Initiation of “Chinese Music Classics of 20th Century” award selection

CCPS

Chinese contemporary music started in early 20th century. In July 1992, when the end of 20th century was approaching, then-fresh-established non-government organization Chinese Culture Promotion Society (CCPS) initiated an exceptional “Chinese Music Classics of 20th Century” Award, covering global Chinese community.

This award is aiming to summarize the achievement of Chinese music in the 20th century. The results of 124 award winners were released in November 1992. The award ceremony was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Jun 5th, 1993.

However, given the complexity of contemporary Chinese history and political/cultural issues, the award selection encountered many problems from its initiation to results release. (… to be continued)

Part I: Songs (first half, till 1945, the end of WWII)

There are 49 songs were selected into this award list. 25 of them were written before 1945, during decades of Japanese Invasion. Most of these famous songs expressed the beauty of our motherland and/or encouraged people to stand up and fight against the invaders.

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You can click the English title links to music videos.

Please stay tuned and other parts will be posted soon!