On the Analysis of the Style and Feature of Wang Zhixin’s Vocal Music Composition

Abstract

<p class="bodycopy">Wang Zhixin is a famous vocal music composer and conductor in China. He has created hundreds of renowned vocal composition in his past forty years of musical art career, for instance, <em>Lan Huahua</em> (The Flower of Orchid), <em>Meng Jiangnv</em> (The Legend of A Loyal Widow), <em>The Spring of China</em>, <em>Mei Huayin</em> (Ode to the Plum Blossom). All of these mentioned above are his most representative works. He absorbs not only the singing methods from the folk tunes and traditional Chinese opera, but also the composition skills on modern vocal music. His composition, thus, is full of multi-nationality, particularity of times and multi-variety. This paper will elaborate on the above three aspects to analyze the Style and Feature of Wang Zhixin’s Vocal Music Composition.</p>