A Critical History of New Music in China
Title | A Critical History of New Music in China PDF eBook |
Author | Jingzhi Liu |
Publisher | Chinese University Press |
Total Pages | 962 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9629963604 |
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.
A Critical History of New Music in China
Title | A Critical History of New Music in China PDF eBook |
Author | Liu Chingchih |
Publisher | The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press |
Total Pages | 960 |
Release | 2010-07-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 962996970X |
By the end of the nineteenth century, after a long period during which the weakness of China became ever more obvious, intellectuals began to go abroad for new ideas. What emerged was a musical genre that Liu Chingchih terms "New Music." With no direct ties to traditional Chinese music, New Music reflects the compositional techniques and musical idioms of eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth–century European styles. Liu traces the genesis and development of New Music throughout the twentieth century, deftly examining the cultural, social, and political forces that shaped New Music and its uses by politicians and the government.
Musical Meaning
Title | Musical Meaning PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence Kramer |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 346 |
Release | 2021-06-22 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0520382978 |
Ranging widely over classical music, jazz, popular music, and film and television music, Musical Meaning uncovers the historical importance of asking about meaning in the lived experience of musical works, styles, and performances. Lawrence Kramer has been a pivotal figure in the development of new resources for understanding music. In this accessible and eloquently written book, he argues boldly that humanistic, not just technical, meaning is a basic force in music history and an indispensable factor in how, where, and when music is heard. He demonstrates that thinking about music can become a vital means of thinking about general questions of meaning, subjectivity, and value. First published in 2001, Musical Meaning anticipates many of the musicological topics of today, including race, performance, embodiment, and media. In addition, Kramer explores music itself as a source of understanding via his composition Revenants for piano, revised for this edition and available on the UC Press website.
Yellow Music
Title | Yellow Music PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew F. Jones |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Total Pages | 228 |
Release | 2001-06-19 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780822326946 |
DIVThe distribution of the gramophone and the birth of popular music, including jazz, as a part of nation-building and modernity in China./div
Echoes of History
Title | Echoes of History PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Rees |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023 |
Genre | Folk music |
ISBN | 9780197727843 |
New Music in China and the C.C. Liu Collection at the University of Hong Kong
Title | New Music in China and the C.C. Liu Collection at the University of Hong Kong PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Woo |
Publisher | Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | 414 |
Release | 2005-01-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9789622097728 |
This book comprises five invited papers, each of which touches on a topic directly or indirectly related to the music of China in the twentieth century. And it consists of the catalogue of library materials related to new music of China donated by Liu Ching-chih to the University of Hong Kong.
Dangerous Tunes
Title | Dangerous Tunes PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Mittler |
Publisher | Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |
Total Pages | 532 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | China |
ISBN | 9783447039208 |
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.