Volume 18 no. 3
1995
Keywords: Music, World, China, Acoustics, Aesthetics, Music Theory, Orchestration, Structure, Formal Design, Composition, Analysis, Musicology, History, Criticism, Musicians, Musical Instruments, Cultural Relics, Performance
ANALYSIS
44 A Preliminary Study of the Numerical Characteristics of Chinese Folk Songs II
The general system structure of a Computer System (CS) for studying Chinese folk songs has been formulated. The problem of continuity of melodic progress in a song, definitions and algorithms have been systematically tackled. The rate of continuous couples for over 1,000 Chinese folk songs are obtained.
Ye Gan-lin
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
50 The Manchurian Yangqin
Ho and Xu present a review of the unique and influential school of Manchurian yangqin (the hammered dulcimer). Zhao Dianxue (1885?-1959) and his students Wang Yifu and Xu Ying have made the Manchurian style of yangqin playing one of the most prominent regional style.
Edward Ho and Xu Pingxin
COMPOSITIONS
56 Chou Wen-Chung's Echoes From The Gorge (1989): Chinese Wine in a Western Bottle, or What?
Kwan analyses Chou's new work Echoes From The Gorge. Is his music neither Eastern nor Western? Is it neither new nor old?
Kenneth Kwan Chun-Ming
RECORDING REVIEW
59 A Bing - A Bing Danchen 100 Zhounian Jingping Jinian (A Bing - Centennial of A Bing's Birth Masterpiece Commemorative Collection)
Xu Jiang-de plays "Cold Spring Wind" with Peng Xiu-wen conducting the China Broadcasting Traditional Orchestra.
Shen Sin-yan
§ COVER: U.S. Concert Tour -
The Chinese Classical Orchestra features the best in Chinese orchestral music. Its program is known for its "high energy" and "accessibility"
BOOK REVIEW
49 Shu Zhao Erhu Jiaocheng (Shu Zhao Erhu Course)
49 Liu Tian-Hua
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