郎朗将上甘岭主题曲《我的祖国》带进了白宫(文/视)

mtguyla

ranchgirl

My Motherland

This is a great river, waves on waves,
The wind spreads rice flower fragrance over both banks.
There lives my family at the riverside,
I get used to hearing those boatmen’s songs,
And get used to watching those white boat sails.

This is my beautiful Motherland,
A place where I was born;
On this vast expanse of land,
Every view is an enchanting scenery.

The Lasses have flower-like faces,
And the Lads have ocean-like minds.
In order to open up a new world,
They awaken the sleeping mountains,
And have the rivers take on new look.

This is my heroical Motherland,
A place where I grow up;
On this ancient land,
The power of youth is all around.

Beautiful mountains and waters make a delightful place,
And every road is so smooth and so wide.
When friends come, there are good wine awaiting them,
But if the jackel comes, what greets it is the hunting rifle.

This is my powerful Motherland,
A place where I live my life,
On this warm land,
Everywhere is the sunshine of peace.

ranchgirl

*  Mocking bird wrote:

This song is from a movie about the Korean war. So what? 50 years has passed since that movie and most of the people only think about the nice content of it when hearing it. Just like the American National Athem, many songs in wars are so beautifully written that they get into the hearts of people. The Chinese national anthem is written during the Second World War, should the Japanese politicans go nuts each time when visiting China (the last verse, “Marching forward under the enemy fire,” was referring to the Japanese fire when the song was written)? Should the English get angry each time the American national anthem is played? America was not mentioned in the song played by Lang Lang at all. It is a song when soliders sit there and thought about their beautiful homeland. Anything wrong with that? I do think so. Over sensitivy is just ridiculous.

Besides, do not you guys know that most of the songs and music played during the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics are made during or immediately after the Chinese revolution? Should you over-interpret it, does that mean the Chinese is reverting back to its past? The problem is that there are not much good music for large open occassions made after the reform, and most of the Chinese music played in large ceremonies are of a revolutionary root. On the other hand, the old popular Chinese song “When will you come back” was made by the puppet Japanese regime during WWII. It is still a most popular old love song at present. Few in China is tracing its root and rejecting it.

Would the Americans destroy Diego Rivera’s work in California because he was a communist? Please! Let arts be arts, and do not behave like a new generatio of McCarthyist doing this kind of witch-hunting.

quietplayer

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fall2008

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郎朗不算啥 克莱德曼曾演奏《毛主席最亲》zt

在艺术文学等人文的视角下，音乐表达的首先是人类崇高的情感，这些情感是民族与人类赖以延续繁荣的基础。在数理视角下，音乐就是傅里叶变换，不同时代，不同地域，不同种族，其兴衰更替苦难荣辱虽各异，却能提取出永恒的令所有民族为之震撼的精髓。日前，郎朗在白宫于中美政要前演奏《我的祖国》。因为此曲出自反映志愿军抗击美军的影片《上甘岭》中，在中美友谊的场合尤其是在美国政治核心出现，被中美很多媒体解读为不合时宜。本人以为这种认识是对音乐精神的局限误解。

    朝鲜战争是中美对峙的唯一一仗，而且是美国对外战争的唯一败仗。但最令美国人震撼的不是那个结果，而是志愿军所表现的自强不息的中华民族魂。美国政府往往避谈朝鲜战争，但美国百姓尤其是老兵，往往爱谈此战。这不是说美国人认输了，或者认为中国的制度好，而是觉得那样的装备下，那样的给养下，那样的残酷条件下，你们中国人打出来的仗我们美国人绝对打不出来，中国是值得美国敬重的好对手。中国人的这种状态实际上是那段历史造就的。抗战时期张自忠被误解为汉奸以后，曾在军队出征前明志道：“今日回军，除共同杀敌报国外，是和大家一同寻找死的地方。” 失去凝聚力的民族是软弱的，中国也不例外，所以会有屈辱与苦难的百年。而朝鲜战争却是中国人获得凝聚力后的爆发，将士报国雪耻之心与当年张自忠同出一义。中华大地在二十世纪的大部分时间里都遍布苦难，而共和国之前的苦难在民族心中造成的印记尤其深刻。这种民族感情到现在都极大地左右着中国人的行为方式，这可能是要和中国打交道的人时刻需要重视的方面。

    音乐的产生必须有现实事件的承载，但音乐所表达的情感和魅力却是穿越时空，没有民族界限的。美国人同样可以欣赏《上甘岭》插曲中所表达的民族魂。这个民族魂曾经凸显于中国军人战胜美国军人的战事中，但却不会局限在战争中，同样也不会局限在中华民族中，而是属于人类的精神，是值得其他民族欣赏与学习的精神。美国人淡看胜负，因为他们不缺少胜利，只缺少失败，这有胜者心态在。同时，超越胜负注重精神可能更加根本。美国老兵可以钦佩那次战争中的敌手，美国政府欣赏那样的民族魂当然不必大惊小怪了。当大家淡看胜负，欣赏其背后的人文精神时，自然就不会那么患得患失了。这也许是中国在复兴之路上的必学课程。

    从艺术角度看，问题可能更加简单。样板戏是文革产品，不可避免地带有极端革命色彩。但是，如同很多人提及的，红色娘子军一剧是中国芭蕾舞团出访的必备剧目，其独到的艺术手法为世界各国艺术家所推崇。歌曲《太阳最红，毛主席最亲》，歌名就带有强烈的时代局限性，歌词也难免。但是因为其旋律魅力，钢琴大师理查德－克莱德曼做了钢琴编曲，成为经典曲目。

    任何艺术都不可避免地带有民族感情色彩，也有本民族对当时敌对民族的情绪。但是当有生命力的艺术沉积成民族灵魂的时候，过往事件就淡化了，当时所针对的敌对民族也就幻作永恒意义上的困难了。如果我们总是囿于艺术产生的时代背景，在人类历史长河中的艺术作品还有多少可以为普世欣赏呢？那些自强不息积极奋争的精神恐怕都要被排除在外了。