Volume 27 no. 3
2004

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NEW BOOKS

44 Du Yaxiong and “Ritual Music in a North China
Village: The Continuing Confucian and Buddhist Heritage” Shen Sinyan introduces “Ritual Music in a North China Village: The Continuing Confucian and Buddhist Heritage”. This volume of the Chinese Music Monograph Series centers on Jing Music. Jing Music is the music of the musical monks of the Temple of Transformative Wisdom. Zhao Feng, the Permanent Dean of the Central Conservatory of China, first visited the United States in the 1970s. He visited Shen Sinyan at the Chinese Music Society of North America. This was in the late 1970s, when the Chinese government undertook the tremendous task of slowly building official U.S. China cultural exchanges. Historically this is an all important milestone for U.S. China cultural exchanges, because this was just after the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) for China, after Kissinger met with Chou Enlai in 1972. This is officially the first chance for U.S. and China to talk about cultural exchange. Du Yaxiong was among the topics of discussion . . . Shen Sin yan

Keywords:  Beixinzhuang, Jing Music, Guanzi, Chinese Music, Orchestration, Shengguan Music, Confucian, Buddhist Music

PERFORMING ARTS & MUSICIANS

48 Pipa and Sanxian Master Wang Fandi
His study of music moves always from the general to the specific (the pipa), then back to the general again. In this way, he is able to appreciate his own music in the larger context of music as a whole. Su Xiao details the musical life of Wang Fandi. Su Xiao

Keywords:  Musicians, Musical Instruments, Classical Music, Theatrical Music, Performing Arts, Chinese Music

CD RECORDINGS

56 Chinese Music Festival - Chinese Classical Orchestra
Chinese Music Festival Shen Sinyan, Music Director The Flowers are Blooming and the Moon is Full (Orchestra) The Dance of Yao (Orchestra) A Farewell to Meng Hao ran on His Way to Guangling (Orchestra) Prince Qin Storms the Enemy Lines (Orchestra) The General's Command (Orchestra) Bell & Drum Music: Plum Blossom: Three Variations (Orchestra) Autumn Moon on the Placid Lake (Silk and Bamboo Ensemble) Wedding Processional (Silk and Bamboo Ensemble) Moderately Embellished Six Measures (Silk and Bamboo Ensemble) Spring in Southern China (Silk and Bamboo Ensemble) The Phoenix Spreads Its Wings (Silk and Bamboo Ensemble) Birds in the Woods (Silk and Bamboo Ensemble) The Grand Overture (Silk and Bamboo Ensemble)

MUSICAL LIFE

53 "Beijing Folk Rock" Concerts
Shao Ying introduces the stars of Folk Rock Concerts . . . Hang sings about the hardship in people's lives. . . The sun is warm and pleasant after the rain passes The happiness of the harvest is always accompanied by worry There will always be bugs to eat a portion of the profit There will always be people to take away your freedoms . . . Shao Ying

Keywords:  Performing Arts, Pop, Folk Rock, Chinese Music

COVER ART

40 Tang
Junqiao, the chief Chinese Bamboo Flutist of the Chinese Classical Orchestra

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & MUSICIANS

57 Xiao Jiansheng and Chinese Music- The Sanxian in the 21st Century II
The sanxian was widely used for accompaniment, orchestral and solo performance, but not any more . . . Mu Qian tells us why. . . Mu Qian

Keywords:  Sanxian, Musical Instruments, Chinese Music, Xiao Jiansheng, Chinese Orchestra, 21st Century

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