Qupai in Chinese Music

Melodic Models in Form and Practice
Herausgeber: Thrasher, Alan R

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores qupai, melodic models upon which most traditional Chinese instrumental (and some vocal) music is based. It explains qupai as a musical system, exploring its historic development, structural organization, influence on ensemble and solo repertoires, compositional usage in Kunqu classical opera, and appearance with other qupai and non- qupai tunes in formation of the great suites of North China. This is the first Western-language study on the background of the qupai tradition, its structural characteristics, and the methods by which melodies have been varied in creation of repertoire. It makes an important contribution to East Asian music, ethnomusicology, and music theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 151mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 469g
• ISBN-13: 9781138936249
• ISBN-10: 1138936243
• Artikelnr.: 43152201

Autorenporträt

Alan R. Thrasher, Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia, has published four books, most recently Sizhu Instrumental Music of South China (Leiden: Brill, 2008), Yueqi ¿¿: Chinese Musical Instruments in Performance (Vancouver: BCCMA, 2011), and Chinese Musical Instruments (Hong Kong: Oxford UP, 2000).

Inhaltsangabe

I. Introduction 1. Qupai in Theory and Practice Alan R. Thrasher 2. Qupai
in Historic Perspective Kar Lun Alan Lau II. Instrumental Qupai 3. Crossing
Stages, Crossing Countries, Crossing Times: Instrumental Qupai in European
Scholarship François Picard 4. Bianzou Methodologies in Traditional
Practice Alan R. Thrasher 5. Baban: Instrumental Ideal and the Classic
Repertoire Alan R. Thrasher III. Vocal Qupai 6. Qupai in Kunqu: Text-Music
Issues Francois Picard and Kar Lun Alan Lau 7. Qupai Practice in Luju
Opera, Anhui Province Yu Hui IV. Taoqu Suite Forms 8. Qupai Suite Forms in
Nanguan and Other Traditions Alan R. Thrasher 9. Minnan Meihua Sannong: the
'Mother Form' of Jiangnan Sanliu Chen Yingshi 10. Instrumental and Vocal
Suites: a Study of Pu'an Zhou François Picard