Appreciation of Chinese Folk Songs

Author: Wu Xiuming (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2000-06-01
Features: This book selects and compiles the more popular parts from Chinese folk songs. Divided into four categories based on song content—Revolutionary History Folk Songs, Adapted Folk Songs, Newly Written Folk Songs, and Traditional Folk Songs—it contains a total of 156 songs. The book analyzes the background, historical evolution, as well as the scale, mode, structural form, and melodic characteristics of each folk song. This book can serve as a teaching material for folk song courses in teacher training colleges and universities, as well as an elective course for folk song appreciation in general universities. It can also be used as reference material for enthusiasts of folk music.