CHINA
A JOURNEY
INTO ITS
MUSICAL ART
Index Listings
A-C | D-F | G-K | L-N | O-R | S-V | W-Z
A Bing (Hua Yanjun), 59, 161-177 A Gathering of Heroes, 81 acting, 78-80 Along the Silk Road, 47 ancient music, 66 gudi, 8000 years old, 108 Han period, 110 history, 107-115 Jin period, 111 Mawangdui relics, 109 Ming period, 112 Qin period, 110 Qing period, 112-113 Republic period, 113 Shang period, 84-86, 108 Song period, 112, 190 Sui period, 112-113 Tang period, 111-113 Wei period, 111 Yuan period, 112, 208 Zhou period, 84-86, 108 Anhui province, 60 art music, 189-203, 206 decline of, 106 at Olympics, 41 Autumn Moon over the Han Palace, 209 Autumn River, 81-82 ballad singing (quyi), 19,25,83,112,146,191, 206-207 ban, 78 Bangzi style, 61 bangzi, 134 banhu, 112 banqiang musical form, 62 battleship, 69 bawu, 132 bell chime dance, 36 bell chime (bianzhong), 15-16, 28, 36, 52, 101-102, 109-110, 113, 117, 119, 178 bianqing (stone chime), 34, 109-110 bianzhong (bell chime), 15-16, 28, 36, 52, 101-102, 109-110, 113, 117, 119, 178 bili, 112 boat, 69, 82 Borrowing the Easterly Wind, 70, 81 bowed strings, 49, 77, 85, 108, 111-114, 128-130, 138, 161-176, 201, 205-208 Burgandian Consort, 204-205, 208-209 Cai Wen-ji, 87 Chen Delin, 57 Chen Kang-shi, 89 Chen Chang-tai, 83 Cheng Yanqiu, 57 Chinese Music international journal, 50, 194 Chinese Music Society of North America (CMSNA), 85 Chinese Music international journal, 50, 194 Shanghai Jazz, 182 The Silk & Bamboo Ensemble, 85, 204-205, 208-209 The Chinese Classical Orchestra (CCO), 209 China Performing Arts Company 1957 , 33 Chinese bells, 15-16, 28, 36, 52, 101-102, 109-110, 113, 117, 119, 178 Chinese Performing Arts Company 1978, 39-42 Chinese vertical fiddles, 208 chou, 74 classics on film, 81-82 Cold Spring Wind, 161-177 compositions Autumn Moon over the Han Palace, 209 Cold Spring Wind, 161-177 Deep is the Night, 77 Fantasy on the Sanmen Gorge, 143 Fishing Song of the East China Sea, 125 Going to the Fair, 185 Great Wall, 59 Huge Waves Refines the Sand, 161-177 I Live at the Source of the Yangzi, 196-197 In Search (Zhuixun), 191 Listen to the Pine, 59, 161-177 Meihua Sannong, 83 Moon Mirrored in Erquan, 161-178 Oh Forests! - You Ocean of Green, 198 Old Six Measures, 104, 181 On the Songhua River, 192, 200-203 Overture from the Dagger Society, 127 Rain Falls on the Plantains (Yu Da Bajiao), 124 Remembering Homeland (Sixiang Qu), 191 Sanliu (Three Six), 83 Seeing Meng Haoran Off to Guangling, 190, 192 Song of Family Bonding, 198 Song of the Fishermen's Light, 192-193 Spring at Emerald Lake, 192 Tanci Sanliu, 83 The Dance of Yao, 127 The Dagger Society (Xiao Dao Hui), 127 The Midnight Voice, 198 The Flowers are Blooming and the Moon is Full, 192 The Moon on High, 134, 172 The Past and the Present, 122 The Camel Bells, 135 The Mountain Village Gains New Posture, 185 Wailful Wrath by the River, 180 Wave after Wave of Golden Wheat, 139 Xiao Xiang Shui-yun (Mist Over the Xiao and Xiang Rivers), 90 Xing Jie (Processional), 83 costume, 74-75 cultural acoustics, 11, 28, 52-53, 101-104, 114-115, 161-177, 180-187, 192 cup and tray dance, 57 dabo, 134 dachang of yangge, 39 dagu, 134 Dai nationality, 37, 46-47 daluo, 78 dance music Along the Silk Road, 47 at Olympics, 41 bell chime dance, 36 China Performing Arts Company 1957 , 33 Chinese Performing Arts Company 1978, 39-42 cup and tray dance, 57 dachang of yangge, 39 Dai nationality, 37, 46-47 drum yangge, 39 Du Fu, 44 Farewell My Concubine, 46 feather dance, 56 Gansu Corridor, 36 Gansu Song and Dance Ensemble, 47 Guzi Yangge, 39 Han period, 35 Hebei Di-Yangge, 39 Hong Xian Steals the Box, 57 huadeng (flower lantern), 42-43 improvisation, 33 India, 36 Jubilant Celebration, 37 Korean peninsula, 36 Kucha, 36 Lady Xi Shi, 56 Lady Chang E Flies to the Moon, 57 lantern dance, 33-46 Lantern Festival, 46 lantern theater, 42 Li Shimin (Tang Emperor TaiZong), 36-37 long ribbon dance, 40-42, 56 Lotus Dance, 37 Luo Zhongrong, 47 Madam Gongsun, 44-46 Magu Wishes the Heavenly Empress Longevity, 57 Mei Lanfang, 39, 54-57 military dance, 46 Northeastern Yangge, 39 Northern Shaanxi Yangge, 39 Northern Zhou, 36 Peacock Dance, 37, 46-47 Picking tea Leaves and Catching Butterflies Prince Qin Storms the Enemy Lines, 36-37 Red Ribbon Dance, 37-41 Rose-Colored Cloud, 35 Shandong Jiaozhou Yangge, 39 Shang Yi, 37-38 Shanghai Dance Theater, 37 short ribbon, 42 sickle dance, 56 silk route, 35, 47 silk ribbon dance, 39-42 social function, 35, 38 Song period, 37 Stealing the Magic Herb, 46 stone chime dance, 34 Sui period, 36 sword dance, 44-46, 57 Tang period, 35, 36 Tang Emperor XuanZong, 37 Tang Emperor TaiZong, 36-37 Tea Picking, 33 Tea Picking Lantern, 33 techniques, 32-47 The Legend of the White Serpent, 46 The Dagger Society, 37-38 The Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers, 39 Warring States period, 34, 36 Western Zhou period, 35 Western China, 35-36, 47 Wu Wu, 35 xiaochang of yangge, 39 Xinjiang, 35 Ya Wu, 35 yangge 38-42 Yuan period, 37 Yuefu Music Ministry, 35 Zenghou Yi bell chime, 36 dance techniques, 32-47 danpigu, 78 Daoguang reign, 63 Deep is the Night, 77 Deep is the Night, 77 di, 87, 133 Dong Ting-lan, 89 drum yangge, 39 Du Fu, 44 Du Yaxiong, 168 eastern China, 60 erhu, 77 erhuang, 63, 76 European instruments, 204-209 fangsheng, 147-159 fangxiang, 111 Fantasy on the Sanmen Gorge, 143 Farewell My Concubine, 46 Farewell My Concubine, 46, 56, 80 feather dance, 56 Fishing Song of the East China Sea, 125 flower lantern opera, 43 folk songs, 66 Fujian province, 60 Gai Jiaotian, 71-72 Gansu Corridor, 36 Gansu Song and Dance Ensemble, 47 gaoyinsheng, 126, 133 Goddess of River Luo, 48-49 Going to the Fair, 185 Gong Yi, 87 Great Wall, 59 Gu Yuan, 90 Guan Pinghu, 87 guan, 112, 126-127 guban, 78 gudi, 8000 years old, 108 Guo Chu-wang, 87 Guzi Yangge, 39 haidi, 126-127 Han period, 35 harmony practice, 66 Hebei Di-Yangge, 39 Hong Xian Steals the Box, 57 Hong Xian Steals the Box, 57 houguan, 126-127, 133 hua dan, 73 huadeng (flower lantern), 42-43 Huang Yuanyin, 191 Huang Zi, 198 Huangying Yin, 90 Hubei province, 63 Huge Waves Refines the Sand, 161-177 Hui-diao, 63 I Live at the Source of the Yangzi, 196-197 improvisation, 33 In Search (Zhuixun), 191 India, 36 instrumental music Chinese orchestras, 116-145, 190 erhu ensemble, 139 fangsheng performance, 147-159 metal-stone-silk-bamboo, 109 music making and scholars, 86 music making and friendship, 86 personal enjoyment, 86 rules for performance, 180-188 scholars, 86 scores, 92 silk & bamboo, 94, 101, 108-109, 113, 117, 123, 176, 182-184, 188, 204-206 solo, 144 timelessness, 90-100 instrumentation, 66, 77-78 Ji Kang, 87 Jiang Kui, 189-190 Jiangsu province, 60 jiegu, 111 jing, 74 jinghu, 77 Jingju (Peking opera), 65-82 Ju You, 90 Jubilant Celebration, 37 Khan of Persia, 208 Kong Shangren, 44 Korean peninsula, 36 Kublai Khan, 208 Kucha, 36 Kun Opera (Kunqu), 61-65, 113 Kun style, 61-63 Lady Chang E Flies to the Moon, 57 Lady Xi Shi, 56 Lady Chang E Flies to the Moon, 57 Lady Xi Shi, 56 Lantern Festival, 46 lantern theater, 42 lantern dance, 33-46 lantern theater, 42 lao sheng, 69-71 Lee Yuan-Yuan, 192 Li Zhi-yi, 196-197 Li Wei-ning, 194 Li Yongnian, 43, 181 Li Shimin (Tang Emperor TaiZong), 36-37 Li Bai, 190 Li Yu, 113 lian-qu musical form, 62 Liang Bolung, 61 ling, 134 Listen to the Pine, 59, 161-177 Liu Wenjin, 59, 191 Liu Xue-an, 191 Liu Tianhua, 54-58, 191 Long De, 89 long ribbon dance, 40-42, 56 Lotus Dance, 37 luluzipu (scores using lu-lu characters), 190 luo, 134 Luo Zhongrong, 47 Ma Lianliang, 70, 81 Madam Gongsun, 44-46 Magu Wishes the Heavenly Empress Longevity, 57 Magu Wishes the Heavenly Empress Longevity, 57 matouqin, 112, 208 Mei Yutian, 65 Mei Lanfang, 39, 54-57 Meihua Sannong, 83 melodic progression, 66 metal-stone (jin-shi) bell chime (bianzhong), 15-16, 28, 36, 52, 101-102, 109-110, 113, 117, 119, 178 bianqing (stone chime), 34, 109-110 bianzhong (bell chime), 15-16, 28, 36, 52, 101-102, 109-110, 113, 117, 119, 178 Chinese bells, 15-16, 28, 36, 52, 101-102, 109-110, 113, 117, 119, 178 stone chime (bianqing), 34, 109-110 military dance, 46 Moon Mirrored in Erquan, 161-178 music language, 27-29, 128, 141-145, 181-183, 201 musical instruments bangzi, 134 banhu, 112 bawu, 132 bili, 112 bowed strings, 49, 77, 85, 108, 111-114, 128-130, 138, 161-176, 201, 205-208 dabo, 134 dagu, 134 di, 87, 133 fangsheng, 147-159 fangxiang, 111 gaoyinsheng, 126, 133 guan, 112, 126-127 gudi, 8000 years old, 108 haidi, 126-127 Han period, 110 history, 107-115 houguan, 126-127, 133 Jiangsu province, 85 jiegu, 111 Jin period, 111 ling, 134 luo, 134 matouqin, 112, 208 Mawangdui relics, 109 Ming period, 112 Qin period, 110 Qing period, 112-113 Republic period, 113 sanxian, 122-123 Shang period, 84-86, 108 sheng, 125-126, 132-133 silk string, 77, 84-92, 110, 161, 189 Song period, 112, 190 special colors, 138-141 Sui period, 112-113 suona, 126-127 Susheng, 126 Tang period, 111-113 tiqin, 113 twentieth century, 114 Wei period, 111 xiao, 83, 133 xiqin, 112, 208 yangqin, 123-124, 134 Yuan period, 112, 208 yuansheng, 148 yueqin, 181 Zhejiang province, 85-86 zhongyinsheng, 125, 133 Zhou period, 84-86, 108 musical psychology, 28, 95, 131, 136-139, 145, 186 Nie Er, 192 Northeastern Yangge, 39 Northern Shaanxi Yangge, 39 Northern Zhou, 36 Northern, 63, 207 Northwestern University Chinese Choir, 198 Oh Forests! - You Ocean of Green, 198 Ohio State University Chinese Choir, 198 Old Six Measures, 104, 181 On the Songhua River, 192, 200-203 orchestral spectrum plucked string, 83 shengguan, 131-133 special colors, 138-141 string, 121-124 tanbo, 133-138 Ouyang Yuqian, 60 Overture from the Dagger Society, 127 Peacock Dance, 37, 46-47 performer training, 80-81 Picking tea Leaves and Catching Butterflies Pihuang, 63-65 Polo, Marco, 204-205, 208 Prince Qin Storms the Enemy Lines, 36-37 Qi Rushan, 54-58 qiang, 59-63 Qiao Ge (Wood Cutter's Song), 90 qin Cai Wen-ji, 87 Chen Kang-shi, 89 Dong Ting-lan, 89 Gong Yi, 87 Gu Yuan, 90 Guan Pinghu, 87 Guo Chu-wang, 87 Huangying Yin, 90 Ji Kang, 87 Ju You, 90 Long De, 89 Qiao Ge (Wood Cutter's Song), 90 Qiu Ming, 89 score collecting, 199 Shen school of music, 90 Sheng Jialun, 199 Shi Zhong, 89 Si Xiang, 87 Si Kuang, 87 Si Wen, 87 sound of Zheng and Wei, 90 Sun Dao-zi, 90 tonal notations, 190 Wang Yan-qing, 87 Wang Da-you, 90 Wen Tian-xiang, 90 Wu Jinglue, 87 Xiao Xiang Shui-yun (Mist Over the Xiao and Xiang Rivers), 90 Xu Yuanbai, 87 Zeng Yi-hai, 90 Zha Fuxi, 87-88 Zhao Ding, 89 Zhao Ye-li, 89 Zhu school of music, 89 Qing Zhu, 194-197 qing-yi, 67, 73 Qinqiang, 63 Qinqiang, 63 Qiu Ming, 89 Qiu Shengrong, 81 quyi (ballad singing), 19,25,83,112,146,191, 206-207 Rain Falls on the Plantains (Yu Da Bajiao), 124 Red Ribbon Dance, 37-41 Remembering Homeland (Sixiang Qu), 191 Ren Guang, 192-193 revolution of 1911, 44, 195 Rose-Colored Cloud, 35 Rustichello of Pisa, 208 Sanliu (Three Six), 83 sanxian, 78 sanxian, 122-123 score collecting, 199 Seeing Meng Haoran Off to Guangling, 190, 192 Shandong province, 60 Shandong Jiaozhou Yangge, 39 Shang Xiaoyun, 57 Shang Yi, 37-38 Shanghai Jazz, 182 Shanghai Dance Theater, 37 Shen Shao-quan (Shen Xiao-kun), 49, 57 Shen school of music, 90 Shen Sin-yan, 49-53, 57, 83, 147, 161-176, 192-194, 198, 204, 208 Sheng Jialun, 199 sheng, 125-126, 132-133 shengguan, 131-133 Shi Zhong, 89 short ribbon, 42 Si Wen, 87 Si Xiang, 87 Si Kuang, 87 sickle dance, 56 silk fabrics from 4,700 years ago, 85 in lower layer of the Neolithic remains, 85 metal-stone-silk-bamboo, 109 oceanic silk route, 85 Qianshanyang, Wuxing, 85 silk string, 77, 84-92, 110, 161, 189 silk thread, 85 silk trade, 35, 47, 85, 204-205 silk belts, 85 silk & bamboo, 94, 101, 108-109, 113, 117, 123, 176, 182-184, 188, 204-206 silk business, 85, 204-205 silkworms, 85 spun silk fabric, 85 The Silk & Bamboo Ensemble, 85, 204-205, 208-209 Zhejiang Province, 85 silk route, 35, 47 silk ribbon dance, 39-42 silk string, 77, 84-92, 110, 161, 189 Simons, Rick, 204 social function of dance, 35, 38 Song period, 37 Song of Family Bonding, 198 Song of the Fishermen's Light, 192-193 sound of Zheng and Wei, 90 Southern, 63 Spring at Emerald Lake, 192 Stealing the Magic Herb, 46 stone chime dance, 34 stone chime (bianqing), 34, 109-110 string accompaniment, 65-82, 113, 207 Sui period, 36 Sun Yat-sen, 44 Sun Zuochen, 65 Sun Dao-zi, 90 suona, 126-127 Susheng, 126 suzipu (common character score), 190 sword dance, 44-46, 57 Tan Fuying, 81 tanbo, 133-138 Tanci Sanliu, 83 Tang period, 35, 36 Tang Emperor XuanZong, 37 Tang Emperor TaiZong, 36-37 Tea Picking Lantern, 33 Tea Picking, 33 The Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers, 39, 56 The Moon on High, 134, 172 The Camel Bells, 135 The Past and the Present, 122 The Dagger Society, 37-38 The Dagger Society (Xiao Dao Hui), 127 The Midnight Voice, 198 The Chinese Classical Orchestra (CCO), 209 The Flowers are Blooming and the Moon is Full, 192 The Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers, 39 The Dance of Yao, 127 The Legend of the White Serpent, 46 The Mountain Village Gains New Posture, 185 The Silk & Bamboo Ensemble, 85, 204-205, 208-209 tiqin, 113 tonal notations, 190 U.S. Library of Congress, 192 Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois, 209 virtual reality, 68 vocal style, 59-82 Wailful Wrath by the River, 180 Wang Da-you, 90 Wang Yan-qing, 87 Wang Yaoqing, 57 Warring States period, 34, 36 Wave after Wave of Golden Wheat, 139 Wei Liangfu, 61, 113 Wen Tian-xiang, 90 Western China, 35-36, 47 Western Zhou period, 35 Wright, Frank Lloyd, 209 Wu Wu, 35 Wu Hourui, 192 wu dan, 73 Wu Jinglue, 87 wu-sheng, 71-72 Xia Zhiqiu, 191 Xia Bao-sheng, 83 Xian Xinghai, 198 xiansuo, 113, 207 Xiao Xiang Shui-yun (Mist Over the Xiao and Xiang Rivers), 90 Xiao Xiang Shui-yun (Mist Over the Xiao and Xiang Rivers), 90 xiao, 83, 133 Xiao Changhua, 81 xiao-sheng, 71 xiaochang of yangge, 39 xiaoluo, 78 Xin Qiji, 189-190, 194 Xing Jie (Processional), 83 Xinjiang, 35 xipi, 63, 76 xiqin, 112, 208 Xu Lanyuan, 65 Xu Jianwu, 191 Xu Zhimuo, 194 Xu Yuanbai, 87 Ya Wu, 35 Yang Xiaolou, 55 yangge 38-42 yangqin, 123-124, 134 Ye Shenglan, 81 Yiyang style, 61-63 Yuan period, 37 Yuan Shihai, 81 yuansheng, 148 Yuefu Music Ministry, 35 yueqin, 78 yueqin, 181 Yunnan Huadeng, 43 Yunnan Huadeng Theater Company, 43 zaju, 207 Zeng Yi-hai, 90 Zeng Jiaqing, 185-188 Zenghou Yi bell chime, 36 Zha Fuxi, 87-88 Zhang Meigu, 61 Zhao Ding, 89 Zhao Ye-li, 89 Zhejiang province, 60 zhi-shang-yu-jue-gong harmony system, 53, 101-104, 141-145, 147-159, 166-178, 180-188 zhongyinsheng, 125, 133 Zhu school of music, 89A-C | D-F | G-K | L-N | O-R | S-V | W-Z
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