Liu Tianhua's Music Career: Reminiscences of His Younger Brother

Author: Liu Beimao (Introduction/Composition by Yu Hui)
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features:
Foreword
I. The Charm of Hometown
II. Childhood Experiences
III. Grandmother, Father, and Mother
IV. Uncle Ruan Cheng
V. The Enlightenment of Music
VI. Middle School Years
VII. Revolutionary Years
VIII. The Trip to Shanghai
IX. In Hometown
X. Reflections in Illness
XI. Returning to Alma Mater, Nurturing Talent
XII. Diligent Study and Practice of National Instruments
XIII. Summer Music Research Society
XIV. "The Tree Emerges from the Valley"
XV. Arrival in Beijing
XVI. Listening to Master Performances
XVII. Relearning the Violin
XVIII. Hardship and Learning
XIX. The Establishment of the National Music Improvement Society
1. The Purpose of the Society
2. Heartfelt Grief and Passion
3. Publishing the "Music Magazine"
4. The First Society-Organized Concert
5. Planning the "Summer Music School"
6. Benefit Performance for the "May Fourth Massacre"
7. The Shattering of Dreams
XX. Determined to Reform National Instruments
1. Grand Ambitions
2. Brothers' Collaboration
XXI. The Last Years of a Brief Life
XXII. The Last Weekend Gathering
XXIII. The Death of Brother Tianhua
XXIV. People's Remembrance
Appendix: Selected Eulogies
Afterword