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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785191503321

Autore

Penyeh Tsao

Titolo

Tradition and Change in the Performance of Chinese Music [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

ISBN

1-136-65194-2

9786610152285

0-203-98565-6

0-203-06609-X

1-280-15228-1

1-136-65201-9

90-5755-040-7

1-283-83777-3

1-135-29339-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (100 p.)

Disciplina

780.951

781.60951

Soggetti

Instrumental music

Music, Chinese

Vocal music

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Tradition and Change in the Performance of Chinese Music Part I; Contents; Copyright; Guest Editor's Preface; Romanization and Pronunciation; Chinese Musical Instruments; Articles; 'The Running Waters': Traditional Chinese Instrumental Music; The Music Associations of Hebei Province; Han Folk Song in China; Nuo-Culture and Music: Traces of Chinese Primitive Music in Nuoyi and Nuoxi; Taoist Ritual Music in China; Notes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

More than five thousand years of rich cultural history have made Chinese music an immensely sophisticated, multi-faceted artistic phenomenon that consists of diverse regional and transregional traditions.The present volumes bring together ten articles written



mainly by native scholars, with the general aim of introducing a dialogue about Chinese music from the viewpoint of the insider.