Research on the Music Criticism Thought of Li Shutong

Li Shutong,as China's representative of modern school music,not only created many pieces of high-quality music works,but also published a series of very practical music criticisms towards the musical life at the time when China's modern new music was burgeoning.His main views are the music criticism concept based on "Art Saves the Nation",the music criticism theory based on the traditional Chinese "National Study",the personality education thought of "Art First and Instruments Second",etc.He has made outstanding contributions,both in theory and practice,to guiding and promoting the development of of China's modern new music.