On the Artistic Characteristics of Homesickness-themed Tang Poems Set to Music
On the Artistic Characteristics of Homesickness-themed Tang Poems Set to Music

Summary/Abstract: Homesickness-themed Tang poems set to music occupy an important position among Tang poems set to music. However, as far as the current state of research is concerned, we have not yet seen the results of the analysis of their artistic characteristics by the academic community. To remedy the great pity, this paper uses macroscopic panoramic scanning methods twice to simplify the research objects based on the classification of Tang poems set to music to select the most typical homesickness-themed Tang poems set to music. Then, taking Li Bai's „Thoughts on a Tranquil Night” and Zhao Jiping's settings as typical, case studies are conducted in terms of songs’ patterns, singing techniques and cavity audio embellishing for emotional processing, and efforts are made to reveal the laws of their compositions and performances.

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