Chinese Music Monograph Series
CHINESE MUSIC
IN THE 20TH
CENTURY
Sin-Yan Shen
C h i n e s e M u s i c S o c i e t y o f N o r t h A m e r i c a
C h i c a g o , U S A
ABOUT THE AUTHORBorn in 1949 to Shanghainese parents, Sin-yan Shen studied music at very early age, mastering the vertical fiddle family of instruments. His dual career in music and physics culminated in the development of cultural acoustics, a discipline addressing scientifically the cultural molding of our ears and brain when it comes to music. Dr. Shen's life-long work centers on the question of "what music really is?" His teaching in North America and abroad has created a new understanding of music, its creative and social functions, and provides inspiration to a new generation of composers and music practitioners.
Dr. Sin-yan Shen pioneered the teaching of cultural acoustics at Northwestern and Harvard. He is currently Music Director of the Silk and Bamboo Ensemble and the Chinese Classical Orchestra, both touring internationally under the auspices of the Chinese Music Society of North America. He is editor of the international journal Chinese Music, music authority for the Encyclopedia Britannica, and a Fulbright Scholar. He serves as Technical Advisor to the Shanghai Musical Instruments Factory.
C O N T E N T S
PRELUDE 1
THE ERHU: 1900-2000 on page 11
QING ZHU & "I LIVE AT THE SOURCE OF THE YANGZI RIVER" 41
REN GUANG AND FISHERMEN'S SONG 49
ZHANG HAN-HUI AND "ON THE SONGHUA RIVER" 55
THE ARTISTIC PATHWAYS OF CHINESE MUSIC ON THE A BING SYSTEM 59
20TH CENTURY ART SONGS: SHENG JIALUN TO HUANG YUANYIN 83
"GALLOPING ON THE GRASSLAND" AND "MA-AN MOUNTAIN OVERTURE": THE BRILLIANCE OF HE WU-QI 89
LI GUOQUAN REMEMBERED 107
SHI LEMENG, LI BING-YUAN AND THE ERHU MASTERPIECE "JOY ON THE XIANG RIVER" 113
PAN GU CREATES THE UNIVERSE - MAO YUAN AND THE DANCE OF YAO 119
LI YUANQING: THE FATHER OF MUSICOLOGY IN CHINA 133
THE MUSIC OF PENG XIUWEN 137
QIANWEI TRADITIONAL ORCHESTRA 153
"FISHING SONG OF THE EAST CHINA SEA" - REVIEW OF A RECENT PERFORMANCE 163
ON THE INTERNATIONAL ERHU COMPETITION OF THE CENTURY: THE ART CUP INTERNATIONAL CHINESE INSTRUMENTS COMPETITION JUNE 1-6, 1989 169
CHINESE MUSIC'S FIRST COVER PERSONALITY - LIU MINGYUAN 177
WELCOMING THE CHINA NATIONAL ORCHESTRA 183
MUSIC FOR THE MIND VERSUS CONSUMER MUSIC: IS CHINESE MUSIC DIFFERENT? 189
SOUTHERN SCHOOL MASTER OF THE FLUTE ZHAO SONG-TING 207
20TH CENTURY MILESTONES FOR CHINESE MUSIC: THE ERHU AS A MAJOR SOLO INSTRUMENT 212
INDEX 215
ISBN 1-880464-04-7
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Total 225 pages
fully illustrated
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