Volume 21 no. 3 1998 Keywords: Music, World, China, Acoustics, Aesthetics, Music Theory, Orchestration, Structure, Formal Design, Composition, Analysis, Musicology, History, Criticism, Musicians, Musical Instruments, Cultural Relics, Performance
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
43 The Music of the Erhu - A Comprehensive Survey II
The best loved Chinese musical instrument is surveyed with its cousins. The erhu second fiddle is in no way playing "second fiddle" today as the name suggests.Shen Sin-yan
VOCAL MUSIC & PERFORMANCE
47 A Performance Guide for Contemporary Chinese Art Songs in Mandarin Chinese
The first part of this performance guide. If you are a non-Chinese speaker and are interested in singing Chinese songs - you are in luck! Chi dissects the central pronunciation and articulation problems and provides the background for a selected number of poems set to songs. Your audience can't wait!Mei-Fung A. Kang Chi
HISTORY & CRITICISM
55 Border Crossing: ROCKing the Great Wall III
What is the rockers' position in present-day China? A look at Chinese popular music on the mainland and cultural identity....Hao Huang
59 MUSIC & THE CHINESE LIFE STYLE
60 THE ERHU & ITS COUSINS
COVER: The Chinese life style - leisurely flute playing and companionship - from the Imperial Palace arts collections (partial) See "Music & the Chinese Life Style"
WORLD WIDE WEB
30th ANNIVERSARY OF
THE CHINESE MUSIC INTERNATIONAL NETWORK 1969-1999
Committed 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 140 Countries on Five Continents.
Chinese Music Society of North America
The Membership Division, the Concert & Lecture Division, the Silk & Bamboo Ensemble, the Chinese Classical Orchestra....... can all be found at http://chinesemusic.net Use "Chinese Music Society of North America" as key string on any Internet search
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