A Treatise on Chinese Folk Polyphonic Music

Author: Fan Zuyin
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This is a collection of academic papers focusing on Chinese folk polyphonic music. It includes 16 representative essays written by the author Fan Zuyin from 1984 to 2003, serving as another specialized monograph in the same field following his book "Introduction to Chinese Polyphonic Folk Songs." The content covers the sociocultural background of folk polyphonic music, methods of collecting, notating, and classifying polyphonic folk songs; research on polyphonic song and musical genres; studies on the creative methods of folk polyphonic music; comparative research on polyphonic music among different ethnic groups within the same language family and between different language families; comparative studies between folk polyphonic music and Western modern and contemporary music; the relationship between folk polyphonic music and modern music composition; as well as historical reviews, current status, and prospects for the study of folk polyphonic music. The materials used primarily focus on polyphonic folk songs, with some inclusion of other forms of folk polyphonic music.