residence of progressive students expelled from the school to shake hands and give a condolence performance. These actions show Mr. Liu Beimao's noble character of clear love and hate. This is by no means an impulse, but a logical necessity for him to inherit the ideological interests of his brothers, Mr. Bannon and Mr. Tianhua, constantly pursue progress and hate the dark development.

While hating the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang, Mr. Liu Beimao showed great love for China's * * * production party, its revolutionary cause and new China. As early as the eve of the victory of the Liberation War, he was full of expectations for Prometheus of China, and full of longing and great confidence for the inevitable victory of the China * * * production party and the China revolution. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Liu Beimao was in high spirits. His music creation, erhu performance and music education in "Going Up a storey still higher" eulogized the Communist Party of China (CPC), new China, revolution and construction, and the industrious and intelligent people of China with his enthusiasm and infinite artistic talent. During the Cultural Revolution, Mr. Liu Beimao also showed noble personality and valuable qualities. On the one hand, he refused to expose the so-called "problems" of leaders and colleagues. On the other hand, despite the impact and persecution, he still firmly believed that the social situation at that time was only a temporary phenomenon, and a bright future of social stability would surely come. He firmly believes in the party and people, seeking truth from facts, and never sells himself for glory. He encouraged and urged himself with the ideological realm of "not afraid of floating clouds covering his eyes, but seeking high above".

Mr. Liu Beimao is a music educator. He taught and educated people all his life and loved life since childhood. He not only cultivates students with art, but also pays more attention to shaping students' personality. He teaches students not only by example but also by example. In the atmosphere of emotional blending and soul-to-heart, we will subtly cultivate talents in music education, research and performance. Teacher Liu first concentrates on cultivating formal students. Engaged in music education for 30 years, and trained a large number of outstanding music talents. In particular, blind musicians like Gamberlin and Yan have been trained, and their training process and their husbands' hard work often make people cry. In educating students, Mr. Liu pays attention to emotional people, physical and chemical people and artistic shaping people. Every time he teaches a piece of music, he always explains its background, theme, melody, characteristics and techniques. When students practice and return to class, he always patiently guides and persuades them to lay a solid foundation step by step and pay attention to cultivating their creativity. Not only that, Mr. Liu pays more attention to educating people with emotion.

During his teaching in Anhui, it was three years of economic difficulties. His old people not only educate students, but also often give them food and clothing subsidies to help them buy necessary musical instruments to solve their urgent needs in learning. He often dragged his sick body and walked with crutches to find students to attend classes at his home on campus, which moved the students to feel ashamed and sorry. From then on, he made great efforts and later became an excellent music talent.

Teacher Liu is more responsive and caring for amateur music lovers, and has created and trained a large number of music lovers, and some even become professional musicians. What is particularly commendable is that Mr. Liu Beimao used the holiday to make up lessons for the students, or to make up lessons for the students, or to give guidance to amateur music lovers. Not only does he never take anything, but he often provides them with tea, candy and meals. This professional spirit, whose first duty is to teach and educate people, seems to have been more vigorously publicized and carried forward in the process of building socialist spiritual civilization today. Mr. Liu Beimao trained countless students and became the academic leader and backbone of China's music industry. Many of them became organizers and counselors of mass cultural activities. This has trained musical talents for the development of national music in China.

Main work

1940, Liu Beimao published the world-famous Erhu songs such as Hanjiang Tide, March and Song of Wanderers. These works profoundly reflect the era of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the tragic spirit of struggle of the broad masses of the people.

During the period of 1942, on the way from Shaanxi to Sichuan, Mr. Liu Beimao composed Erhu Opera "Braving the Wind and Waves", which reflected the author's great ambition and firm belief at that time.

1943 During the Spring Festival, Mr. Liu Beimao was happy. In one go, he created the erhu song "Little Flower Drum". Through the description of children's joyful singing and dancing during the Spring Festival, the song expresses the author's optimistic feelings in a difficult environment. After the founding of New China, Mr. Liu Beimao has gained a broad historical stage and unprecedented superior creative conditions for music creation, and his artistic realm has been continuously sublimated. His music creation is not only excellent, but also more mature in theme and art.

1950. Liu's Erhu Opera "Farmer's Music" is the author's first work dedicated to New China. Since then, Mr. Liu's spirit has doubled, and his talents have been gushing. He has composed more than 20 erhu songs, such as Happy Dance Music, The Sun Shines on the Frontier of the Motherland and Happy Songs.

From 1958 to 197 1, Mr. Liu composed many erhu solos and dozens of erhu songs for children during his secondment to Hefei Art College and Anhui Normal University.

From 197 1 to 198 1, Mr. Liu Beimao returned to Beijing from Anhui. Although he was ill, he still insisted on writing, and successively wrote Erhu songs praising the socialist modernization, such as "Remembering the Great Achievements of the proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation such as Premier Zhou" and "Welcome". Mr. Liu Beimao composed more than 100 erhu works in his life, and the above list is only his representative works in various periods. These masterpieces of Mr. Liu are important links in the history of China's music development, and they are also bright artistic pearls in China's cultural treasure house.

Research books

1957 Music Publishing House published a collection of erhu songs (Liu Beimao's songs).

1960 Anhui People's Publishing House published "Beautiful Baohe" (Liu Beimao Qu)

In 2002, People's Music Publishing House published Liu Beimao's Collection of Commemorative Works (by Liu Yuxi).

In 2003, National Defense University Press published Liu Beimao's Erhu Qu Collection (Liu Beimao's Qu).

In 2004, People's Music published Liu Beimao's Erhu Qu Collection (composed by Liu).

In 2004, People's Music Publishing House published Liu Tianhua's Musical Career (Liu Beimao).

20 1 1 The Centennial Birthday Collection of Liu Beimao was published by People's Music Publishing House (written by Liu Yuxi and Feng).

Family profile

Liu Sanjie

Brother Liu Bannong (189 1- 1934), formerly known as Shoupeng, was one of the pioneers of the May 4th New Culture Movement in China. Famous writer, linguist and educator. He is also the founder of China's theory of language and photography. His "Experimental Records of Chinese Pinyin Characters" won the "Constanyine Special Prize in Linguistics". He is the first linguist in China to win this international prize.

Brother Liu Tianhua (1895- 1932), formerly known as Shouchun, is a pioneer, composer, performer and educator of modern folk music in China and a master of modern folk music in China. In the history of China's music, he was the first to arrange folk music with western staff, and boldly borrowed "western music" to improve China's music. He not only wrote immortal songs such as Yin in the Patient, Liang Xiao, Bird in the Empty Mountain, Bright Walk, etc., but also was the founder of the professional erhu school in the history of modern music in China, and for the first time incorporated ethnic instruments such as erhu, pipa and flute into the curriculum of higher music education. He is an innovator of national musical instruments, expanding the traditional erhu from three to five, making the expressive force of erhu reach an unprecedented situation; Reform the four-phase ten-tone pipa into six-phase eighteen-and-a-half, and make the pipa a a universal instrument with an average rhythm of twelve tones. Give new life to these two ancient national musical instruments.

In the historical span of more than 60 years from the May 4th Movement to the 1980s, the three Liu brothers have been constantly pursuing progress, striving to carry forward and develop the national culture of the motherland with a scientific and realistic spirit, which embodies the noble character of outstanding intellectuals and artists in China. Their immortal achievements have won people's respect and love, and they are known as the "three outstanding figures" of the Liu family in Jiangyin.

children

Mr. Liu Tianhua's eldest son Liu, deputy chief engineer of Beijing Construction Bureau, is a famous structural expert in China;

The second daughter, Liu Yudun, is the editor of Shanghai Institute of Electrical Science, and the son-in-law Shao Sheng is a doctor studying in the United States and a first-class professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University.

Liu Yujing, wife Cheng Wei, professor of Academy of Military Medical Sciences;

Liu Yuxi (1938-), male, violin professor, master tutor, violinist in the Orchestral Department of Central Conservatory of Music. One of the first generation violinists trained by New China successfully held the first China musician solo concert in August 2002 in Vienna, music city and Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital. Over the years, after busy teaching, I have persisted in exploring and developing the Chinese violin art;

Liu Yulun (1920-), alias Wang Jingxuan, 1944 graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering in The National SouthWest Associated University. He used to be a technician (technical assistant) in Kunming Repair Institute of Ministry of War Telecommunication Machinery Factory, a public engineer in Xijing Power Plant and a public engineer in Hebei Electric Power Company. After 1949, he served as deputy chief engineer and engineer of North China Electric Power Administration and Northeast Electric Power Administration, Suzhou Nuclear Power Research Institute of Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power, and engineer of Nuclear Power Bureau of Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power. As a professor-level senior engineer. Starting from 1993, you enjoy the special allowance issued by the State Council. 200 1 join the China * * * production party. And his sister Liu Yudun are twins.

Personality assessment

Liu Beimao is one of the founders of Liu Tianhua Erhu School, the most direct and outstanding inheritor and developer. From the untimely death of Liu Tianhua in 1932 to the 1960s, Liu Beimao made great contributions to the teaching, performance and creation of erhu, which played a role in connecting the past with the future and filling the historical gap. Liu Beimao should have an indispensable glorious chapter in the history of modern music in China. He is the "Van Gogh" of China's music industry. The value of his artistic achievements is far from being recognized by us. As time goes on, his research work will be more and more in-depth, and his talent will become more and more obvious. Some scholars vividly say that Liu Beimao's works are like a newly opened Dunhuang art treasure house, and the dazzling music wealth needs people to know and appreciate. Mr. Liu Beimao said before his death: "Music and musicians first serve people who don't engage in music." This is the most precious portrayal of civilian music thought and humanistic spirit throughout Mr. Bei Mao's life, and he is a well-deserved generation of national music masters.

Mr. Liu Beimao has been engaged in the creation, performance and education of national instrumental music all his life and made outstanding contributions. Mr. Liu's personality, high morality and integrity, regards life as a child's play, which shows the noble quality and personality charm of an upright patriotic intellectual. Under the new historical conditions, we should inherit the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, strengthen the construction of teachers' morality and style with the requirements of patriotism, socialism and * * * productism, emphasize learning to be a teacher and be a model, "teachers are easy to meet, but teachers are difficult to suffer", overcome the mentality of quick success and impetuous, and resist the impact of the tide of market economy on sacred teaching, education and scientific research. Mr. Liu Beimao has taught and educated people all his life, and has trained foreign language music talents with both ability and political integrity from generation to generation. Mr. Liu Beimao's music creation and performance practice not only inherited Mr. Nai Tianhua's creative ideas, but also created many excellent contemporary music, which developed the performance function of Erhu, a national instrumental music. In the creation and performance of erhu music, we should bring forth the new and make foreign things serve China. On the basis of absorbing western music, we should stick to the road of music development with China characteristics. This artistic development path of combining ancient and modern, eclectic and comprehensive innovation is exactly what we should explore in the process of building a new socialist culture. Through the creation and performance of erhu music, Mr. Liu Beimao inherited and developed Mr. Naixiong Tianhua's artistic thought, and pushed the ancient national instrumental music to the art palace of the world.