论音乐教育家黄自在中国现代音乐史上的重要地位

On the Music Educator Huangzi:An Important Position in China's Modern Music History

黄自是我国现代专业作曲领域中真正把西方现代作曲技术全面地、有机地、完美地结合于现实创作中的第一人,是我国最早全面系统地传授专业理论的音乐教育家。他的作品数量虽然不多,但是所涉猎的题材范围却比较宽,其音乐创作中艺术价值最高的当属抒情类艺术歌曲,西洋的写作技法与传统的音乐元素有机结合,清新雅丽,余音袅袅。因此,他的音乐创作给予现代的中国乐坛以深远的影响,文章从中国音乐教育的开拓者与现代音乐的先行者两个方面来探讨黄自在中国现代音乐史上的特殊位置。

Huang Zi is the first musician that creates works using the western modern composing skills in Chinese modern profes- sional composing field. He is the first educator who introduces professional theories comprehensively and systematically. Although the number of his works is not large ,the works created by him are of wide range of subjects, Of the works created by him sentimental pieces are of the highest value and being fresh and clean they contain not only the western writing skills but also the traditional musi- cal elements. Therefore, his works has exerted profound influence on the Chinese music circles. This paper discusses the special posi- tion of Huang Zi in Chinese modern music history from two aspects ：the Chinese music education pioneer and modern music forerunner.