Author(s)

Ge Zhang ¹, Yitong Li ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of History, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, Shaanxi, China

Corresponding Author

Ge Zhang

ABSTRACT

School music and songs in China refer to the singing culture in the early 20th century with the establishment of new schools. They generally refer to the music classes or songs created for school singing. The new music of modern times, represented by school music and songs, has entered a new stage. Due to the special background of the times, the school music has been cherishing the most valuable quality of modern music thoughts since its birth: the spirit of resistance to the old forces and the passion of patriotism. School songs created a new era in the history of Chinese music, and had a great impact on the development of the whole modern history.

KEYWORDS

School music and songs, “new spirit”, “new music”

CITE THIS PAPER

Ge Zhang, Yitong Li. “New Music” for “New Spirit”--School Music and Songs in Modern China. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2021) 3: 152-155. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2021.030220.

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