MUS202H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Nicholas Cook, Berlin Philharmonic, Cai Yuanpei
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1601 jesuit missionary matteo ricci presented a clavichord to emperor wen. China"s history of military conflict with and colonization by the west deeply affected development, reputation, and interest in western art music during nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Shanghai municipal band, found 1879 by european expatriates in shanghai, renamed shanghai. Chinese people allowed to attend performances in 1925. Cai yuanpei, (1868-1940), president of beijing university, praised music of beethoven in his poems. Intent was to change china from an agriculture. Li: it was all a power struggle, all politics jiang qing just used music we were all used by her, to give her something to do. I worked hard, but in my heart it was difficult. Tried to use western art music for cultural diplomacy with western countries. March 26, 1977, li delun conducts central philharmonic in performance of beethoven"s fifth.
