歌曲艺术不仅具有广大群众喜闻乐见的审美意义和作用 ,并且还具有着反映现实生活、展现人民心路历程 ,深刻揭示时代精神、民族特性的高度概括力。《歌声中的祖国》一书正是以此为依据 ,从近半个世纪里广泛传唱的当代中国歌曲中遴选出了 1 0 8首优秀作品 ,精心编织了一部旨在讴歌和展演社会主义时代伟大祖国壮丽史诗般宏伟画卷的“共和国有声历史” The art of song not only has the aesthetic significance and function of the masses, but also has a high degree of generalization which reflects the real life, shows the people’s mentality and profoundly reveals the spirit of the times and national characteristics. It is on this basis that the book The Motherland in Songs has selected 108 outstanding works from contemporary Chinese songs widely sung in nearly half a century and elaborated a book devoted to praising and demonstrating socialism Epic History of the Republic with magnificent Epic Grand Epoch of the Great Motherland