MUS200H1 Lecture Notes - Yayue, Yangqin, Communist Party Of China
Document Summary
Music has a very long, documented history in china (about 3500 years) Archeological remains show ocarinas, bronze bells and stone chimes. Shang kings observed sacrificial rituals that involved music and dance. Chou dynasty (1122 771 bce) and dance played an important role political and educational ends. Chou rulers also observed sacrificial rituals in which instrumental music, song. In 1058 bce, a music ministry was set up to supervise the use of music for. Codification of elegant music (yayue) for court ceremonies. Music spies were sent out to collect popular folk songs (suyue) Since early times, music"s power to affect the individual and society have been. The political control of music has been a common theme through the ages. Disunity (771 221 bce) saw rise of new philosophical movements, especially. Confucius (551 479 bce) believed proper music had the power to inculcate. Bad music caused unethical behaviour and bad government.
