Chou Wen-chung, Centennial Concert
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Release | : 2024 |
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Author | : EricC. Lai |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2017-07-05 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1351542354 |
Chou Wen-chung is one of the most influential musical figures of our time. His rich cultural background, his studies with Edgard Var, and his interest in the genuine rapport between Eastern and Western musical traditions have been the major influences on his career. Although he is active in various artistic and cultural circles that include scholarship, education and cultural preservation, his major calling has always been composition. As a composer, Chou has created a group of works whose stylistic innovation and technical profundity are distinctive among composers of his generation. His music, which has received critical acclaim around the globe, documents his creative journey, especially in the realization of re-merger - the fusion of Eastern and Western music that has become a new mainstream in art music. Through extensive focus on sketch study, Eric Lai examines Chou's music to contribute to an understanding of his aesthetic orientation, his compositional technique, his role in the development of new music, and his influence upon the younger generation of composers.
Author | : Peter M. Chang |
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Total Pages | : 642 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Music |
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The main point of Richard Waterman's theory of syncretism is that, when musical elements in two cultures are compatible, a synthesis would most likely occur. According to this, the seemingly incompatible nature of Chinese and Western musical elements could have prevented a fusion. Since Chou Wen-Chung's musical fusion is successful and is representative of the prevalent practice among contemporary composers, this study has especially been motivated to shed new light on this issue by seeking an explanation with an ethnomusicological perspective for Chou's success and its implications in contemporary music both in the East and the West. The analytical and biographical data show that Chou's musical development in fusing Chinese and Western elements progresses from the impressionistic use of Chinese melodies, modes, rhythmic figures and percussion sound in his early works to abstract portrayal of Chinese subjects, aesthetic ideals and principles realized through structural manipulation in his later works, and the compositions of musical concepts. This study has concluded that, in addition to Waterman's and Merriam's observations that shared specific musical features are necessary for musical fusion, the process in such a fusion involves the cultural insiders' reinterpretation, in terms of their own tradition, of those similar traits from the donor culture. Those similar traits are not limited to concrete musical material; they could also include aesthetic values, which govern all branches of the fine arts such as poetry, painting, calligraphy, and music. Thus, in his later works, Chou has avoided all together the use of pentatonic modes, the superficial link between Mahler, Debussy, Ravel, and Chinese music.
Author | : 周文中 |
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Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Composers |
ISBN | : 9789572994306 |
Author | : Chia-Chi Chen |
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Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2006 |
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Author | : Wing-chi Chan |
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Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Composers |
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Author | : Katherine Teck |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2011-09-12 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0199876746 |
Making Music for Modern Dance traces the collaborative approaches, working procedures, and aesthetic views of the artists who forged a new and distinctly American art form during the first half of the 20th century. The book offers riveting first-hand accounts from innovative artists in the throes of their creative careers and provides a cross-section of the challenges faced by modern choreographers and composers in America. These articles are complemented by excerpts from astute observers of the music and dance scene as well as by retrospective evaluations of past collaborative practices. Beginning with the careers of pioneers Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, and Ted Shawn, and continuing through the avant-garde work of John Cage for Merce Cunningham, the book offers insights into the development of modern dance in relation to its music. Editor Katherine Teck's introductions and afterword offer historical context and tie the artists' essays in with collaborative practices in our own time. The substantive notes suggest further materials of interest to students, practicing dance artists and musicians, dance and music history scholars, and to all who appreciate dance.
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Total Pages | : 936 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : American wit and humor, Pictorial |
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Author | : American Academy in Rome |
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Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Art |
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Author | : Broadcast Music, Inc |
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Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Music |
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