Qupai in Chinese Music: Melodic Models in Form and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780367596804 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 230 str.

Alan R. Thrasher

Opis

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 appearanc

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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 樂器: Chinese Musical Instruments in Performance (Vancouver: BCCMA, 2011), and Chinese Musical Instruments (Hong Kong: Oxford UP, 2000).