Volume 27 no. 1
2004

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PERFORMING ARTS & MUSICIANS

4 The Music of Ma Shenglong
In 1995 Ma Shenglong was awarded the Composer Prize - World Classics of Chinese Music by the Chinese Music Society of North America of the United States. As a pipa artist, Ma Shenglong is considered the best player of the orchestral version of “Flower and Moon over the Spring River”. Shen Sin yan

Keywords: Pipa, Composers, Chinese Classical Orchestra, Chinese music, Shimianluo, Orchestration

HISTORY OF PERFORMING ARTS

14 Theatrical Music of the Yuan Dynasty
Zaju was popular as early as the Song (960-1279) and Jin (1115-1234) dynasties, but it was in the Yuan Dynasty that it truly emerged and brought China's performance art to its zenith. Yuan Zaju has survived to this day. To date, more than 160 Yuan Zaju titles have been discovered, and more are sought, as according to historical records a total 450 Zaju were written in the Yuan Dynasty. Kunqu, now designated as world cultural heritage, has a repertoire of more than 400 dramas, one quarter of which came from Yuan Zaju. Huo Jianying

Keywords: Keywords: Yuan Period, Theatrical Music, Performing Arts, Chinese Music

MUSICAL EDUCATION & MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

18 Yang Jingming - The Musical Acoustician
Products of Yang Jingming are extremely active in the performing arts. The paisheng is a tenor 36-reed sheng (mouthorgan). It was developed by Wang Linan, Wang Zhongbing and Yang Jingming. Yang Jingming also successfully designed the paigu and several percussion instruments including the ancient bell chime, the bianzhong. Su Xiao

Keywords: Music education, Cultural acoustics, Musical instruments, Percussion instruments

COVER ART Wu
Yuxia playing
"Flower and Moon over the Spring River"
in Chicago Symphony Hall

MUSICAL EDUCATION & MUSICAL RECORDINGS

19 Chinese Music Masterpiece CD Series

THEATRICAL MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS

9 Fabulous Stories of the Supernatural and Strange with Buddhist or Daoist Themes: Transmission of the Strange
Theatrical music and Chinese movies often have origin of chuanqi. During the Tang Dynasty, stories called chuanqi (Chinese for “transmission of the strange”) were popular among the educated classes. They frequently blended stories of the supernatural and strange with Buddhist or Daoist themes. Although not considered as elevated an art form as poetry or painting, they were written in the florid literary language of the time. Shao Ying

Keywords:  Musical Education, Theatrical Music, Performing Arts, Chinese Music, Daqu, Drama, Buddhist, Daoist

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