Tradition and Change in the Performance of Chinese Music, Part I: A special issue of the journal Musical Performance

Chinese music is a multi-faceted artistic phenomenon that consists of diverse regional and transregional traditions. The ten essays in this text have been written by native scholars, with the aim of introducing a dialogue about Chinese music from the viewpoint of an insider. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 2 Contents......Page 3 Preface......Page 5 Romanization and Pronunciation......Page 7 History and Classification......Page 18 Pre-Qin Dynasty (-221 B.C.)......Page 19 From the Song to the Qing Dynasty (960–1911 A.D.)......Page 20 The Classifications of Musical Instruments and Instrumental Music......Page 21 Music in the Imperial Court......Page 22 Music Played by the Literati......Page 23 Music Played by Folk Musicians......Page 24 Music in the Court—No Longer Played......Page 27 Folk Musicians, Facing New Circumstances......Page 28 Modern Intellectual Musicians (roughly from 1911 to 1949) and Traditional Music......Page 29 Contemporary Professional Players (roughly from 1949 until now) and Traditional Music......Page 30 Glossary......Page 32 References......Page 36 The Music Associations of Hebei Province......Page 38 Organization......Page 40 Calendrical Rituals......Page 41 Welcoming the Gods......Page 42 Rain-Prayers......Page 43 Music......Page 44 Glossary......Page 49 References......Page 50 Han Folk Song in China......Page 52 Classifications of Folk Songs......Page 53 The General Characteristics of Han Folk Songs......Page 56 References......Page 57 The History and Present Condition of Nuo......Page 58 Nuo-Altar Witch-Sound: The Music......Page 62 Searching for Traces of Chinese Primitive Music in Nuoyi and Nuoxi......Page 64 Glossary......Page 67 References......Page 68 Introduction......Page 70 Taoist Ritual and Ritual Music......Page 73 Glossary......Page 80 References......Page 81 Notes on Contributors......Page 86 Musical Performance......Page 90 Insrtuctions For Authors......Page 93 Index......Page 98 First published in 1998. As a cultural entity of over five thousand years of history, Chinese music is a multi-faced phenomenon consisting of diverse regional and transregional traditions. Two large categories of Chinese music can be distinguished: music(s) of the Han nationality and music(s) of the ethnic nationalities. The present volume brings together ten articles written largely by native scholars, with the general aim of presenting a dialogue about Chinese music from'insider's'view-points. Annotation More than five thousand years of rich cultural history have made Chinese music an immensely sophisticated, multi-faceted artistic phenomenon that consists of diverse regional and transregional traditions. The present volumes bring together ten articles written mainly by native scholars, with the general aim of introducing a dialogue about Chinese music from the viewpoint of the insider