"City of Music Lovers: Shanghai: The Birth of Western Music in Modern China: Shanghai (The Birth of Western Music in Modern China)"

Author: Yasumoto Yasuko
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: A historical study on the introduction of Western music into China by a foreign scholar. This book compiles historical materials from China, Japan, and Europe, comprehensively presenting the musical life in Shanghai, the oriental metropolis, between the 1920s and 1930s. Objective, authentic, and, it was awarded the Japanese "Suntory Academic Award" and the Japan Comparative Literature Society Award. It traces the origins, is richly illustrated, offers a unique perspective, and provides abundant historical materials, helping to re-understand and appreciate music history.