Chinese Music Monograph Series
Price: $22.95 Ritual Music In a North China Village:
The Continuing Confucian
and
Buddhist Heritage
Yaxiong Du
C h i n e s e M u s i c S o c i e t y o f N o r t h A m e r i c a
C h i c a g o , U S A
C O N T E N T S
FOREWORD BY SHEN SIN-YAN 11
Preface 15
CHAPTER I Introduction 19
Beijing and Beixinzhuang 19
History 19
The Villagers of Beixinzhuang 21
The Village 25
Chinese Music Genres 28
Chinese Traditional Music Typology 28
Development of Guchui Music 31
Chinese Buddhist Music 33
Literature Review 34
CHAPTER II Confucian Belief and Practice 39
Confucian Music Theory and Practice 39
Confucius’ Contribution 39
Li-yue Theory 40
Li and Yue in Practice 43
The Yijing and Its Influence 46
Yin-Yang and Five-Elements Theory 47
Influence of the Yijing on the BMA Music 50
Local Beliefs 58
CHAPTER III Beixinzhuang Music Association 63
Monk Daguang and his contribution 63
Current organization 68
Activities 70
CHAPTER IV Material Culture 75
Music Notebooks and Notations 75
Notation Books 75
Gongche Notation 78
Percussion Notation 80
Musical Instruments 81
CHAPTER V The Music 95
Fundamentals of Chinese Music Theory 95
Tonal System 95
Metric System 96
Suite Forms 97
Tonal System and BMA Practice 100
Beijing Yinyue Repertoire 104
Pitch and Metre Categories 102
Suites 103
Melodic Embellishment and Texture 108
"Moving Tones" (Yaosheng) 108
Adding Flowers (Jiahua) 110
Musical Texture 111
Other Melodic Sources 113
Chuigushou Repertoire 114
New Music and Popular Songs 116
CHAPTER VI
Postscript 135
Bibliography 139
Appendix 1: Pronunciation Guide 143
Appendix 2: Brief Chronological Table of Chinese History 144
Appendix 3: Chronology 1911-2000 145
Appendix 4: Abbreviations 146
Appendix 5: Roster of the Association 146
Appendix 6: Contents of Lian Kui’s notation book 147
Appendix 7: Contents of the Percussion Notation Book 150
Appendix 8: Timetable of the Rituals 151
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Total 151 pages
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