Selected Singing Styles of Cheng Yanqiu

Author: Xiao Qing (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 1999-07-01
Features: The late Xiao Qing, a renowned opera music scholar, dedicated several years of his time and effort to accomplish a challenging yet valuable "project." He compiled and published a collection of the essence of the singing art created by the great Peking Opera master Cheng Yanqiu throughout his life in the form of an "anthology," presenting it to the and. This work holds significant meaning not only for the professional learning and artistic practice within the Peking Opera community but also for advancing the research of ethnic opera and ethnic music. As a dramatic genre with an independent and complete artistic performance system, Peking Opera has only a little over a hundred years of history but has actually become a nationwide theatrical genre. This book selects some of the main aria segments from Cheng Yanqiu's representative works and includes an article by Cheng Yanqiu discussing his experiences in creating vocal techniques, as well as an introduction to the art of Cheng-style singing by the score compiler. This book selects some of the main aria segments from Cheng Yanqiu's representative works, and includes an article by Cheng Yanqiu discussing his experiences in creating vocal techniques, as well as an introduction to the art of Cheng-style singing by the score compiler.