China and the West : Music, Representation, and Reception
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China and the West : Music, Representation, and Reception

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China and the West : Music, Representation, and Reception

About this book

China and the West: Music, Representation, and Reception is the first book to explore how Chinese and Western musical materials and traditions— those involving instruments, melodies, rhythms, staged diversions (including operas and musical comedies), concert works, film scores, and digital recordings of several kinds— have gradually moved closer together and become increasingly accepted, as well as exploited, in Asia as well as Europe and North America. Although aimed in large part at a scholarly audience, China and the West should appeal to general readers of many kinds: those interested in politics, cultural history and theory, gender studies, sociology, theater, and media studies as well as musical composition and performance of classical as well as traditional and popular kinds.

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Yes, you can access China and the West : Music, Representation, and Reception by Hon-Lun Yang, Michael Saffle in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Ethnomusicology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface - Hon-Lun Yang and Michael Saffle
  3. Music, China, and the West: A Musical-Theoretical Introduction - Hon-Lun Yang
  4. Part 1: Chinese-Western Historical Encounters and Musical Exchanges
  5. Part 2: “Staged” Encounters and Theatrical Representations of Chineseness
  6. Part 3: Chinese-Western Musical Encounters and Intercultural Compositions
  7. Part 4: Ideological Encounters and the Reception of Chinese Music and Ensembles in the West
  8. Bibliography
  9. Contributors
  10. Index