Complete Collection of Opera Genres: Volume 4

Author: Huang Ke
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: "A Collection of Representative Plays of Chinese Peking Opera Schools" is a key book publishing project under the 11th Five-Year Plan of the National Key Book Publishing Program. It encompasses representative plays of various Peking Opera schools and is the most comprehensive collection of Peking Opera scripts since the founding of the People's Republic of China, featuring the widest range of schools, the most numerous plays, and the most detailed arrangements. Many of the plays included have never been published before. The compilers primarily consist of successors to the schools, descendants, renowned amateurs, Peking Opera scholars, and teaching elites from schools, forming a strong lineup. The plays are recorded in their entirety, complete with script texts, vocal scores, orchestration, percussion scores, physical performance descriptions, and costume designs. This collection includes Zhou Xinfang's representative plays, such as The Dragon Gate Inn, The Righteous Refusal of Wang Kui, Wen Tianxiang, and The Four Scholars. This book adopts a full-record method, including costume designs, script texts, vocal scores, percussion scores, and physical performance scores, and includes Zhou Xinfang's plays The Dragon Gate Inn, The Righteous Refusal of Wang Kui, Wen Tianxiang·Execution, and The Four Scholars.