Cheng Yanqiu Singing Selections (32-page format)

Author: Xiao Qing
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Publication Date: 1999-07-01
Features: Themusician Xiao Qing has completed a challenging and beneficial "project" over several years of time and effort. The essence of the singing art created by the Peking Opera master Cheng Yanqiu throughout his life has been collected and compiled in the form of an "anthology" and presented to theworkers andPeking Opera enthusiasts. This work holds great significance not only for the professional learning and artistic practice in the field of Peking Opera but also for promoting the research of ethnic opera and ethnic music, which has important practical implications. As a drama genre with an independent and complete artistic performance system, Peking Opera has only a history of over 100 years, but it has actually become a nationwide drama genre. This book selects some of the main aria segments from Cheng Yanqiu's representative works and includes articles discussing Cheng Yanqiu's experiences in creating vocal techniques and an introduction to the art of Cheng-style singing by the compiler of notation.