Folk Music of China: Living Instrumental Traditions

Part 1 The social background: introduction ceremonial music the Republican period and the 1950s instrumental music since the end of the cultural revolution social aspects of instrumental music. Part 2 The musical background: genres and instrumentation basic musical aspects melodic repertories - the labelled melodies variation techniques and large-scale structure. Part 3 Some regional genres: northern shawm-and-percussion bands - Liaoning and Shandong northern ritual ensembles - folk, temple, and courtly ensembles of Hebei, Beijing, and Tianjin northern ritual ensembles - Shanxi and Shaanxi Jiangsu - Shifan and Jiangnan silk-and-bamboo Fujian - nan guan and other traditions Guandong - Chaozhou, Hakka, and Cantonese music coda.