张季让儿童歌舞剧《快乐之乡》研究

Research on Zhang Jirang’s Children Song and Dance Drama The Land of Happiness

儿童歌舞剧《快乐之乡》是音乐家张季让在组建苏州丙寅乐团初期所创作的唯一一部儿童歌舞剧。本文通过对该剧本的创作背景、艺术特征及历史价值等方面进行全面深入的研究,力求再现作品的真实面貌,以丰富学界对张季让音乐创作多元化的认识,印证20世纪二三十年代“西乐中用”之理念对多体裁中国音乐发展的重要作用。

The The Land of Happiness is the only children song and dance drama created by the musician Zhang Jirang at the early stage of forming the Suzhou Binyin Ensemble. Aiming to reproduce the true situation of the work,the article discoveries the background,artistic characteristics and historical value of the drama comprehensively,in order to enrich the knowledge about the diversity of Zhang Jirang’s musical creation. This research also proves the important role of the concept of “Western music for Chinese utility” in the 1920s and 1930s in the development of multi-genre Chinese music.