Movies and Politics in the History of a Chinese Popular Song: From Tang Wei, Li Koran, Zhou Xuan to Abing the Blind

• 발행기관: 아시아음악학회
• 저자명: Yu Siu Wah
• 간행물 정보: 『Asian Musicology』JCAM 17, 105~142쪽, 전체 37쪽
• 주제분류: 예술체육 > 음악학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2011.06.01

영문 초록

The seduction scene performed by Tang Wei in the movie, "Lust/Caution" (2007), directed by Lee Ang and distributed worldwide, is a cover version of Zhou Xuan's evergreen song, "Songstress of Heaven's Edge" in her movie, 'Street Angel" (1937). In between these seventy years, the same song has been recorded and re-recorded in various dialects and contexts. Despite its popularity, it has rarely been revealed that the song is melodically related to the well known Chinese erhu (bowed lute) piece "Moon Reflected on the Second Spring" by the legendary Abing the Blind (1893-1950). Yang Yin Liu (1899-1984), the master Chinese music historian who recorded and transcribed Abing's performance in 1950, had tried to deny the obvious connections between Abing's erhu piece and the popular Southern Chinese folk tune Zhixin Ke, which is basically the prototype of Zhou Xuan's song in the movie. This paper is a study of the reception history of Zhou Xuan's song and Abing's erhu piece. By unfolding the historical and political contexts under which Yang Yin Liu portrayed and protected Abing, the cultural ramifications of the song, the erhu piece, the individuals and politics involved are contextualized. Later cover versions of the song by Li Koran and Teresa Teng, and the movie soundtrack of the 1937 movie are also analyzed. In a way, the entwined history of the movie song and the erhu piece is rich enough to be a focused, yet comprehensive ethnography of Chinese music of the past seventy years.

목차

Abstract

Introduction

Tang Wei's Seductive Song (2007)

Zhou Xuan's Original Song in the 1937 Movie

He Lüting's Soundtrack for "Street Angel" (1937)

Teresa Teng (Deng Lijün 1953-1995)

Li Koran's Tianya Genü in a Later Movie

Abing's Erhu Solo Piece "Moon Reflected on the Second Spring" (1950)

Yang Yin Liu's Role in Abing's Legend

Conclusion

References

키워드

Zhou Xuan Abing He Lü ting Teresa Teng Lee Ang