Introduction to Traditional Chinese Music

Author: Wang Yaohua
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: This book provides a detailed description of the origins, composition, artistic characteristics, and development of traditional Chinese music, comparing it with Western music. It elaborates on the representative musical genres and tonal features of various systems and branches of traditional Chinese music. From an aesthetic perspective, it summarizes its artistic characteristics. It is a comprehensive summary of current research findings on traditional Chinese music. The authors and their contributions to this series are products of their time. They have been nurtured by the winds of reform and opening-up, enriched by the rain of the spread of outstanding Chinese music, and nourished by the academic wisdom of predecessors and peers. They attempt to organize and integrate certain aspects of the theory of traditional Chinese music. This serves as a reference for young scholars who are passionate about studying traditional Chinese music, and also contributes to the academic development of traditional Chinese musicology.