Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 218 pages)
ISBN:
9789047432777
Series Statement:
Sinica leidensia volume 84
Content:
Preliminary Material /A. Thrasher -- Chapter One. Sizhu music in south China /A. Thrasher -- Chapter Two. Yuelun: The confucian foundation /A. Thrasher -- Chapter Three. Qingshang music and the historic legacy /A. Thrasher -- Chapter Four. Yuelü: Music Theory and practice /A. Thrasher -- Chapter Five. Baban and the Sizhu repertoire /A. Thrasher -- Chapter Six. Bianzou: Performance practice and aesthetics /A. Thrasher -- Postscript /A. Thrasher -- Appendices /A. Thrasher -- Glossary of chinese technical terms and repertoire /A. Thrasher -- Bibliography /A. Thrasher -- Index /A. Thrasher.
Content:
According to a reader's report, this is \'one of the finest studies on (any kind of) Chinese music to emerge in recent years.\' Based on extensive fieldwork and a thorough knowledge of the scholarly literature, the author examines the theoretical underpinnings of the 'silk and bamboo' instrumental ensemble traditions of the Chaozhou, Hakka and Cantonese peoples of South China. Stepping back far into history, the book opens with a penetrating examination of Confucian theory, the ancient corpus of behavioral doctrine which promoted music as a means of achieving social harmony and which, together with Daoist belief, exercised unusually strong influence over common-practice music and aesthetics. This is followed by a rigorous analysis of the music itself, focusing upon linear and modal structures and performance styles which reflect a fascinating mix of ancient ideologies and more recent influences
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-211) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004165007
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004165002
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Thrasher, Alan R., 1944 - Sizhu instrumental music of South China Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2008 ISBN 9004165002
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004165007
Language:
English
Subjects:
Musicology
Keywords:
China
;
Ensemblemusik
;
Instrumentalmusik
;
Aufführung
;
Repertoire
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