Su Wenxian, 1907 1 was born in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province in February, and died in August. He is a master of Chaole and Nanpai Guzheng, and is known as the "Qin Saint". 1926- 1938 When living in Thailand, he studied the playing skills of pipa and guzheng under Chaozhou musicians Xie Shaopu and Wang Zeru, and became a famous Chaozhou musician at that time, known as "Pipa Su". During the period, he often participated in performances organized by overseas Chinese music groups in Thailand, performing Chaole Ensemble and Zheng Solo. The popular Qu Zheng was later edited as Chaozhou Dialect Qu Zheng.

Chinese name: Su Wenxian

Nationality: People's Republic of China (PRC).

Place of birth: Chaozhou, Guangdong

Date of birth: 1 90765438+February1.

Date of death:1971August 1 1 day.

Occupation: performer

Representative Works: Chaozhou Guzheng Textbook

character introduction

Personal profile

Su Wenxian, 1 90765438+February1was born in Chaozhou, Guangdong. He is a master of Chaole and Nanpai Guzheng, and is known as the "Qin Saint". He creatively took a three-board song (equivalent to 1/4 beat) as the introduction, introduced the first board song (equivalent to 4/4 beat), and then ended it by urging the board to return to the three boards, forming a new board structure of string poetry music, thus breaking through the traditional divertimento format. He started with three pieces of Sichuan-Shaanxi dragon, added three pieces of Pingsha geese, and then followed Sichuan-Shaanxi dragon. This plate structure has now become a popular Chaozhou string form. He is also good at playing pipa, guzheng, two-stringed instrument, dulcimer, coconut tree, sanxian and flute.

Social assessment

Since 1980s, Su, a descendant of Su Lao, who taught in Guangzhou Xinghai Conservatory of Music, has published the first book "Chaozhou Gong and Drum" recorded by staff, creating various recording symbols of gong and drum music and spreading Chaozhou Gong and Drum to the world.

Since then, Chen Tianguo (a professor at the Conservatory of Music) has published Chao Chan and Ping Pian. After Su settled in Hong Kong, he published Chaozhou Zheng Art, including Chaozhou String Research Paper and Chaozhou Twenty-four Scores. It can be said that it is passed down from generation to generation.

Su Wenxian has made indelible contributions to the inheritance, spread and development of Chaozhou music. 1997 12.3, Xinghai Conservatory of Music, Guangdong Musicians Association and Guangdong Music Research Institute jointly held the event "Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the birth of the famous Chaozhou musician Su Wenxian", and spoke highly of Mr. Su Wenxian's contribution to Chaozhou music before his death.

Personal realization

milestone

From 65438 to 0933, Su Wenxian returned to his hometown from Thailand to settle down, participated in the performance of the local "Folk Music Museum" (amateur music organization), and began to teach Chaozhou music skills to the younger generation of Chaozhou music lovers.

From 65438 to 0953, Su Wenxian set up the Chaozhou Folk Music Research Room in Chaozhou. As the creative director, he began to systematically collect and organize Chaozhou folk music and rehearse programs.

From 65438 to 0956, Su Wenxian set up Chaozhou Folk Music Troupe to perform in the National Music Week held in Beijing.

1957, Su Wenxian performed a program called "Fishing with a Net" at the 6th World Youth and Students Festival held in Moscow, and won the gold medal.

1956 10, Su Wenxian was invited to give a lecture at Northeast Conservatory of Music (now "Shenyang Conservatory of Music") and teach Chaozhou Zheng.

1958, Guangzhou Conservatory of Music (now Xinghai Conservatory of Music) was just established, and Su Wenxian was employed to teach in the school. He opened four courses, namely Chaozhou Guzheng, Erxian, Pipa and Chaozhou Music Ensemble, which initiated Chaozhou music to enter colleges and universities.

196 1 In August, the Chaozhou guzheng textbook compiled by Su Wenxian was recognized at the first national guzheng textbook conference, which made Chaozhou guzheng art spread in music colleges all over the country.

1962, a large number of rare and precious classical music Chord Poems (scores) of Chaozhou music collected by veteran Su Zhen for many years were lent to Mr. Cao Zheng, who promised to copy them and publish them together with Zhao Yuzhai's Zheng Music by People's Music Publishing House, which provided reliable favorable conditions for studying and discussing ancient folk Chord Poems.

Personal program

Su Wenxian participated in the creation, adaptation and performance of programs, such as Chaozhou gongs and drums, casting nets and fishing, celebrating the harvest, Chaozhou music ensemble Liu Qingniang, suona music, Pink Butterfly Picking Flowers, string poems, Western Western jackdaw Playing in the Water, Zhao Jun's Complaints, etc. Among them, "Western jackdaw in the West" and "Show Your Hatred" won excellent program awards. Tour to Shanghai and other places, so that Chaozhou music spread throughout the country.

He has recorded dozens of guzheng songs, string poems and music ensembles for china national radio and Guangdong People's Broadcasting Station, such as Playing in the West Western jackdaw, Picking Flowers with Butterflies, He Xinchun, Langtaosha and Zhaojun Powder.