Introduction to Chinese Folk Music

Author: Cheng Tianjian
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: The basic content of this book revolves around the five major categories of Chinese ethnic music, namely: folk songs, dance music, narrative music, opera music, and ethnic instrumental music. It provides a detailed introduction to the historical development, genre classification, musical style characteristics, as well as representative figures, representative works, and stylistic schools. At the same time, the book offers a meticulous analysis of the musical forms of singing, dancing, tunes, operas, and instrumental music of both the Han ethnic group and minority ethnic groups. Complete musical examples are included to introduce representative and outstanding works. It also provides a general overview of Buddhist and Taoist music within the context of religious music. This enables readers to achieve a theoretical summary and generalization based on their intuitive understanding, thereby grasping the main artistic style characteristics.