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Musical creativity in twentieth-century China : Abing, his music, and its changing meanings / by Jonathan P.J. Stock.
| Author/creator | Stock, Jonathan P. J., 1963- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 1996. |
| Description | xii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Eastman studies in music Eastman studies in music. ^A494093 |
| Contents | Introduction. The individual in ethnomusicology ; Blind Abing ; Ethnomusicology and history ; Chinese music research ; Ethnography and fieldwork ; Ethnomusicology and music analysis ; Structure ; Note on Romanization and translation ; Periodization of Chinese history -- China, and the city of Wuxi, from the 1890s to 1950. The city of Wuxi, origins to 1950 ; China in turmoil, 1890-1912 ; China in development and disarray, 1912-1937 ; China at war, 1937-1950 -- Narrative, ideology, and the life of Abing. Yang Yinliu's official biography of Abing ; Rival biographies ; A patriotic and revolutionary street-singer: the construction of a text ; Issues of source and identity: the case of The Moon Reflected on the Second Springs ; Further biographical details: music, marriage, and death -- Musical life in early-twentieth-century Wuxi. Musical instruments (Erhu ; Pipa ; Sanxian ; Di and Xiao ; Luogu and Ban) ; Notation ; Musical genres (Dramatic and narrative genres ; Instrumental ensemble genres ; Solo music for Erhu and Pipa ; New musical forms) -- Music for Erhu. Analysis. Introductory passages ; Low-register melodies ; Middle-register melodies ; High-register melodies ; Codettas ; Other material ; Summary of related material ; Locally specific variation techniques ; Large-scale constructive techniques ; Musical structure as a result of performance decisions ; The case of Listening to the Pines -- Music for Pipa. Analysis -- Musical creativity, identity, and meaning in twentieth-century China. The conservatory tradition (Nationalist establishment, 1920s-1949 ; Communist consolidation, 1949-1994) ; Musical meaning -- Appendix 1: Erhu music. Cold Spring Wind ; Listening to the Pines -- Appendix 2: Pipa music. Dragon Boats ; Great Waves Washing the Sand ; Zhaojun Crosses the Border -- Glossary. Chinese personal names ; Instruments, genres, and technical terminology ; Compositions. |
| Abstract | This work examines the multiple and conflicting interpretations created around the life of the blind folk musician Abing (1893-1950). Abing is a household name in China, but, despite the central place he holds in Chinese music, he is little known, and his music rarely heard abroad. This detailed study of Abing, and the accompanying CD compilation of his best known pieces, reveal much about this unjustly neglected composer, and about the performance and reception of traditional music in contemporary China. Particular attention is given to the problematic category of the musical "work" in a tradition that relies heavily on improvisation and creative reworking of material. Abing's music has also taken strikingly different shapes since his death, notably in arrangement--some involving Western instruments--that adapt the music to changing tastes and ideological trends in the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and overseas. |
| Local note | Joyner-JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY SOUND RECORDING WITH SAME TITLE. SEARCH BY TITLE: Musical creativity in twentieth-century China, OR BY CALL NUMBER: MusicLib ML419.A67 S76 1996. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-204) and index. |
| LCCN | 96028056 |
| ISBN | 1878822764 (alk. paper) |
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