Shen Congwen’s passion for western classical music contributed to the establishment of his unique aesthetics by nourishing his soul and artistic imagination.

This paper expatiates on the concepts of classical music and Baroque, discusses the distinctive features of classical music during Baroque period: "intense contrast with slight exaggeration", "diversifiable presenting forms", and the classical music of this period developed greatly with a large number of excellent composers emerging.

This paper attempts to analyze the dilemma of classical music in China and its way out.

The paper is mainly about the first step for most people to the western classical music, emphasizing that we should proceed in an orderly way and step by step.

It also discusses the common features of the music in West Asia and North Africa from the angle of religious music,folk music and classic music: namely,the use of microtones and the character fit for singing under certain conditions;the textural .

A Study of Western Music Research in China (1980-2000);

There has been a keen debate about the advantages and disadvantages of eastern and western music as well as the relationship between them since the introduction of western music into China.

Christian culture is the important soil for Western music,and the very source of its art style.