20世纪二胡发展阶段的回顾与思考

Review and Consideration of the Several Stages of the Role Erhu Played in the 20th Century

二胡是中国当代民族乐器中最重要的乐器之一,它在今天的音乐创作和音乐生活中起着十分重要的作用。然而作为一件有着几百年历史的乐器,直到20世纪才得以极其迅速地发展。20世纪以来,尤其是"五四"文化运动的推进,在刘天华、刘文金等人为代表的音乐家的推动下,二胡在音乐创作、音乐演奏、情感表达、社会地位等方面都获得了全方位的提升。回顾二胡在20世纪中几个阶段的改革,思考其人文内涵,对我们进一步研究二胡事业的发展有着积极的意义。

Erhu is one of the most important contemporary Chinese folk musical instruments.It plays an important role in today＇s music creation and music life.However,as a centuries-old musical instrument,it was unable to develop rapidly until the twentieth century.Since the 20th century,especially with the promotion of the May Fourth New Culture Movement,owing to Liu Tianhua and Liu Wenjin＇s great effort,erhu gets a comprehensive upgrade in music creation,music performance and emotion expression and its social status has also been improved.It is significant for the further research on erhu to recall the several stages of the reform of erhu during the 20th century and to think about its cultural implication.