Introduction to Chinese Folk Music

Author: Zhou Qingqing
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: An Introduction to Chinese Folk Music is a course offered by the Central Conservatory of Music since September 1993. It systematically and comprehensively discusses the development of folk music in China, tracing and connecting the artistic characteristics and musical forms of the five major categories of Chinese folk music—folk songs, folk dance music, narrative-singing music, opera music, and folk instrumental music. It strives to explore the developmental process of Chinese folk music and the characteristics of traditional musical form thinking. This textbook is a required course for undergraduate, junior college, and advanced training students of the Central Conservatory of Music taking An Introduction to Chinese Folk Music. It is also an important preparation book for postgraduate entrance exams in the Music Department of the Central Conservatory of Music. Additionally, it serves as a reference textbook for faculty and students of music departments in various professional music colleges, art colleges, and normal universities in China to study Chinese folk music. It can assist music workers in local people's art houses and cultural centers in collecting, organizing, and researching folk music, and it provides a pathway for music enthusiasts to explore Chinese folk music.