Author:
Li, Jingzhi, 1935-
Imprint:Hong Kong : Chinese University Press, c2010.
Descriptionxxi, 911 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., music, ports. ; 24 cm.
Note:Introduction: New music in China and its theoretical foundations -- The origins of New Music (1885-1919) the westernization of military music and the birth of schoolsong -- New Music in the May fourth period (1919-1937) -- The mass-singing movement and musical creation during the anti-Japanese period (1937-1945) -- New Music education and creation during the Civil War (1946--1949) and in the seventeen years after the founding of the People's Republic of China (1949-1966) -- Yangbanxi and the music of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976): revolutionary modern Peking opera, ballet, symphonic music and songs -- Musical creation after the Cultural Revolution and the New Wave music -- New Music and composers in Taiwan, Hing Kong and Macao -- Review and reflection: historical review (1885-1985) and the Sinicisation and modernisation of new music -- New development (1996-2006): mainland China, overseas, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"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."--[book cover]
