Music In China Today
DOWNLOAD
Download Music In China Today PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Music In China Today book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Music In China Today
DOWNLOAD
Author : Bernhard Hanneken
language : en
Publisher: Intercultural Music Studies
Release Date : 2017
Music In China Today written by Bernhard Hanneken and has been published by Intercultural Music Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Music categories.
Given China’s size and its long and varied cultural history with its many different cultural strands (not only from the 55 officially recognized minorities), it is surprising to see that comparatively little has been published in terms of ethno-musicological research. On the other hand, it needed UNESCO’s initiative of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity to remind the Chinese of the values of their own traditions. China participated from the very beginning in the initiative—with success: As of November 2016, China has inscribed almost 30 different traditions into this list, plus another seven into a List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. Which has led to a surprising and radical change in the perception of traditional arts and crafts in China itself: All of a sudden they were in high regard again, becoming almost "fashionable pastimes for educated young people" (Helen Rees). This book looks at some of these traditions: at the changing tastes and attitudes towards the guqin zither and at a musical transfer at the end of the 18th century, at the minority music of the Naxi and Uyghur people, at developments in the 20th century such as Li Jinhui’s children operas in the 1920s or at the interdependence between music and power under and after Mao Zedong. Stepping into the 21st century, a new folk song movement and the careers and success of glittering girl bands are examined, as are the ways Chinese in Taiwan look at their old motherland. Two music-related themes are Chinese shadow play and the folk dance genre yangge, and last not least we also can read an advice for westeners how to open their ears for Chinese music. The book comes with an 80-minute audio CD whose 17 tracks give sound to the papers in this publication.
Views Of Music In China Today
DOWNLOAD
Author : Martin Hatch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Views Of Music In China Today written by Martin Hatch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Music categories.
A Critical History Of New Music In China
DOWNLOAD
Author : Jingzhi Liu
language : en
Publisher: Chinese University Press
Release Date : 2010
A Critical History Of New Music In China written by Jingzhi Liu and has been published by Chinese University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
By the end of the nineteenth century, Chinese culture had fallen into a stasis, and intellectuals began to go abroad for new ideas. What emerged was an exciting musical genre that C. C. Liu terms "new music." With no direct ties to traditional Chinese music, "new music" reflects the compositional techniques and musical idioms of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European styles. Liu traces the genesis and development of "new music" throughout the twentieth century, deftly examining the social and political forces that shaped "new music" and its uses by political activists and the government.
Origins Of Chinese Music 2007 Edition Epub
DOWNLOAD
Author : Lim SK
language : en
Publisher: Asiapac Books Pte Ltd
Release Date : 2018-09-21
Origins Of Chinese Music 2007 Edition Epub written by Lim SK and has been published by Asiapac Books Pte Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-21 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
From the early days, musical instruments in China were made from everyday items: hunting tools, trees, bamboo and even bones. During the Zhou dynasty, there were about 70 instruments. Today, there are hundreds. But have you ever wondered how these musical instruments in China came about? Well, in this book, the evolution of Chinese music over the centuries is examined, from prehistoric times, through the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, all the way to our modern times. In addition, the origins and characteristics of specific musical instruments are explored, giving insight in one's understanding of these instruments. Legendary accounts related to historical personalities are also featured, including: * How two phoenixes helped Fuxi, the earliest ancestor of the Chinese, add music to the lives of the people. * How the musical talents of some individuals were so high they could sense evil elements in a piece of music. * How Wangzi Qiao became an immortal from playing the sheng. Indeed, this book holds a treasury of fascinating information and stories pertaining to Chinese musical instruments. This is definitely something any music lover should have in his collection.
Music In China
DOWNLOAD
Author : Frederick Lau
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2008
Music In China written by Frederick Lau and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Music categories.
Music in China is one of many case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array of case-study volumes, each of which focuses on a single area of the world. Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation as a point of departure, covering historical information and traditions as they relate to the present. Visit www.oup.com/us/globalmusic for a list of case studies in the Global Music Series. The website also includes instructional materials to accompany each study. Music in China offers a unique exploration of the rich, dynamic, and multifaceted Chinese musical landscape. In contrast with previous scholarship--which focused almost exclusively on the role of music in elite culture--this volume takes a balanced look at a variety of traditional and modern genres, including those performed among local and regional folk musicians, in academia, in the media, and on concert stages both inside and outside of China. Using the interrelated themes of identity, modernization, and ideology as a narrative framework, author Frederick Lau discusses the musical features of the selected genres, the processes through which they came into existence, and related socio-political issues. Lau draws on his own extensive fieldwork and performance experience in both mainland China and its diasporic communities to show how the ever-changing Chinese musical tradition takes on particular meanings in China, in overseas Chinese communities, and in diverse international settings. Enhanced by eyewitness accounts of local performances, interviews with key performers, vivid illustrations, and hands-on listening activities, Music in China provides an accessible and engaging introduction to Chinese music. It is packaged with an 80-minute audio CD containing examples of the music discussed in the book.
Dangerous Tunes
DOWNLOAD
Author : Barbara Mittler
language : en
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Release Date : 1997
Dangerous Tunes written by Barbara Mittler and has been published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with China categories.
Barbara Mittler's book is the first comprehensive monographic study of China's New Music written in a Western language. It deals with two key points of contention: the effects of politics on the development of Chinese New Music, and the importance of China's indigenous musical traditions for the development of her New Music. In many ways, it is a handbook to New Chinese Music as it provides biographical and musicological sketches of the greater number of China's composers. As a reference work it will thus be of interest to libraries as well as to musicologists and music impressarios. The book is unique as a comparative study of New Chinese Music under three different political systems. Its conclusions, the discovery of (and explanations for) inherent similarities in those three New Musics will be of interest to sinologists in the field of politics and cultural studies.
Culture Music Education And The Chinese Dream In Mainland China
DOWNLOAD
Author : Wai-Chung Ho
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-01-04
Culture Music Education And The Chinese Dream In Mainland China written by Wai-Chung Ho and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-04 with Education categories.
This book focuses on the rapidly changing sociology of music as manifested in Chinese society and Chinese education. It examines how social changes and cultural politics affect how music is currently being used in connection with the Chinese dream. While there is a growing trend toward incorporating the Chinese dream into school education and higher education, there has been no scholarly discussion to date. The combination of cultural politics, transformed authority relations, and officially approved songs can provide us with an understanding of the official content on the Chinese dream that is conveyed in today’s Chinese society, and how these factors have influenced the renewal of values-based education and practices in school music education in China.
Pianos And Politics In China
DOWNLOAD
Author : Richard Curt Kraus
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1989-07-13
Pianos And Politics In China written by Richard Curt Kraus and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-07-13 with Political Science categories.
In China, a nation where the worlds of politics and art are closely linked, Western classical music was considered during the cultural revolution to be an imperialist intrusion, in direct conflict with the native aesthetic. In this revealing chronicle of the relationship between music and politics in twentieth-century China, Richard Kraus examines the evolution of China's ever-changing disposition towards European music and demonstrates the steady westernization of Chinese music. Placing China's cultural conflicts in global perspective, he traces the lives of four Chinese musicians and reflects on how their experiences are indicative of China's place at the furthest edge of an expanding Western international order.
Live At The Forbidden City
DOWNLOAD
Author : Dennis Rea
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2006
Live At The Forbidden City written by Dennis Rea and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Guitarists categories.
Live at the forbidden City offers a singular look at the rapidly evolving Chinese popular music scene, as seen through the eyes of one of the first progressive Western musicians to perform extensively in both China and Taiwan. In the 1980s and 90s, American author and musician Dennis Rea played concerts in venues ranging from sports arenas to underground nightclubs to TV broadcasts - frequently under bizarre circumstances and the constant threat of harassment by Communist Party authorities. Spiced with informative reflections on Chinese music and culture, Rea interweaves depictions of his musical adventures with an insider's look at China's emergent rock music phenomenon and an eyewitness account of the violent civil uprising in Chengdu at the same time as the events at Tiananmen Square.
China S New Voices
DOWNLOAD
Author : Nimrod Baranovitch
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2003-08
China S New Voices written by Nimrod Baranovitch and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-08 with History categories.
A study of popular music in contemporary China that focuses on how popular music has become a staging area for battles over politics and ethnic differences in China.