怀古音乐:历史的真实 音乐的善美

Music of Reminiscence:The Truth of History,the Beauty of Music

怀古音乐是人类针对缺乏定量记谱法及录音技术发明时期的音乐事项而进行的一种历史真实性描述和善美化音乐音响呈现活动的概括。它是一种题材类别、一种体裁类型,是一种“不类今曲”的艺术风格,也是人类音乐文化活动的基本规律与本质特征之一。文章从美国密歇根大学与武汉音乐学院合作的怀古宋乐入手,通过第一阶段7年多时间的实验探索,认为怀古音乐是中国古代音乐走向当代、走向世界的有效路径。

Music of reminiscence represents a description of the historical authenticity in relation to music and a generalization of the activities of beautifying music presentation in the period when mensurable notation and recording technology were neither invented nor used.The team consisting of members from both the University of Michigan and the Wuhan Conservatory of Music started with the music of reminiscence of the Song dynasty,and through the phase-1 experiment and exploration for more than seven years,considered that music of reminiscence is an effective means for ancient Chinese music to go global with a sense of contemporaneity.