Foreign classical music dictionary

Author: Wang Zhixiong (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: With the deepening of reform and opening-up in China, the splendid flower of foreign music, after decades of silence, has finally revived, grown, and today has become an important part of China's musical stage. A wave of passion for foreign classical music, its appreciation, and study has formed and is rolling forward with great momentum. Numerous professional and amateur groups engaged in the research, teaching, performance, playing, dissemination, and popularization of foreign music have also sprouted like bamboo after rain, creating a situation never seen before since the founding of the country. Against this backdrop, this dictionary was written to meet the urgent demand of music workers, enthusiasts, and aficionados for knowledge of foreign music, as well as their desire to understand, recognize, and grasp it. Clearly, this is a timely specialized reference work that introduces foreign musical works, spreads foreign musical knowledge, and popularizes foreign music appreciation. The dictionary contains over 4,000 entries, basically covering all stages of musical development, styles, genres, and the major works of key composers from the Renaissance to the end of the 20th century. It can be said that it is a systematic and comprehensive specialized music dictionary introducing foreign musical works. Although the introductions to the works are not written as critical reviews, lacking some vividness and detail, they still hold certain value as a reference for appreciation.