Stage Music Composition Techniques (Volume 1, Volume 2)

Author: Zhu Xiongying
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: This tutorial is one of the projects under the "Beijing Higher Education Excellent Teaching Material Program," and is a practical guide widely used in the field of opera composition and for those aspiring to learn it. It provides a detailed explanation of the evolution of vocal styles, the structure of musical forms, and traditional compositional techniques in vocal music, primarily focusing on major opera genres such as Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Yu Opera, Hebei Bangzi, and Ping Opera. It also dedicates significant space to teaching modern composition techniques. To provide students and opera music workers with methods for learning and studying vocal music arrangement, the latter part of the book specially selects more than forty representative excerpts from modern Peking Opera, traditional Peking Opera, and some local opera vocal music, presenting them in condensed scores. It comprehensively and three-dimensionally showcases orchestration techniques such as melody, harmony, counterpoint, bass, and various accompaniment textures, serving as a reference and inspiration for learners.