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The Chinese Zheng Zither - Contemporary Transformations (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Chinese Zheng Zither - Contemporary Transformations (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: SOAS Studies in Music
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The zheng zither is one of the most popular instruments in
contemporary China. It is commonly regarded as a solo instrument
with a continuous tradition dating back to ancient times. But in
fact, much of its contemporary solo repertory is derived from
several different regional folk ensemble repertories of the
mid-twentieth century. Since the setting up of China's modern
conservatories, the zheng has been transformed within these new
contexts of professional music-making. Over the course of the
twentieth century, these regional folk repertories were brought
into the performance traditions of modern regional zheng schools.
From this basis, a large new zheng repertory was created by
conservatory musicians, combining aspects of Western classical
music with folk music materials. With the 'opening up' of China's
economy since the 1980s, the zheng has been brought into the wider
stage of international music-making which includes contemporary art
music compositions by overseas based Chinese composers and
commercial world music works by Western composers. Through a series
of case studies, this book explores how the transformation of the
Chinese zheng has constantly responded to its changing social
context, critiquing the long-standing arguments concerning
'authenticity' in the development of tradition. This work arises
out of, and reflects on, the research methodologies known as
performance as research. As an insider to the tradition, brought up
within China's zheng society, a trained and practising zheng
performer, this study is largely drawn from the author's own
experiences of practising and performing the music in question; her
study also draws on fieldwork, as well as primary and secondary
written sources in Chinese and English. This book is accompanied by
downloadable resources which contain audio visual materials
relating to the author's fieldwork and zheng performances by
different zheng musicians.
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