Chinese Music General Knowledge ()

Author: He Honglu
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book attempts to introduce Chinese music from a new perspective, striving to combine the aesthetic awareness and tastes of contemporary college students, integrating knowledge and fun. It enables college students to understand the historical development of Chinese music in a relatively short time, grasp the basic knowledge of Chinese music, and cultivate their own temperament. Structurally, the book is organized by musical genres, with the most representative musical works and figures in each genre as the core. Starting from the five major components of Chinese music—folk songs, instrumental music, opera, quyi, and folk dance—each musical genre's development is introduced, with a focus on its main representative works and figures. This approach, "showing the tip of the iceberg to reveal the whole," helps readers gradually understand the historical development and musical characteristics of each genre, grasp the intrinsic meaning of Chinese music, and enhance their aesthetic appreciation of it. Due to limited space, this book carefully selects the most brilliant flowers from the vast garden of Chinese music to present to readers, while also striving for concise and accessible language. Therefore, it is highly suitable for readers with a medium or above cultural level.