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Music in China

Music in China. Additional Genres, Instruments, People, and Such by Brian Martinez. Focus. Absolutely comprehensive NOT! Ma Xiaohui Beijing Opera Sizhu ensemble (“Silk and Bamboo” ensemble) Uighur folk music Buddhist Tibetan music—not just chant Twelve Girls Band. Ma Xiaohui.

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Music in China

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  1. Music in China Additional Genres, Instruments, People, and Such by Brian Martinez

  2. Focus • Absolutely comprehensive • NOT! • Ma Xiaohui • Beijing Opera • Sizhu ensemble (“Silk and Bamboo” ensemble) • Uighur folk music • Buddhist Tibetan music—not just chant • Twelve Girls Band

  3. Ma Xiaohui • Former principal erhu with Shanghai Traditional Orchestra • Played duet with Yo-Yo Ma on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon • Tours internationally as solo erhu virtuoso • Plays a variety of styles: traditional music, European music, jazz, etc. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxkvCOBOIdA

  4. Beijing Opera • Highly stylized stage action • Minimal set design • Females—impersonators only until 1930 • Royal patronage • Plebian appeal • Includes singing, instrumental interludes and speech

  5. Instruments of Beijing Opera • Danpi (small drum, conductor) • Ban (wood blocks) • Huqin family • Sanxian (3 stringed lute) • Dizi • Suona (double-reed) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRWat2IfPUk

  6. Sizhu Ensemble: Context • Aka “Silk and Bamboo” ensemble • Found in tea houses • (Some professionals, conservatories too) • Musicians gather around a table • Highly improvisatory • Melodic embellishments known as jiahua (“adding flowers) • Heterophonic texture • Musicians may alternate among several instruments

  7. Instruments of the SizhuEnselmbe • Xiao (end-blown flute) • Dizi (transverse flute) • Sheng • Erhu • Pipa • Ban • Biqigu (“water chestnut drum”) • Bangzi (wood block) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbf7DUgdX7k

  8. Uighur folk music • Turkic people • Many converted from Buddhism to Islam • Around 15th Century • Music is important in daily life • Ex: “Nazirkhom” • Folk song • Roots in military campaigns and processionals • Sunai = double reed instr. • Naghra = kettle drums

  9. Tibetan religious music • Not just chant! • Instruments include • Tongqin (bass horn) • Gangling (bone horn) • Jialing (suona) • E (drums) • Bujian (cymbals) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en312YYZrgI

  10. Twelve Girls Band • Formed in 2001 • Combines traditional and popular elements • Conservatory trained musicians • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo43B8rYVQ0 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emmc2c7lo-k • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8K7wKyYVHc

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