[PDF] Pianos And Politics In China eBook

Author : Richard Curt Kraus
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 12,89 MB
Release : 1989-07-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0195363264

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In China, a nation where the worlds of politics and art are closely linked, Western classical music was considered during the cultural revolution to be an imperialist intrusion, in direct conflict with the native aesthetic. In this revealing chronicle of the relationship between music and politics in twentieth-century China, Richard Kraus examines the evolution of China's ever-changing disposition towards European music and demonstrates the steady westernization of Chinese music. Placing China's cultural conflicts in global perspective, he traces the lives of four Chinese musicians and reflects on how their experiences are indicative of China's place at the furthest edge of an expanding Western international order.

Author : Perry Link
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 32,88 MB
Release : 2019-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1000009777

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This book presents a view of social life in China and discusses different methods for studying contemporary China as a tool for introducing students to the study of popular culture. Through a diverse set of case studies, it introduces readers to a wide range of issues facing Chinese society.

Author : Richard Curt Kraus
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 10,74 MB
Release : 1991-07-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780520072855

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Explores the interplay of politics and the art of writing in China today to explain the complex relationship between tradition and modernity in Chinese culture.

Author : Richard Curt Kraus
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 31,62 MB
Release : 2004-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1417503564

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In this original exploration of the dynamic and potent interface between Chinese culture and politics, Richard Kraus examines the impact of the market on the once-comprehensive system of state patronage of the arts in the PRC. The author uses all genres of art to explore the changing nature of politics, seen through such phenomena as ideology, propaganda, censorship, and the relationship of artists to the state. Kraus makes three provocative arguments: First, the commercialization of China's cultural life has been intellectually liberating, but also poses serious economic challenges that artists are sometimes slow to master. Second, despite conventional wisdom in the West that China's economic reforms have not been followed by serious political reform, he shows that the shift from state patronage to a mixed system of private and public sponsorship is in fact a fundamental political change. Third, Western recognition of the reformation in China's cultural life has been obscured by a combination of ignorance, ideological barriers, and foreign policy rivalry. Cogent, witty, and deeply informed, this comprehensive overview of the Chinese arts scene will be an essential text for all observers of contemporary China.

Author : Nancy Faber
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 35,62 MB
Release : 2020-02-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1616773375

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(Faber Piano Adventures ). PlayTime Piano Music from China is a musical journey featuring energetic dances, quiet folk melodies, and original Chinese pieces. The book is arranged especially for the early elementary student and correlates with Level 1 in the Piano Adventures method. At this level, five-finger positions reinforce tonalities and intervals. Teacher duets provide a full, rich background. Along the way, students meet LeLe the musical panda, their whimsical guide to exploring the Chinese sound through discovery questions, improvisation, and composition activities. A picture tour of China, unique at each level of the series, introduces highlights of history and culture. Songs include: Fengyang Flower-Drum * Frog Dance * Let's Sing * Pouch Embroidering * Song of the Newsboy * Tune from Xinjiang * What Is the Most Beautiful.

Author : Xiao-Mei Zhu
Publisher : AmazonCrossing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,3 MB
Release : 2012
Category : China
ISBN : 9781611090772

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The autobiography of pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei.

Author : Richard Curt Kraus
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 38,83 MB
Release : 1991-07-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 0520072855

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Explores the interplay of politics and the art of writing in China today to explain the complex relationship between tradition and modernity in Chinese culture.

Author : Richard Curt Kraus
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 27,45 MB
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0199740550

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Examines the radical Chinese Communist movement called the Cultural Revolution, a period of suppression so controversial in China, that the Chinese government forbids a full investigation into it even 50 years later. Original.

Author : Sheila Melvin
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 20,34 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0875861865

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Western classical music has become as Chinese as Peking Opera, and it has woven its way into the hearts and lives of ordinary Chinese people. This lucidly written account traces the biographies of the bold visionaries who carried out this musical merger. Rhapsody in Red is a history of classical music in China that revolves around a common theme: how Western classical music entered China, and how it became Chinese. Chinas oldest orchestra was founded in 1879, two years before the Boston Symphony. Since then, classical music has woven its way into the lives of ordinary Chinese people. Millions of Chinese children take piano and violin lessons every week. Yet, despite the importance of classical music in China -- and of Chinese classical musicians and composers to the world -- next to nothing has been written on this fascinating subject. The authors capture the events with the voice of an insider and the perspective of a Westerner, presenting new information, original research and insights into a topic that has barely been broached elsewhere. The only other significant books touching on this field are Pianos and Politics: Middle Class Ambitions and The Struggle Over Western Music by Richard Kurt Kraus (1989), and Barbara Mittler's Dangerous Tunes - The Politics of Chinese Music. Both target the academic market. Pianos focuses narrowly on the political aspects of the Cultural Revolution and subsequent re-opening. Rhapsody in Red is a far better read and benefits from considerably more research with primary source material in China over the past decade; and it covers classical music in general over all the history of East-West interaction. This book will appeal to a general readership interested in China -- the same readers who made "Wild Swans" a bestseller. It will also appeal to all who are interested in the future of classical music. It could easily be used for college courses on modern China, cultural history and ethnomusicology.

Author : Jiwei Ci
Publisher :
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 13,97 MB
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0674238184

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Four decades of reform fostered a democratic mentality in China. Now citizens are waiting for the government to catch up. Jiwei Ci argues that the tensions between a largely democratic society and an undemocratic political system will trigger a crisis of legitimacy, compelling the Communist Party to become agents of democratic change--or collapse.