A Selection of Chinese Opera Songs (3 Volumes)

Author: Zheng Jingyi
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Features: The "Vocal Music Teaching Library" primarily highlights its teaching nature. Each volume of the "Library" consists of "General Teaching Principles," "Teaching Repertoire," and "Teaching Performance Notes" for each piece. It not only further standardizes teaching content and establishes a scientific system for the targeted teaching of repertoire, catering to different teaching selections and requirements, but also suits various vocal methods, offering ample room to choose pieces based on the teaching objectives. Within the relevant range of vocal genres, it can broadly fulfill its teaching role. The "General Teaching Principles" in each volume summarize the artistic characteristics of different vocal genres during a specific historical period and outline the teaching tasks of the volume based on teaching curricula for different objectives. They provide targeted teaching requirements regarding specific content, genre variety, stylistic features, regional categories, vocal method distinctions, difficulty levels, and more. Additionally, they introduce reference teaching methods and principles tailored to different teaching characteristics, offering inspirational guidance for teaching. If the "General Teaching Principles" grasp the universal commonalities of each volume's teaching from a systematic macro perspective, then the "Teaching Performance Notes" for each song provide detailed micro-perspective introductions on the compiler, historical background, thematic ideas, musical structure, and specific challenges in teaching performance. Undoubtedly, they will play a significant role in improving teaching quality. The "Vocal Music Teaching Library" also clearly reflects its documentary nature. Some works in the "Library" are popular and enduring masterpieces enjoyed by the public, while others have had a major impact on the history of vocal art, making them staple repertoire for vocal teaching and performance. As a textbook, it demonstrates the solid foundation of vocal education in terms of repertoire. The "Vocal Music Teaching Library" also possesses appreciative qualities. From the comprehensive cultivation tasks of vocal teaching, it is not merely about vocal training or the mastery of skills and techniques, but also about enhancing students' artistic qualities within the overall structure of vocal culture. As individual vocal training for a single voice cannot be limited to the use of certain pieces in that voice, students should also understand the artistic characteristics of their respective voices and their unique colors and styles in vocal modeling. They should grasp the correlations and interactions between vocal range and timbre contrasts. At the same time, students should explore the artistic charm of different vocal works within the broad field of vocal music. This is not only a need for cultivating artistic qualities in vocal education but also an important foundation for them to take on the role of bridging vocal teaching in the future.