Volume 19 no. 2
1996
Keywords: Music, World, China, Acoustics, Aesthetics, Music Theory, Orchestration, Structure, Formal Design, Composition, Analysis, Musicology, History, Criticism, Musicians, Musical Instruments, Cultural Relics, Performance
ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
24 Pan Gu Creates the Universe
Mao Yuan and the Dance of Yao
Composer Mao Yuan's highly successful Yao Dance will remain on the "Must Play" list for the Chinese Classical Orchestra. The orchestration of YaoZu Wuqu is based on the orchestral spectra of the plucked strings and the reeded winds. The favorite Gaohu and Sanxian passages add to its Southwestern and uniquely Chinese tonal interest.
Shen Sin-yan
THEATRICAL MUSIC
30 Performance Settings of Chuanju II
Chuanju or Sichuan opera is one of the best known traditional Chinese operas. Lee presents a sociocultural as well as performance review of the settings for this theatrical art form - where it has been and where it continues to be performed.
Elsa Lee
PERFORMANCE ARTS
35 Vibrato Techniques on the Erhu Fiddle
The artistry of erhu performance is highly dependent on the use of vibrato techniques. For the first time, these techniques are classified and illustrated with examples from the popular erhu repertoire.
Li Zixian
NEWS
38 Musicologist and Ethnomusicologist at Cornell
38 Inter-Noise 97
38 China: A Journey Into Its Musical Arts
From the Chinese Music Monograph Series38 Tenure-Track Position in East or Southeast
Asian Music at UCLA
§ COVER: The Silk & Bamboo Ensemble, Shen Sin-yan, Music Director, at the Ravinia International Festival of the Arts
RECORDING REVIEW
39 Zai Na Yaoyuan De Difang
(At That Far Away Place)A highly recommended collection of Chinese folk songs and songs from well-known movies.
Shen Sin-yan
20th ANNIVERSARY OF
THE CHINESE MUSIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA 1976-1996Committed to the Creation of an Artistic Climate for the Advancement of Music as an Art as well as a Means to Further Human Understanding, the Chinese Music Society of North America Serves Members in 130 Countries on Five Continents.
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