Qupai in Chinese Music

Melodic Models in Form and Practice
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-93624-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 446 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Ethnomusicology

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thrasher, Alan R

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikethnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Alan Thrasher is Professor Emeritus in the School of Music at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.