上海雅乐社初探

An Initial Study of the Shanghai Songsters

1919年,中国建立了第一个由国人组成的合唱团—上海雅乐社。其音乐活动时间从1919~1948年,持续时间长达近三十年。上海雅乐社先后由梅百器、弗兰克尔等多位著名指挥家担任指挥,曾与上海工部局乐队及沪上众多著名音乐家长期合作,演出过海顿的清唱剧《创世记》、贝多芬《第九交响曲》终曲乐章等世界经典合唱曲目及中国作曲家赵元任的《海韵》。上海雅乐社的合唱活动代表了当时中国合唱艺术的最高水平,并且将我国合唱艺术逐步提升至专业化的发展高度。

The society’s existed nearly 30 years,conducted by such famous conductor as Mario Paci and Wolfgang Fraenkel,coperformed with Paci’s Shanghai Municipal Orchestra and other well-known Shanghai musicians.It stood for the highest level in that time’s Chinese chorus art and made it gradually reach a professional level.