The twentieth century saw the spread of Western art music across the world as Western ideology and values acquired increasing dominance in the global order. How did this process occur in China, what complexities does it display and what are its distinctive features? This thesis aims to provide a detailed and coherent understanding of the Westernisation of Chinese music in the 20th century, focusing on the ever-changing relationship between music and social ideology and the rise and evolution of national identity as expressed in music. This thesis views these issues through three crucial stages: the early period of the 20th century which witnessed the transition of Chinese society from an empire to a republic and included China’s early ...
Despite growing global interest in Chinese piano music, the availability of sound recordings online ...
While China possesses one of the world's richest musical heritages, it remained unaffected by Wester...
This documents aims at the identification of the sources of influence upon the styles of selected 20...
The twentieth century saw the spread of Western art music across the world as Western ideology and v...
textThe modernization of Chinese culture has been a major feature of domestic policy since the Chin...
How audiences perceive Chineseness and the characteristics that perform this impression have become ...
Western music reached China nearly four centuries ago, with the arrival of Christian missionaries, y...
The subject of this study is the historical development of a vehicle for a form of western art (the ...
Thesis abstract The aim of this thesis is to describe the role of school songs in the modernization ...
The history of the modernized Chinese orchestra dates back to the 1919 New Cultural Movement in Chin...
This dissertation examines how early twentieth-century Chinese of Shanghai “hosted” the musical West...
This study chronicles the development of piano music in China through seven representative works. An...
This thesis focuses on the development of Chinese piano music from 1936 to 1976.The first part explo...
This dissertation investigates the development of Chinese Buddhist songs in the twentieth century fo...
Includes bibliographical references.Includes music.This thesis is divided into three chapters: Histo...
Despite growing global interest in Chinese piano music, the availability of sound recordings online ...
While China possesses one of the world's richest musical heritages, it remained unaffected by Wester...
This documents aims at the identification of the sources of influence upon the styles of selected 20...
The twentieth century saw the spread of Western art music across the world as Western ideology and v...
textThe modernization of Chinese culture has been a major feature of domestic policy since the Chin...
How audiences perceive Chineseness and the characteristics that perform this impression have become ...
Western music reached China nearly four centuries ago, with the arrival of Christian missionaries, y...
The subject of this study is the historical development of a vehicle for a form of western art (the ...
Thesis abstract The aim of this thesis is to describe the role of school songs in the modernization ...
The history of the modernized Chinese orchestra dates back to the 1919 New Cultural Movement in Chin...
This dissertation examines how early twentieth-century Chinese of Shanghai “hosted” the musical West...
This study chronicles the development of piano music in China through seven representative works. An...
This thesis focuses on the development of Chinese piano music from 1936 to 1976.The first part explo...
This dissertation investigates the development of Chinese Buddhist songs in the twentieth century fo...
Includes bibliographical references.Includes music.This thesis is divided into three chapters: Histo...
Despite growing global interest in Chinese piano music, the availability of sound recordings online ...
While China possesses one of the world's richest musical heritages, it remained unaffected by Wester...
This documents aims at the identification of the sources of influence upon the styles of selected 20...